Serial Swindlers: Loizos Michaels
Under 15 Minutes
•
28m
Calling himself 'the Phantom,' Michaels is a brazen, deluded swindler. His deceptions began when courting his wife, falsely claiming he was a millionaire's heir. That fortune never materialized, nor did the many fake investments he convinced his high-profile victims to buy into, leaving a trail of elaborate lies.
Up Next in Under 15 Minutes
-
Serial Swindlers: Achilleas Kallakis
Achilleas Kallakis, from a modest Merseyside family, became a notoriously audacious London property figure. He swindled some of Britain's biggest banks, amassing a fraudulent fortune of £250 million through repeated and elaborate deceptions.
-
Serial Swindlers: David Ocean
Born David Douglas, this serial swindler legally changed his name to David Ocean. A real-life "Catch Me If You Can" con artist, he has fraudulently posed as everything from a surgeon to a lothario, leaving a devastating trail of heartache and financial ruin behind him.
-
Serial Swindlers: Chia Teck Leng
This serial swindler is Singapore's biggest commercial fraudster, having stolen S$117 million from banks. His case rocked the nation, exposing the dark truth of what a gambling obsession can drive a man to do.
