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A lawyer, a liar, a family consumed by the thirst for power... In this story where everyone hides their own truth, there is only one question: Who is the biggest fraud?

Now more than ever, ordinary people are choosing unconventional paths to justice. With police departments in turmoil and the role of law enforcement in question, citizens are hiring private investigators to find the answers they need. Missing persons, infidelities, cold cases and fraud fill their notebooks. SECRETS, LIES AND PRIVATE EYES follows four teams of PIs as they tackle these cases. Their role is exacting and yet deeply fulfilling. Their clients are desperate, troubled, and sometimes wacky, but their purpose is clear - to find the truth whatever it takes. Cops are no longer the only way to separate right from wrong. The PI is back.

Three young and ambitious entrepreneurs must find a way to repay a mountain of debt from their failed startup, when they stumble upon an unthinkable "business" opportunity-exploiting people's beliefs in religion for money.

Extraordinary stories of romance fraud, exposing the lies and jaw-dropping scams of heartless manipulators; and the fight to bring them to justice.

Discover the most outrageous hoaxes in history, from the people who orchestrated them to those who exposed them. Get ready to be amazed! History's Greatest Hoaxes takes you on a thrilling ride through the world's most famous scams and schemes. Uncover the truth behind the lies!

Faking Hitler tells the absurd story of the forged Hitler diaries. How did a reporter and an art forger trigger the biggest media scandal of the post-war period?

Braunschlag, a small town at the Austrian-Czech border, is bankrupt. It would take no less than a miracle to survive between Russian loan sharks and demands from the state governors office. And exactly that is what mayor Tschach (Robert Palfrader) and his best friend, the struggling disco entrepreneur Pfeisinger (Nicholas Ofczarek) have in mind. In the hope of finally putting Braunschlag on the map and luring masses of tourists into town they stage an apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary. While initial results are encouraging, things don't quite work out as planned once the good people of Braunschlag get into the act. BRAUNSCHLAG is a story about greed, corruption, misanthropy, Catholicism and alcohol quintessential Austria. This black-humored TV series explores the darker corners of the Austrian heart.

ITV Daytime's resident judge, Robert Rinder, is lifting the lid on some of Britain's worst crimes in a brand new documentary series. This 10 episode series will delve deep into each real-life case using witness accounts, CCTV footage and news reports to reconstruct defining moments. From murders to extreme cases of fraud, the series examines the police efforts that helped solve these crimes, as well as looking into miscarriages of justice.

Over eight compelling episodes, the stories of people who have been catfished, gaslit and deceived are told through first-person survivor testimony. In each episode, Red Flag explores the experiences of those who have been targeted by digital manipulators who use dating sites, instant messaging and fake personas to prey on and exploit their partners. Viewers are introduced to a new lexicon of manipulative relationship terms - 'breadcrumbing', 'mirroring' and 'love bombing'. These are weapons available to those perpetrators who are all too ready to manipulate and abuse the individuals they come across.

Jérôme Kerviel - the trader who hid EUR50 billion in trades at a major international bank - and his former superiors reveal all sides of the scandal.

Con Man extraordinaire Barry Minkow has nine lives and then some. From paydays to IPOs and prison to the pulpit, a crazy cast of characters catapults the story across four decades, exposing the most incredible con story never told.

My Online Nightmare explores remarkable tales of extraordinary scammers and fraudsters who used the internet to lure and con their victims, with terrifying - and sometimes deadly - results

As a teen, Little Nicolás managed to sneak between politicians, millionaires and even royals. This docuseries revisits his case through key testimonies.

Alexis Conran exposes the cowboys who're after your money in a three-part series. From shopping and romance scams to fake delivery texts, Alexis explains how to avoid getting stitched up.

They promise life-long romance, yet they scheme, scam and swindle. Some steal a fortune; others lead double lives. They are Love Rats. The victims at the centre of these cases reveal how they were left with broken hearts and empty bank accounts.

From a Glasgow call centre, 16-year-old Elliot Castro began scamming innocent people. But the luxury lifestyle it funded spiralled into darkness, danger - and eventually prison.

After the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, Seijitsu gets laid off and is forced to accept a new position at a company that uses phone phishing to scam the elderly.

Revealing how a Polish entrepreneur opened a Zanzibar hotel business during the pandemic only to scam over 250 people out of millions, this series gives voice to the victims of his schemes.