A scholarly dispute devolves into criminal impersonation.

Money, fraud and a sacred prophecy.

How a small-town comptroller became the biggest municipal embezzler in U.S. history.

Welcome to Plasenzuela, whose 500 inhabitants enjoyed no-show jobs, spent millions on phantom projects and defrauded Social Security.

The man who made millions selling counterfeit wines.

The story of one man’s descent into lies and illegal activity – and why it could so easily happen to any of us.

How a con-man convinced Los Angeles that he was prepared to purchase the Dodgers from the now-bankrupt Frank McCourt.

On William H. McMasters, who ten days after being hired as Charles Ponzi’s publicist wrote a scathing exposé in The Boston Post that revealed the biggest fraud, at the time, in American history.

Was Steinbrenner’s Partner the “Madoff of Memorabilia”? Inside a collector’s hoax.

How a Nigerian-American conned upwards of $40 million from banks during the housing boom using publicly available information from the internet, persuasive storytelling, and prepaid cellphones, and then ditched his FBI tail in a casino.

Lou Pearlman, the guy responsible for the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync, bilked his investors of $300 million and fled the country. But the boys say he was interested in more than just money.