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- When a boy named Ben finds an old baseball card in his house, his friend Griffin tells him to sell it. However when he does he is swindled out of $1.2 million, and Griffin decides to assemble a team in order to get the card back.
- Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.
- A trio of con-men led by a lonesome swindler must deal with their job and family pressures.
- Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
- A seductive woman gets involved in relationships with several people. All of the characters play games of deceit with one another and things get more and more dangerous.
- Everything you've ever been told about Global Warming is probably untrue. This film blows the whistle on the biggest swindle in modern history. We are told that 'Man Made Global Warming' is the biggest ever threat to mankind. There is no room for scientific doubt. Well, watch this film and make up your own mind.
- Four thieves attempt to make the richest score in history.
- A lot of people deceived into losing large sums of money, from fake cancer treatments to wedding planner scams. Victims, journalists, and experts reveal the aftermath of misplaced trust.
- A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.
- Based on a true story, three Australian brothers become embroiled in a scam by selling a fake gold nugget to a tycoon.
- One month has passed since CHOI Chang-Hyuk's release from jail after being convicted for fraud, but this time he's cooked up an elaborate plan: the biggest bank heist in history. The best five thieves come together to form a team: CHOI Chang-Hyuk, the brain behind the perfect plan; Master KIM, the godfather of swindlers; Big Mouth, a guy who can talk people into anything; Swallow, a remarkable lady-killer; and Gasoline, who has a gift for counterfeiting. The only drawback is that none of them can trust one another. They have only one goal: to hit a bank for 5 billion won ($5 million)--but each one of them has his own plan in mind.
- In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage, youthful smash-and-grab burglaries until his partner is caught, then tutelage from Lefty, an aging swindler. After some years of success, they're joined by Federico, the best, a true artist. Things go well until Pilar, a woman from Federico's past, re-enters his life with a proposal to con a golden goose - a swindle that will put them all on easy street. A double-cross may be in the cards. The flashback over, can Ernesto hold his own in the present?
- A man seduces women to get their money. He has plenty of success, but this time he has met his match.
- The nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.
- Dude and Tom set up a marriage scam to fleece LA beauties. More mullets and silicone than you can imagine. In the end, old mentor Bill fleeces both of them.
- A struggling music producer pretends to be the owner of a Hollywood Hills mansion in order to persuade an up-and-coming recording artist.
- The Great British Mortgage Swindle stands as a damning indictment of the sheer scale and state-sanctioned brutality of the institutionalised mortgage fraud running rampant on the shores of Britain.
- The true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.
- Karen Imamiya is a detective who deals with fraud and scam cases. She arrests Hayato Kaji, who is involved in a voice phishing case. Karen and her colleagues do not know who is at the top of the voice phishing group. Detective Kenzo Tezuka suggests that they should let Hayato walk free and see if he will lead them to the top of the group.
- For some people, a housing crisis means not getting planning permission for a loft conversion. For others it means, quite simply, losing their home. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng (Sleaford Mods - Invisible Britain) and narrated by Maxine Peake, exploring the catastrophic failures that have led to a chronic shortage of social housing in Britain. The film focuses on the neglect, demolition and regeneration of council estates across the UK and investigates how the state works with the private sector to demolish council estates to build on the land they stand on, making properties that are unaffordable to the majority of people. Dispossession is the story of people fighting for their communities, of people who know the difference between a house and a home, and who believe that housing is a human right, not an expensive luxury.
- This film follows the story of D, Al, Nia, Gino, Ember, and Rafael, six teens who are kidnapped by a young evil genius named Swindle and told that they were injected with a virus when they were younger. According to Swindle, this virus will make them fall under her control on their sixteenth birthdays. What Swindle doesn't know is that this virus actually gave the six teens superpowers, each one unique. The six must band together and use their powers wisely to defeat Swindle and rid themselves of this mysterious virus before they fall under her control.
- Diana Rosson, a wealthy and beautiful woman, drives to her country home to escape the unwelcome attentions of her many suitors, particularly Trotwell, her guardian's favorite. Arriving in the middle of a raging storm, Diana rushes into the house only to be attacked by robbers. Passing by the house, Dick Webster hears her cries and rescues her, and the two quickly become friends. Diana falls in love with Dick, but his hatred of the rich prevents him from returning her affections. Anxious to win him, Diana tells Dick that she has a twin sister who insists on earning her own living. Dick agrees to deliver a message to the sister and promptly falls in love with the demure young woman, unaware that she actually is Diana. They marry, but when Horace Sciven falsely accuses Diana of stealing a violin, she is taken to the police station, where her husband discovers her true identity. Realizing that her deception was prompted by love, Dick forgives his young wife.
- In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as evidence, but they are stolen from his apartment. He really isn't a great sleuth and winds up accusing everyone but the real culprit of the crime. As a result, he loses his job and must perform the investigation on his own.
- Eddie Oliver is unemployed, lives by himself, and never goes outside. He spends most of his days pondering things that would never cross most people's minds, and trying to re-connect with his girlfriend, Kim. Eddie is very paranoid, and unstable. He loves Kim very much and badly wants her to know how deeply he feels for her. But his mental instability and paranoia just might prove to be too powerful an adversary for him to overcome.
- Remarkable story of art dealer who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment before going on the run.
- Swindled is a true crime podcast that utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. The program is hosted by 'A Concerned Citizen' who looks at how financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways.
- Barry, Igor, and Butterscotch are three young amateur filmmakers with big dreams of becoming Hollywood directors. To gain recognition, the bumbling trio decide their next endeavor will be a short film about a jewelry store robbery. Meanwhile, two grifters, Larry and Terry, are tired of being small time criminals, so they plot to rob the local marijuana dispensary. When their actors drop out of production last minute, the filmmakers cross paths with Larry and Terry during their robbery, and the two crews join forces to make their dreams come true.
- A brave civilian is forced to stand his ground when crossing paths with a dangerous mobster.
- Barton and Hanscon, two swindlers, to elude the police go to a little country village. At the hotel Barton reads an ad in the local paper of a furnished house and cultivated farm for sale and he plans to swindle the owner (Jouhan Splivens) out of a few hundred dollars. Barton calls on the farmer and pays him a five hundred dollar deposit on the farm. A few days later Hanscon calls and offers Splivens a thousand dollars more. Splivens tells him to call the following day for an answer. Barton returns to pay the balance and Splivens buys back the receipt for a thousand dollars. Tom Pope, a young lawyer and the fiancé of Frances, the farmer's daughter, overhears the crook boasting of how he swindled the old man. Phoning to Splivens, Tom verifies his fears. Tom then gets a friend and taking him up to his room, which is next to the one occupied by the crooks, Tom gets him to say loud enough for the crooks to hear, that the traction company want to buy the land and will pay ten thousand for it. The crooks fall for the plan. Hanscon rushes back to Splivens and buys the farm for six thousand, a gold watch and a diamond stick pin. Splivens is a little over four thousand in. Tom gets the girl and the two crooks go to jail.
- A publican puts sponges in the bottom of mugs and jugs.
- Threatless Theatre's Swindling Holiday Spectacular! is a 60 minute holiday special featuring performances from local talent of the city of Toronto. The Wisemen Brothers (Nicholas Paddison and Harry Klassen) have stolen Santa's magical sack and are fleeing on the North Pole Express to freedom. They have until Christmas morning to decide whether they are going to turn around to save Christmas or not.
- When Joanne downloads Swindle, her life descends into chaos as she juggles two relationships.
- On the verge of spending the summer alone with no friends in a new town, Stanley gets an invite to go on a trip by some of his peers. Lacking funds, he desperately searches for a job and after coming up empty he begins stealing his neighbor's pets then returns them later to collect the reward money.
- A documentary feature film about the falsification of British history, which juxtaposes the remarkable story of Britain's greatest living historians and an examination of their allegation that British history has been systematically falsified.
- Graphic novel, noir style film. A tale of chess between a King forced to choose between victory or his soul.