Titres dans Escrocs, impostures et fraudes

On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines around the world when she fled a Cleveland area home and called 911, saying: "Help me, I'm Amanda Berry.... I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years." A horrifying story rapidly unfolded. Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, had separately lured Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight to his home, where he kept them chained in the basement. In the decade that followed, the three were raped, psychologically abused, and threatened with death.

Es war der größte Fälschungsskandal seit Jahrzehnten: Ein Reporter des "Spiegel" hatte Reportagen und Interviews aus dem In- und Ausland geliefert, bewegend und oftmals mit dem Anstrich des Besonderen. Sie alle wurden vom "Spiegel" und seiner legendären Dokumentation geprüft und abgenommen, sie wurden gedruckt, und der Autor Claas Relotius wurde mit Preisen geradezu überhäuft. Aber: Sie waren - ganz oder zum Teil - frei erfunden. Juan Moreno hat, eher unfreiwillig und gegen heftigen Widerstand im "Spiegel", die Fälschungen aufgedeckt.

The King of Con is the true story about a smart, streetwise Jersey boy who talked his way to the top and became richer and more successful than his wildest dreams. It offers an unforgettable look into the life of a man who became hooked on living life to thrilling and dangerous excess, rubbing elbows with celebrities and crime bosses, until he was humbled by the FBI, by the US Attorney, and by life itself. Now, Tom Giacomaro is back in his old neighborhood. His mob cronies are calling, his palms are itching to make billions again, and the US Attorney's office is watching.

After parting ways with the eponymous McAfee Antivirus software company in 1994, John McAfee embarked on innumerable business, political, and criminal enterprises. From investing in cybersecurity and cryptocurrency to accusations of murdering his neighbor in Belize to making two unsuccessful bids for President of the United States—the latter attempt done in exile following a federal indictment—this larger-than-life man nurtured a rakish public profile while evading law enforcement for his involvement with drugs, weapons, and murder.

Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself from terminal brain cancer with a healthy diet. She built a global business based upon her claims. There was just one problem: she'd never had cancer. In 2015, journalists uncovered the truth: this hero of the wellness world, with over 200,000 followers, international book deals and a best-selling smartphone app, was a fraud.

The remarkable, true story of an unusual childhood, complete with gangsters, guns, diamonds, drug smuggling, and fraud—just like any other little girl’s life. At twelve years old, Leslie Bradford-Scott watched police cars swarm her family’s suburban home in Ontario. Hours later, she, her...

After meeting through mutual friends, the 'Russian heiress' Anna Delvey and Rachel DeLoache Williams soon became inseparable. Theirs was an intoxicating world of endless excess: high dining, personal trainer sessions, a luxury holiday and Anna footed almost every bill. But after Anna's debit card was declined in a Moroccan medina whilst on holiday in a five-star luxury resort, Rachel began to suspect that her increasingly mysterious friend was not all she seemed.    

The justice system is not what the public imagines. A police force that is crumbling, suffocating under the bureaucracy and perverse incentives of those at the top. Domestic abusers walking free whilst victims are being failed. Broken homes leaving children to be groomed into a world of crime. A court system that is corrupted by politics, holding on by a thread. A prison system hollowed out for profit. Is justice working, and is it truly blind and fair for all?

Die Wissenschaft ist auf der Suche nach Wahrheit und Erkenntnis – das denken viele. Und in den meisten Fällen stimmt das auch. Aber Wissenschaft wird von Menschen gemacht, mit all ihren menschlichen Schwächen. Und die kommen manchmal auch im Labor oder in der Studierstube ans Tageslicht: Menschen lügen, fälschen und verleumden. Sie stehlen und quälen. Und gehen manchmal sogar über Leichen, um reich oder berühmt zu werden. Auch in der Forschung. Von solchen Fällen handeln die Geschichten in Science & Crime 2. Sie sind alle wahr.

A thrilling exposé recounting how members of Opus Dei — a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect — pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world’s largest banks. For over half a century, Banco Popular was...

Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy, John Darwin did the unthinkable—he paddled out to sea in his red canoe and disappeared. After a massive search and rescue operation failed to find his body, he was assumed dead, lost in the bleak North Sea. But everything was far from what it seemed. Nearly six years later, after John miraculously returned from the dead with a strange tale of 'amnesia' and sporting a suspicious golden tan, the police and the press were desperate to discover the truth behind his remarkable resurrection.

From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the...

The true story that inspired the Sofia Coppola film Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, jewelry, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of crimes in recent Hollywood history? Meet...

12 verstörende wahre Kriminalgeschichten von Mord und ChaosBand 17 der Reihe „Wahre Verbrechen"Diese Reihe kann in beliebiger Reihenfolge gehört werdenZwölf sorgfältig recherchierte Berichte über unaussprechliche Verbrechen, die ganze Gemeinden erschütterten und unser Verständnis des Bösen auf die Probe stellen. Von prachtvollen Anwesen bis hin zu ruhigen Kleinstädten – diese Fälle beweisen, wie sich tödliche Absichten hinter alltäglichen Fassaden verbergen, oft dort, wo wir sie am wenigsten erwarten.

Intrépidos: Piratas, bandidos, aventureros y timadores legendarios de Alejandro Alcalá es un fascinante viaje a través de las figuras más audaces que desafiaron las leyes y las convenciones establecidas. Desde corsarios como Francis Drake, quien jugó tanto a favor como en contra de los imperios, hasta bandidos como Jesse James y Billy the Kid, cuyas hazañas de rebeldía se transformaron en leyenda, este libro desvela la compleja frontera entre el crimen y la valentía.

Winner of the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Longlisted for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the 2018 Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Atlantic Book Awards - Margaret and John Savage First Book Award...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor reveals a "wild, only-in-America story" of political manipulation and murder (Attica Locke, Edgar Award-winning author). On the South Side of...

In October 2009, more than fifty people attended a $10,000-per-person wellness retreat led by a celebrity self-help guru. For these enlightenment seekers, their time in Sedona, Arizona, culminated in a fake Native American sweat lodge ceremony. Three of them would not make it out alive. This tragedy exposes the dangerous truth about the booming $2 trillion wellness industry where promises of spiritual awakening and financial success often mask dangerous practices underpinned by cultural appropriation and commodification of nature.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of the Con and The Rembrandt Heist comes the chilling and in-depth story behind the disappearance of Ana Walshe. On New Year’s Eve, 2022, Ana Walshe, a beautiful and successful young immigrant and mother of three, enjoyed a quiet but happy...

Dive into a suspenseful history of true crime where brilliant counterfeiters manipulated royal courts and global empires. Perfect for an immersive commute, this intriguing narrative exposes how fake masterpieces and forged relics secretly steered cultural canons. When you need to unwind with a...