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Jun 2022
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Trailer - Legendary Crooks, True Stories

STUDIO MINUIT
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Earning money legally? Boooring. It's not just in the movies that you find dishonest people who will do anything to line their pockets. These crooks you're about to hear about have been making money by ripping off the world for years. Worthy of the greatest Hollywood scenarios!

Bold and manipulative, they fooled even the smartest people.

But these dreams can't last forever; the truth always comes out. In our podcast Legendary Crooks, you'll discover the incredible but true stories of Charles Ponzi, Bernard Madoff, or the story of Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower.

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