Episodes
The Con: The Billion Dollar Con (S2EP4 ABC Thurs August 18, 2022)
The Billion Dollar Con: A mild-mannered Wharton School of Business alumnus from the University of Pennsylvania started an unprecedented scale and gall fraud in 2009. Authorities claim that for more than a decade, Jho Low stole billions of dollars from an investment fund under the noses of industry watchdogs with the help of powerful investment banking firms. Following the 2007–2009 recession and the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Low’s audacious scheme posed the next major threat to the world financial system.
Airdate: Thurs August 18, 2022 at 22:00 on ABC
Season 2 Episode 4
The Con explores the troubling tales of people taken in by claims and promises that proved too good to be true, from identity fraud and misleading romance to the high-profile college admission scandal and Fyre Festival. It will reveal how the victims were fooled and the cost of their false trust – emotional and financial. "The Con" will feature interviews with the key people caught up in the cons, including victims and eyewitnesses, and, in some cases, law enforcement and the perpetrators themselves. The series will lift the curtain on the people behind some of the most outrageous cons ever.