‘His motivation was to stick two fingers up to the legal establishment.’ ibid.
MGM: I got away with $249 million. ibid. Giovanni
‘He said, I’m in Iraq. I’m representing Saddam Hussein.’ ibid. other client
May 2006: ‘I was handed a file that contained an allegation brought against Giovanni di Stefano … of stealing the bail security.’ ibid.
Was he allowed to practise here? I don’t think he was legally allowed to practise law, was he, in this country? ibid. QC
A hornet’s nest of politics and espionage. ibid.
He didn’t appear to have done any work on my behalf. Devil’s Advocate: The Mostly True Story of Giovanni di Stefano II disgruntled client
He’d never registered with the Law Society. ibid. rozzer
By hook or by crook, whether he was brought back kicking and screaming, he was going to come back to the UK for a trial. We just had to find him. ibid.
He was clearly affected by the fact that he was going to be tried. And he knew the establishment would be against him. Devil’s Advocate: The Mostly True Story of Giovanni di Stefano III
The defendant is a long-standing member of the security services, MI6. ibid. Giovanni
Giovanni di Stefano was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of 25 charges of fraud and deception. ibid. news
There’s not a chance of Giovanni ever going quietly. ibid.
I was like a fish. That hook was so far down my belly.’ Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller s2e7: Romance Scams, victim, National Geographic 2022
Romance scamming: a global crimewave that surged during our loneliest moments of the pandemic. ibid.
In 2008 John and Anne Darwin were sentenced to six years in prison for fraud. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: The Real Story, caption, ITV 2022
Pretending you’re dead is quite easy. Coming back to life is as everyone knows slightly more difficult. ibid. John Darwin
John was taken home by his sons, Mark and Anthony, while police began to investigate if any crime had been committed. ibid. caption
Five lifeboats, two coastguard units, a helicopter and a spotter plane searched for John Darwin for 36 hours. Only a wrecked canoe and a paddle were found on a nearly beach. ibid.
On April 10 2003 John Darwin was officially declared dead. Shortly after, Anne claimed £162,000 in life insurance policies. ibid.
After 2,082 days missing, John Darwin handed himself in at a London police station. ibid.
The day after John Darwin’s reappearance, a British tabloid reporter received a tip-off that Anne Darwin was living in Panama City. ibid.
With Anne and John Darwin in custody, the police investigation began to focus on when Anne Darwin became involved in her husband’s disappearance and her part in the fraud. ibid.
We’ve taken a total concept, integrated it and built a whole new means of transportation. The Lady and the Dale I, Elizabeth Carmichael, Sky Documentaries 2022
But is the Dale all it is cracked up to be? … A notorious conman: Elizabeth Michael is actually Mr Jerry Dean Michael. ibid. television news
My father told me it was his partner’s idea to start making fake money. ibid. Jerry’s daughter
I didn’t realise that my daddy was unhappy being a man. ibid.
We’re going to shock General Motors, Ford and the rest of them right out of their big, overstuffed seats. The Lady and the Dale II, Elizabeth Carmichael
The Dale’s low centre of gravity always stayed within the triangle of three wheels so in theory it would be impossible to flip the car over. ibid.
We’re going to fill one hell of an important gap in the car market. ibid.
As the weeks went on I realised that we didn’t have the right equipment or anything to make a car. There was no masterplan. There was no schedule to make anything. ibid. engineer/designer
She was irate. She said, I just witnessed an abortion on three wheels … She had to run for the hills. ibid.
If I can stay out of jail, I intend to run for the presidency. The Lady and the Dale III
That’s how they got her – because she came back to say goodbye to her kids. ibid.
Once convicted, she fell into her old ways and skipped the date she was supposed to appear in court. She jumped bail. The Lady and the Dale IV, attorney
Interviewer: What do you prefer?
Elizabeth: Woman’s prison.
Interviewer: Why?
Elizabeth: Because I’m a woman. ibid.
Her transness was actually legally recognised in court. That represents a small measure of progress. ibid.
Fighting the fraudsters: how scammers get inside our wallets as well as getting inside our minds. The devastating impact on victims and what needs to be done. Tonight: Scams: Fighting the Fraudsters, ITV 2022
The UK has been branded the fraud capital of the world. ibid.
Fraud: Ripping off the Elderly. The growing number of victims. And how can we spot the signs. How it remains hidden. And how can we stop it? Tonight: Ripping Off the Elderly, ITV 2024
Fraud office uncovers bombshell: Maxwell’s daylight robbery. £400 million missing [pension money] … ‘It was a fraud and it had happened very fast.’ House of Maxwell II, BBC 2022
These officers are the sprearhead of the government’s new drive against claimants suspected of defrauding social security, known as scroungers. World in Action: Claimant, Scrounger, Snooper, Spy, ITV 1980
Last week a high court judge said that social security fiddling was rife from one end of the British Isles to the other. ibid.
This is the story of one of the biggest corporate scandals since the global financial crisis. The story of an Australian who wooed the rich and powerful on his way to becoming a billionaire. Before the business Greensill built came crashing down. Four Corners: Greensill Capital, Youtube 45.07, ABC 2021
The fallout has sparked a political scandal and investigations of suspected corporate fraud. ibid.
‘A card saying he’s the prime minister’s [Cameron] special advisor.’ ibid.
Supply chain finance … Greensill Capital marketed itself as a company that could use technology to bring supply chain finance into the 21st century. ibid.
As the Gupta family group alliance bought steel-mills throughout Europe, Greensill capital leant it billions. ibid.
Greensill Capital created some complicated financial products to help fund its lending. ibid.
In Germany the finance regulator began probing Greensill bank and discovered the bank had massive lending exposure to Gupta’s GFG Alliance. ibid.
Inside a well-known Sydney strip club a plan is about to be hatched … They’re plotting a new business that’s going to make them more than a hundred million dollars. That business is a scam to rip off the Australian taxation office. They name it after the Greek god of wealth, Plutus. Plutus will become the biggest tax fraud in Australia’s history. Four Corners: Dirty Deeds: Inside Australia’s Biggest Tax Scam, Youtube 42.20, ABC 2023
With 28,000 pages of evidence and 70 hours of police surveillance recordings … the story of how they did it … and how they were brought down. ibid.
Their plan is to set up a payroll company that processes wages on behalf of other businesses. They’ll rake in clients’ money but instead of paying the tax they owe the government they’ll just keep it. ibid.