Serial Swindlers

From rugby legend Jonah Lomu to some of New Zealand's senior politicians and businessmen, Loizos Michaels conned them all with his smooth talk and promises of massive business deals.

Calling himself The Phantom, Michaels is a brazen and deluded swindler; his elaborate lies and deceptions begin when he was courting his wife, with Michaels telling her he was the son of a millionaire cruise line owner and was about to inherit it.

David Ocean is a serial con artist who has played many ‘Catch Me If You Can’ roles, from lothario to surgeon, leaving a trail of heartache and destruction in his wake.

Giovanni di Stefano attracted the attention of many criminals who were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for a chance at a reduced sentence. But in fact, he had no legal qualifications.

Giovanni di Stefano is dubbed The Devil's Advocate for over a decade of legal work on behalf of notorious clients such as Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic; he is first convicted of fraud and false pretense in 1975.

David Carroll is one of New Zealand's most prolific offenders; he has more than 130 convictions for dishonesty offences and has been in and out of prison over 40 times.

Nicknamed the “King of Gamblers”, Chia’s story begins with a seemingly modest family man living out a double life of flash cars, and international casinos. Eventually going on to steal $117 million.

Chia Teck Leng has the dubious title of being Singapore's biggest ever commercial fraudster, stealing a massive $117 million from four foreign banks; his case rocked Singapore for the vast amount of money he had stolen.

Achilleas Kallakis is known as one of the most audacious characters in the London property market; born into a modest family of shipworkers, he managed to amass a 250 million fortune; Kallakis deployed actors, forged paperwork and faked references.

Achilleas Kallakis was known as one of the most audacious characters in the London property market. he managed to amass a £250 million fortune, repeatedly swindling some of Britain’s biggest banks.

David Douglas is a self-proclaimed yachtsman that changed his name to David Ocean; in his criminal career, he has married two women, faked his own disappearance, conned investors out of $700,000 and sold yachts that were stolen or never existed.

Brian Goldie allegedly stole from the Royal Bank of Scotland, wrote false checks and sold cars purchased on company credit before disappearing in Australia to avoid questioning.

While Giovanni di Stefano was notoriously linked to clients such as Gary Glitter and Saddam Hussein for his legal work, he possessed no qualifications and was not registered as an advocate.

In 1995, Stefan Michalis Kollakis, later known as Achilleas Kallakis, was arrested for selling fake English honor titles to Americans; before this con was exposed, Kollakis managed to raise a 250 million dollar fortune.

Graham Briggs has his first taste of prison in 1995, when he is jailed for 14 months for stealing 55,000 from a London-based company; the following year, Briggs makes headlines again when he poses as a Concorde pilot to woo a former air hostess.

Convicted fraud Michael Brown is known for his large donation to the Liberal Democrat Party in the UK despite not being a member or registered to vote.

Joseph Hikairo-Barlow, a serial swindler, created a complex false persona for himself, convincing people around him that he was a Tahitian prince with a massive fortune and connections to the British royal family.

Edward Davenport, or "Fast Eddie," became well known in the late 1980s for the controversial Gatecrasher Balls; despite tax offenses, he managed to reinvent himself and schemed successfully until 2011.

John Keady, born Peter Berry, charmed his way into the lives of scores of successful women across the UK, claiming to be a wealthy international business consultant.

Selva Carmichael seems the slick media-mogul, promising to make stars out of "Big Brother" contestants Lisa Appleton and Mario Marconi and millionaires out of investors in his fly-on-the-wall documentary.

For 20 years John Keady has seduced women from across Britain and Europe to America. But to dismiss this man as a serial womanizer would be a mistake; he is a callous and vicious conman.

Selva Carmichael promised to make stars out of former Big Brother contestants and millionaires out of investors. However, the show was bogus and designed to convince investors to part with their cash.