Movies: Fraud

Filmed in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), An Introduction to Scientology is the only televised interview given by L. Ron Hubbard. In this interview, LRH explains the history of Scientology, its status as a religion and its benefits on human socie...

Documentary about best-selling author and informercial pioneer Kevin Trudeau....

Documentary film-investigation of financial frauds of persons close to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika....

A national controversy in the early 1900s, The Michigan Relics became the focus of intense investigation by church leaders concerned that these artifacts could be proof of the lost tribes of Israel inhabiting North America during the third and fourth...

All money isn't good money and all people aren't good people. Faced with the decision to change your life, would you do it at the next person's expense? Follow Joe as he answers this question for himself...

This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it....

Ripped Off: Madoff and the Scamming of America tells Madoff's story superbly, although it was put together before Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison without parole, so it's not quite complete—perhaps when he gets out, he can watch this DVD a...

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Rupert, the son of world-renowned artist Luther Milo, longs to create art of his own but is shackled by the need to care for his ailing father. Long-time friend and gallerist, Gab, suggests that the world has woken up to the fact it’s just two blobs...

This docu­men­tary traces the spring of 2004, the Abde­la­ziz Boute­flika re-elec­tion as President of the Alge­rian Repu­blic in the first round of elec­tions. Follo­wing the step between the time the former Prime Minis­ter Ali Benflis....

Presents a check-passer describing the tricks of his trade. Explains how a conscientious check-out clerk can easily trip him up....

A minister founds a fraud company, but a lawyer smells a rat....

In a country mired in repression, a Venezuelan mother lives a terrifying day when she witnesses from her window how her neighbors are taken to prison after peacefully protesting. Desperate, she contacts her son, a young national guard, to confront hi...

A marriage swindler ends up in jail....

A film based on the 1890s play of the same name, The Village Postmaster surrounds a love triangle and the implications of love, deceit, and fraud....