John Friedrich: Australia’s Most Mysterious Conman | Australian Crime Stories | Real Crime 

I spent 4 years of my life working for JF(45) as a pararescue jumper. I was one of the minority that determined something was sus, so I left in 87. To this day I still have mixed emotions about the man. He clearly was at the forefront, however most of us could perhaps do that with free money.

Gotta give him props he got millions without killing a single person. Made the goverment look like a fool

Conman stealing from the biggest con in the world....the banks. My hero.

And we put our trust in these banks....unbelievable...

Liars CAN NEVER seem to admit they lied Even after they are caught

But he put all the money back into the business, where's the problem? Is it that he had no intention of paying it back? Not enough big contracts? Got the money illegally? Was that it?

Not only the most mysterious conman in the history of Oz, but the best mustache.

Gotta trust some banks I just don't trust much of anyone any more.

But the real Jhon Frederick appears at 17:50...he sure is a brilliant mind, lol !

"He didn't seem like the kind of guy who'd kill himself" This is making a HUGE claim about how mental health works, especially the mental health of someone who obviously is an outlier when it comes to how he thinks. For instance, I suffer from RSD, Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. This can cause one to feel a MASSIVE jolt of major depression that can last from about half an hour to a couple hours. This includes suicidal thoughts and potentially actions. It can come on suddenly with very little reason, such as a wayward comment, etc. The other 99.9% of the time, I can come off as happy, fun, eccentric, annoyed, or occasionally angry. But in that 0.1%, there is a possibility that I can walk into traffic and end it all. People who suffer from depression don't have a "type" of personality, and conmen are really good at hiding who they are and how they feel.

The guy doesn’t seem to be a bad person. He invested the money into the organisation, did a great thing in Australia. Had a nice family, has been devoted to his commitments. It looks to me like banks set him up, he was just the escaping goat.

Yet the Banksters, got away with it!

Sad end to a great story. No animals were harmed in the making of this programme.

I didnt expect a big conman story to wind up so sad

Why did you make your newest video unavailable in my country, now I cant watch it.

Man, Jana Wendt was such a bad journalist. All ham acting and overwrought overemotive questioning. A career built out of being hot

He looks like a mix between Lenin and Dr. Phil

Good on ya mate. Banks got burnt by yah ! Bad ending dough...... 😞

Why does he look like that one character from Wolf of wall street

"Not the usual type of crook"

If he think that he was John Frederich, I think he was quite an impostor who pretended to be a German Australian entrepreneur.

I like him.

Interesting case

The ads in this were ridiculous.

The man ran from his troubles. Hid from himself even. Suicide fits his character. He simply couldn't face the having to meet himself. His true self.

He stole to develop his country. That's really strange

i liked him, and as manup2day said, BANKS are the BIGGEST CON IN THE WORLD.

Who would put the gun behind their ear

When other news made the news instead of nothing but politics 24/7 now.

His poor family it's too bad what he put them through

😂😂😂 this guys smart

Tim looks like William Shatner

A sad story!

Woe

People celebrating the honour among the thieves

Ahh yes conman, grifters and matchstick men my favorite crime docs.

His attitude reminds me of Nick Leeson

He looks like Brian Stelter. Or should I say Little Brian...

No personal profit. Bad loans are all I see.

"Barry Whitehead"

He was a glow in he dark (civillian spy) , thats how he got into pine gap and where the money went

$294M AU? Christ that's almost $5 US... only joking Aussies.😁

Hi everyone

Sounds South African to me

The intro is awful

👀👽🌀🌐

Jeffrey Epstein vibes

SICK MAN

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Stop promoting conspiracy theories, please!

The 🐐 of fraud!! RIP my guy!! Bless your soul