The Fake Professor Who Completely Duped His Family | Conmen Case Files | Real Crime 

Their idea of a “lengthy custodial sentence” would be a joke anywhere else.

He only got FIVE YEARS?😲It seems the justice system was perfect for him to continue his "work". A short sentence is merely the "cost of doing business".

I love the dare of the Christie con. Given how Christie etc have been conning the 'art' market forever, they were only out of pocket their commision. What a laugh. 🤣

His children may or may not know but his wife definitely knew how they scammed to live the luxurious lifestyle.

I am a university professor (a real one!) and I can tell you the 'bumbling' professor is false stereotype popularized by British TV shows and movies. Almost all of the many professors I have known are actually pretty normal to the point of being nondescript. More like the average next door neighbour than an eccentric, shambolic, absent-minded loner in a cheap suit. I think the persona he adopted should have been a big red flag.

If he had shoplifted he would have spent years in jail. But because he violated trust with lying his theft was OK?

Five years imprisonment?! Ha! That’s just a vacation! By now he is out and doing this all over again! He is incurable.

And all the smart people at Cambridge University never noticed a thing! Hilarious!

It is always the people you trust, family, friends or former partners, who can rip you off while smiling the entire time.

Maybe try keeping your criminals locked up for a change.

I was married to a male very similar to this creep. The list of cons he has pulled off are so numerous. I wanted to believe that the one I was married to was someone who would mature in time, would become more secure, would realize that the things he did were wrong, that he would change. That he would stop his conning schemes. Finally, after over 20 years, I had to realize that this was who he was. Beginning to form a plan, I squirreled away cash & non-perishable groceries. I knew that he was going to be angry when I filed for divorce & he would try to "punish" me, financially. It frustrated him to see that nothing he did was making me suffer. 3 Years after the divorce, our daughter was getting married. Nearly all of his family lived far away, couldn't make it, so, they sent money to me to at least pay for the flowers. When he found out about it, he started trying to get the money from me. He nagged & nagged me. Then, he began nagging our daughter. She just wanted both parents at her wedding & happy. She convinced me to give her father the money. I gave the money to him. He never ordered the flowers, kept the money, never showed up at her wedding. Everyone blamed me for the extreme stress as we scrambled to get flowers at the last minute. Our son was trying to make it in the adult world, getting out on his own. He & his father looked at apartments, to get an idea of what was for rent. His father told him that people might try to take advantage of a younger man & told him that he could probably get a better deal. Our son trusted his father. His father asked him to put him on his bank account so that he could pay the fees when the apartment was found. When his father had "found" an apartment, he withdrew nearly all of the money from our sons account, our son was happy, enjoyed moving in. When he checked his bank account & saw that it only had $50. in it where as before, it had $2,500, he tried to contact his father & couldn't get ahold of him. Finally, 2 months later, he got ahold of his father. When asked about the money, he just gave our son the same old song & dance. He told our son that he had paid the pet deposit along with "all the other fees". On the lease, there was no pet deposit, no other fees of any kind. Another daughter, who had been driving the family car, had to leave the state to go to college, decided to take an adult step, buy her first car for herself with money she had saved. It needed a bit of repair work to make the trip to where she was going to school. The mechanic told her it would be ready in a week, she had to be back to school in 3 days. Her father told her she could take the family car & he would pick her car up when the repairs were done. He told her to sign the title of the car over to him & he would even register it for her. Then when he came back, he would sign it back over to her. She went back to school. When she had a break in classes, she went back to get the car she had bought. Her father hid it in a friend's garage, refused to sign the title back over, to her. Wouldn't let her have her own car. She was shocked that her father would do this. I wasn't. A few years later, my daughter found out that her father had sold her car, just 2 weeks after the repairs were done, he pocketed the money. Recently, another daughter (we have 3 daughters & one son) was serving with the military, overseas. She had gotten military orders to be close by where her father lives. Her father offered to search for a house for her to buy when she got back stateside. He was looking at houses, sending her pictures of some that she might like to live in with her husband & 2 small children. She gave her father power of attorney, access to her bank account. When she got back, stateside, her father took her to the house. She said it looked very different from the photos he had sent her. Upon looking through the closing documents over, a month later, she realized that the house & all of the fees such as inspection, closing costs, etc, was $20K less than what he had told her that it cost. She tried to talk to him, he would not give her a straight answer. Her father had stolen $20K from his own daughter. I cannot understand how my children still trust their father when they know he will try to con anyone & everyone he can. Often, he tells people that his first love is money. He loves money more than he loves his own children.

How did his daughter not know he was a con artist after the Heathrow incident

All these poor people/businesses conned by this vile man. I feel so sorry for his daughter..How could this man do this to someone he was meant to care for? He should have been locked up and the key thrown away..5 years is just not enough.

Aside from stealing from his daughter , what a terrible disruptive life for the rest of the family smh 🤦‍♀️

Con artists don’t want to work, want to live lavishly, enjoy the deference and level of service they get and love the thrill of the pretense. There was this one relatively young man who masqueraded professions like medical doctor, financier, researcher. After he was caught he said the main draws were not having to be himself and the respect he got.

his family were DEFINITELY in on it.

Sometimes, in rare instances, some evil people do not have the right to exist. They have forfeited the right to live amongst humanity. They are devoid of empathy, compassion and self-reflection or a sense of being a productive member of society. They are NOT deserving of mercy.

His family knew by the time the Christie's scam happened.

In NZ cheques have been phased out and motels and hotels paid up front with with a credit or debit card at the time you book in.

Unbelievable that he even conned his own daughter.

The banks were right, the con family really has the documentary crew conned into thinking they "knew nothing" - of course Dad was the real con man and orchestrated everything, but Mom and older kids definitely knew and most likely helped!

Con men and women almost never fail to impress me. It takes a lot of work and a whole different kind of smarts to do what they do. I'm not saying I condone it, manipulation in general should be a crime if it wasn't for the fact that it would be abused to incriminate innocent people, but...still impressive.

Guys like this get banks to give him money. I am trying to get a small business startup loan and no luck so far. *sigh*

I ONCE WORKED FOR PACE UNIVERSITY IN NYC, THEY ONY PAID TEACHERS 2 OR 3 TIMES DURING THE SEMESTER(I DID NOT KNOW THAT WHEN I TOOK THE JOB. I THOUGHT PAY DAY WAS ONCE PER MONTH). WHEN I GOT MY CHECK IT WAS FOR "ZERO"!!!!!!!! THE HEAD OF PAYROLL TOLD ME "WE TOOK YOUR WHOLE CHECK FOR TAXES. TO DO YOU A FAVOR!! YOU WILL GET IT BACK AS A TAX REFUND" I TOLD HER I WAS GOING ACROSS THE STREET TO THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND FILE A WAGE COMPLIANT, I TOLD HER TO WRITE ME A CHECK IN AN HOUR!! I GOT MY CHECK IN ONE HOUR!! FROM THEN ON I GOT MY PAY ON TIME. YES CON WOMEN WORK AT COLLEGES TOO.

What I don't understand, since the father went to jail for the airport scam, how would she not know he was a scammer

thanks for the upload , never heard of this story

Want to rent a high priced flat? Want to rent an expensive car? Have a taste for very expensive furniture? Price is no object... when you have no intention to pay.

People accept cheques in the UK? Bizarre. Credit or debit cards are much safer of course. If I met some bloke with a posh accent who didn't have a credit card I would be very suspicious! But the British class system means people are easily conned by posh gits.

I don't understand how his wife did not know that something was amiss if all those red letters were pouring through the letter box.

He should be quite wealthy, since no rent, no payment for holidays, no car rentals, no school payments, no clothing payments, I wonder how he spent the money. His poor tailor.

A policeman once told me that not showcasing our intelligence to someone who may turn out to be only a con artist is wiser than trying too hard.

Which academic earns enough to buy a million bucks painting?

The mind of a narcissistic parent is disgusting.

Now why did the other professors at Cambridge University never noticed it? Answer: They were all too self centered.

The eyes are a window to the soul....

That's a lie his family knew the entire time

A profile of Boris Johnson would be appropriate in this series.

I know a woman who put HER daughter in debt. She used her daughter's S.S.# to buy all sorts of hair products for a non existent Salon. The daughter was eight years old.

I don't get it or did I miss something? I thought he's wife left him after the Heathrow lie? How come he's daughter didn't know? Really doesn't make sense!

The music in the backdrop is so damn stupid I can't watch it

Sorry, but if a landlord went to the police with a complaint that the tenant hadn't paid the rent and the police actually went to investigate ... hahahahahaha.... rofl.... oh dearie me... I don't think so!!

Seems to me the UK has a very lenient charge of all these conmen and allows them to just get out only to get back to their conning again😢

Amazing, this guy is like my colleague - I'm also a professor of a university that doesn't exist! Maybe even the same one!

What wife and family meekly live out of boxes to do midnight flits every few months and never challenge the man who creates such havoc in their lives?

His whole life was a con.

Did they make him give any of the money back? Let me guess ...

The music for this series is really excellent 👌

5 years not enough; parasite on society. Citizens, let us use these stories for self-protection.

As far as auctions go, on what level do people clap?

5 years! Is that it?!!!! How is that sentence a deterrent?

5 years .so he is out now in 2022. any updates?

The music is so loud it is difficult to hear the talking.

Far too few details about the actual crimes and FAR FAR FAR too much conjecture from so-called experts repeatedly stating the absolute obvious.

The family knew they all knew esp after he went to prison 1st time they loved the lifestyle

It's okay sweetie, we can always enroll you in another college! I'm surprised she didn't beat the living daylights out of him.

The family were all in on it for sure, there's no way they could not have known. Obviously they are going to plead ignorant and deny any knowledge of what he was doing, to avoid the consequences. They all enjoyed the lavish lifestyle which they knew could have only been possible by scamming and cheating people out of money. They just got a bit too confident and GREEDY in their scamming crimes and eventually got caught.

Let's get this channel to 1 million subscribers family!

People keep commenting like the channel made the shows. They just uploaded old TV shows. Which I love but they don't make them!! This was a series from 2007 on uk TV. They can't change the music and repetition. It's the style of the show. Just enjoy the shows!!!

What a waste of space the man is, his poor daughter, bless her, she must have been devastated

Good documentary but can’t stand the music!

This is why people hate checks - and mostly now it’s debit or cash ❤

How can you live in the US as a British national? I tought that you could live there for a few months, but not a complete year. Am I missing something?

This is as interesting as the Hendy Freegard case. I remember watching this documentary years ago when it was first broadcast, and I’m so glad that it’s been uploaded here. It’s a great series. By the way, there’s a Netflix series on the Hendy Freegard case. I’ve watched a bit of the first episode and it’s just staggering. I felt immense sadness for those he conned, and their families. All those years wasted, unwittingly living a lie. Tragic.

He tried to con Christie's......ha ha ha......the art market is the biggest con.

TWISTED WEB OF LIES, LMFAO!!! thats a good one, im going to use phrase in a book one day ☺🤭🤔😒🙄😵😵‍💫😮🧐

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?

His next job, a tory MP.

12:00 So to add to the terrible music, over hyped narration, and kindergarten psychology... They add cheese sound effects 🤣

It takes a certain kind of person to pull this off, I know I could never..

This guy got away with it 5 years 5 years for all that money he stalled the court systems are weak this is why men like that people like that do these things because they know they're going to get away with it 5 years think about it why even work they need to apply the death sentence

I always wonder why these """"smarter than everybody else """ thinking people don't put their "believed super intelligence" to positive usage. It couldn't be easy to keep up this type of an existance. It seems to need a ton of planning, thinking and conniving

Oh please the wife was probably in on it, no woman is that stupid.

Big show, small money. Surely better criminal minds out there for this type of stuff

So the teacher doesn’t have to be that smart to be detected by other teachers? 😂

We no longer even use cheques in NZ

Good series

I have a good looking, young housemate who is a fantastic liar & conman. It’s definitely a way of life. He developed this strategy to manage his domineering mother, while he continues to be a mama’s boy. He loves to lie, he thinks he is clever,and he’s committed to living a life of a compulsive liar. Since I’ve been getting housemates I find more & more ppl are masterful liars and con artists. U can’t necessarily figure this out doing background checks.

if your a conman and people ask you WHERE IS YOUR MONEY FROM, thats actually a very easy question to answer, im surprised robert kept saying he was SICK ,lol to not answer it, you simply say IM A STOCK TRADER, NOT BROKER because people will ask you oh what firm do you work for, and than they can call up that company and ask does a Mr this or that work here, and than your caught out, you say IM A STOCK TRADER OR IM A CRYPTO TRADER, that way how can they prove your lying to them? if they ask well what platform do you trade on, just tell them to mind their own business, lol, but if you say Im a TEACHER or im a Dr or im a SCIENTIST, people will say ok where do you teach? where is your Doctors practice? and than your trapped in a lie

great documentary but the needless backgrond music eventualy destroyed it

Please do away with the annoying and totally superfluous music!!

This guy was the worst...

CANT WATCH THIS AS THE MUSIC IS DROWNDING IT, RIDICULOUS!!!

This is so poorly made it seems more like a local news feature than a doc.

WHAT Do con men/women ACTUALLY DO With the money???

This channel is bonkers hahaha so many different shows!

The redhead pisses me off she talks like she's figuring the guy out like she's smart as fk when really all she's doing is relaying info about the case.

He should be life in prison bc when he gets out he will do it again

tried watching the video .. but the background music makes it impossiple. sorry

jeez how the heck did he sleep at night? oh ...hangon...easily, he never intended to pay for his room!

No way wife didn’t know. Didn’t she deal with taxes or a bank? There’s always documentation for a spouse’s income. What about bills coming in the mail? Come on!

haha a real Professor Knowall from the University Buggerall

How embarrassing to be the daughter ….. of his thinking ur dad is rich and smart ….. poor girl how embarsssing this going get her ass in trouble

It's amazing how these people can get away with this when I'm put through the ringer if I'm a few bucks short in a supermarket. If I don't have the money, I don't get the goods!🤥

And then there is me who bounced a check for three dollars and got caught.

How embarrassing to have ur family there n moving moving

Maybe his kids didnt know,didnt care but wife might know and help him out

He showed have gotten 20 years

19.06 there's wally!!!

I always believe that being a career criminal is the lowest form of life. I am quite confident with my immaculately clean track record in that regard, although good taste in certain things, and being educated enough could come off as arrogant to the less educated, the most important thing for me is not only what's in my mind (or heart), but also my track record. I've lost and gained back weight, and changed styles as a result of body dysmorphia caused by bouts of yoyo weight, but my name remained the same, and so as everything else that come with it. I cannot possibly feel sorry for those who are puzzled by my existence, and too bad for those who are living a life of crime. I'm not perfect, and in fact, I can be real mean, but I wouldn't go that low, like committing a crime.

How do u get things will. No deposits and people show up and nothing is there .. I guess maybe furniture can be made that way the rent away or furniture store where u pay very little to rent it they can drop it off u just move it else where