Masterminds

A recreation of the Bre-X goldmine scam in Indonesia that swindled thousands of investors out of their life savings.

There is some doubt that Jonathan Tokeley-Parry was the swashbuckling, British Army cavalry officer he claimed to be. But there is no doubt that he was the world’s most successful smuggler of priceless Egyptian antiquities.

Jerry Clemente was a brave and decorated officer on the Medford, Massachusetts police force. He was also the mastermind behind the most audacious bank heist the country had ever seen.

In the early 1980’s, Rik Luytjes gained two sterling reputations. One was as an upstanding businessman and pillar of the community in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The other was as the most successful cocaine smuggler in US history.

Hoa Lam Ong wore an ever present grin on his face; hence the nickname “Smiley.” Police suggest the fifteen million dollars worth of goods he stole from the cargo warehouses of Toronto’s Pearson Airport gave him plenty to smile about.

A former Chinese intelligence officer posed as a struggling immigrant in Brooklyn and led the most successful car theft ring the city had ever seen, and lined his pockets with over forty million dollars.

Eddie Antar is the father of electronics super store chains… and the mastermind behind the biggest retail fraud in American history.