Australia’s Greatest Conman? on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1 – One man. One mystery. Our nation’s most baffling crime.
In the 1980s, John Friedrich led an elite sea and land rescue squad out of Victoria, winning an Order of Australia, top-secret government contracts and hundreds of millions of dollars in loans. But no one knew that John Friedrich was not who he made out to be, and his undoing revealed one of the most audacious scams in Australian history – an estimated $900 million in today’s value.
In Australia’s Greatest Conman?, Walkley Award–winning journalist and presenter Marc Fennell sets out to uncover the truth behind the man who deceived a nation. With exclusive interviews with Kerry O’Brien, Hugh Riminton and Richard Fidler, as well as Friedrich’s closest colleagues and fiercest rivals, Fennell reveals a story stranger than fiction in this gripping true-crime thriller that will keep audiences guessing until the very end.
Episode one airs Tuesday, with the second and final episode airing Wednesday
Australia’s Greatest Conman? on SBS and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Tuesday 24 February at 8.35pm & Wednesday 25 February at 8.30pm (2 Parts)
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Australia’s Greatest Conman? on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E1
