10 Finnish Con Artists

During the war in Syria, there was a kind toy smuggler who distributed soft toys to children. But did the donations really go to Syrian children?

Grönberg, a serial con artist, is a womanizer and a quite inventive seller of non-existent goods. It is not known how many people he has cheated.

At God's command, Maria Åkerblom began to preach in her dreams and started to gather followers. Soon they would be obliged to plan a murder.

Veli Seppä and Jouni Ranta churned out forged paintings for the walls of Finnish homes and companies especially in the 1980s and 1990s.

Embezzler extraordinaire Nils Idman embezzled from his own bank a sum equivalent to a third of the entire budget of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

What was the secret of the heart-throb known as "Count" Lindgren? Did he ever learn how to behave himself and respect women?