On a day in November 1998, computer salesman John Ruffo is supposed to report to prison to begin a 17-year sentence, but, instead, he rents a car, takes out $600, heads to JFK airport, and vanishes.
EPISODE 1
Anatomy of a Con Man
Computer salesman John Ruffo commits a brazen $353 million bank fraud; the FBI arrest Ruffo, he pleads guilty, and the judge sentences him to 17 years in federal prison; what happens next sparks one of the longest manhunts in U.S. history.
EPISODE 2
The Hidden Life of Thieves
After convincing prosecutors and a judge to let him self-report for a prison term, John Ruffo disappears; U.S. marshals chase a tip when a relative reports spotting someone resembling Ruffo seated behind home plate at a Los Angeles Dodgers game.
EPISODE 3
The Spy Who Scammed Me
In diaries he left behind, John Ruffo spins an exotic Cold War tale; to find out if this is part of another Ruffo con, the team goes in search of an infamous FBI turncoat and a Soviet diplomat, who Ruffo claimed was a target for defection.
Sunny Hostin
