The Lord of the Scam

The life of Nicola Persico, a retired finance general, is marked by the morning walk, coffee at Totò's bar and a few conquests among the elderly neighbors. Except that Nicola Persico is not a finance general. And his name is not even Nicola Persico. His secret identity is Federico Sinacori: "the Lord of the scam", he was nicknamed by the police forces of half of Europe, in the roaring years in which he pulled off amazing scams that consecrated him as the greatest of all. Before he disappeared for no apparent reason.

Seasons

2 Episodes • Premiered 2011

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1. 1

Nicola Persico is a retired ex-General of the Guardia di Finanza whose life is marked by a solid routine. What no one knows is that underneath his clothes hides Federico Sinacori, a long-time con man who has been the subject of investigations all over the world. However, the man decides to return to action when the tenants of the building where he lives are scammed by a financial company that expropriates their apartments.

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2. Episode 2

Nicola leads a gang of ordinary people - a surveyor, a bartender, a taxi driver, a terrible old lady, a former opera singer and a newlywed couple - who, led by him, become a gang of swindlers ready to do anything to get revenge on the financial company that tried to bring them to their knees.

Cast

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Gigi Proietti

Federico Sinacori/Nicola Persico

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Maurizio Casagrande

Totò Esposito

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Massimo De Lorenzo

Geometra Garesio

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