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Criminal life of luxury: What makes serial fraudsters tick?

No money, but a luxury car. Debts and yet a flight in a private jet: we're not talking about Signa billionaire bankrupt René Benko, but about serial fraudsters who often manage to live a life at the expense of others for years. Investigators from Carinthia were able to catch several crooks - including the notorious "Truffatore".

Just recently, a former Carinthian local politician had to swap the government bench he had aspired to for a place in a cell in Klagenfurt prison. He was convicted of being a major fraudster - following the example of the Netflix series "Inventing Anna" about the major fraudster Anna Sorokin, he also wanted to lead a life of luxury. And he's not the only one to have been caught in Carinthia after pulling off scripted scams. What makes such people tick?