Australia's Greatest Conman?

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.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 473866
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired February 24, 2026
  • Recent February 25, 2026
  • Airs Tuesday, Wednesday, at 8:30pm
  • Network SBS
  • Average Runtime 48 minutes
  • Genres Crime Documentary
  • Original Country Australia
  • Original Language English
  • Geographic Location Australia
  • Sub-Genre True Crime
  • Time Period 1980s
  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
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  • Created February 11, 2026 by
    CohenC
  • Modified February 27, 2026 by
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