Economic fraud

A claimed DR documentary about the German financial scandal Wirecard could not be verified through archive searches or programme listings. The Untold True Crime podcast investigated why one of Europe's biggest fraud cases appears to have never received in-depth documentary treatment from Danish public broadcasting.

The United Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented surge in fraud crime, with 2.09 million confirmed cases reported in the first six months of 2025. The crisis reveals vulnerabilities in digital banking systems that extend far beyond British shores, prompting international law enforcement to reassess fraud prevention strategies.

On September 22, 2006, high school student Cassie Stoddart was stabbed to death by two of her classmates, Brian Draper and Torey Adamcik, who claimed inspiration from the horror film Scream. Now, Hulu's new docuseries explores the crime that shocked a community and the disturbing evidence that helped convict them.

On December 3, 1999, a fire erupted in the penthouse of billionaire banker Edmond Safra in Monaco's Belle Époque building, claiming his life and that of his nurse. Twenty-five years later, Netflix's Murder in Monaco revisits the case that convicted Ted Maher, the former Green Beret employed as a nurse, while raising questions about the investigation itself.

Netflix will release The Investigation of Lucy Letby on February 4, 2026, offering an in-depth look at one of Britain's most high-profile healthcare crimes. The documentary features exclusive footage from the neonatal nurse's arrest and police questioning, along with the first-ever testimony from a victim's family member in documentary format.

A Danish fact-checking investigation has exposed what appears to be a completely fabricated true crime story involving an alleged NFL player and a victim with a suspiciously fictional name. The case highlights a growing international problem: how AI-generated and misleading crime narratives spread across borders before verification occurs.

Hulu premiered "Murdaugh: Death in the Family" on October 15, 2025, an eight-episode miniseries dramatizing the 2021 murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh in South Carolina and the financial crimes that followed. Based on the "Murdaugh Murders Podcast," the series blends documented facts with speculative scenes that have drawn scrutiny from legal experts and the defendants' representatives.

HBO Max has released 'Kampen om Pusher Street' (Gang War: Pusher Street), a six-part Danish documentary series examining the rise of gang violence on Copenhagen's Pusher Street and the grassroots movement that ultimately led to its permanent closure in 2024.

HBO Max premieres 'Gang War: Pusher Street' on October 10, 2025, offering an unprecedented look at five decades of drug trafficking, gang violence, and police intervention on one of Europe's most infamous open-air markets. The six-episode series documents how a brutal murder in summer 2023 accelerated the closure of Christiania's legendary narcotics hub.

HBO Max releases Gang War: Pusher Street on October 11, 2025, a Danish documentary that chronicles how a single street in Copenhagen's Christiania neighborhood became the epicenter of Denmark's drug trade, told by those living within the conflict.

Kristil Krug, a married mother of three living in a Denver suburb, was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her own garage just 11 days before Christmas. Her killer was not the teenage ex-boyfriend she feared—it was her husband, Daniel Krug, who had spent months impersonating the young man to terrorize his family.

HBO Max has released Horses & Hangmen, a four-episode Danish true crime docuseries that investigates the summer 2022 murder of Frank Dan Nørgaard Jørgensen, a 40-year-old Danish father whose disappearance unraveled a shocking conspiracy involving those closest to him.

In March 1992, Susan Burdett was raped and beaten to death in her Papatoetoe home in Auckland, New Zealand. A year later, 16-year-old Teina Pora was arrested and eventually convicted of her murder—despite no physical evidence, no eyewitnesses, and a DNA sample that didn't match. It took 22 years in prison and intervention from the UK Privy Council before the truth emerged.

When Netflix released 'The Tinder Swindler' in February 2022, it introduced international audiences to one of modern romance fraud's most audacious schemes. An Israeli con artist exploited women across Scandinavia and beyond, posing as a diamond heir and extracting millions through psychological manipulation on Tinder.

Director Errol Morris examines the mysterious 1953 death of Frank Olson, a Fort Detrick scientist who fell from a New York hotel window nine days after the CIA secretly dosed him with LSD. Netflix's six-part docudrama Wormwood reopens questions about whether the U.S. government's official story—accidental death—conceals a darker truth.

Netflix releases Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story on May 14, 2025, a documentary series examining the crimes of two of the United Kingdom's most prolific murderers. The series draws on recently discovered police recordings and survivor accounts to detail their devastating crimes.

An investigation into claims surrounding an HBO Max series titled 'Say something, Frank' has found no verified English-language sources confirming the show's existence, its plot, or any associated retraction.