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The Trillion Dollar Conman

The Astonishing True Story of the Most Audacious Fraud in Sport

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The Trillion Dollar Conman

By: Ben Robinson
Narrated by: Alan Turton
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Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is an audacious tale of an international fraud that is stranger than fiction.

In 2009, Notts County FC were on the brink of bankruptcy when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahraini royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and a list of marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel were signed, in a recruitment drive led by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who was appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League.

However, within weeks, as the bills began to pile up, the dream came tumbling down as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been tricked by a convicted fraudster called Russell King.

The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting and world history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

©2024 Ben Robinson (P)2024 W.F. Howes Ltd Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Corporate & Public Finance Football (Soccer) True Crime Sports

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If you are a fan of lower league football (or even if you’re not) this is a must read.

Absolutely crazy to think any of this stuff could happen in plain sight and kudos to all those who helped expose it.

What a crazy story!

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At long last questions answered
Back ground from
Where king set out from …
Russel King !!!!
background how did get away with it for years. Destroying lives
Very short prison sentence!!!?
Where is he now ???

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