Conman: The life and crimes of Mark Acklom

[@GRPLiningServices]

Defraud a woman of £750,000 and police take no action. Miss a council tax payment and in come the bailiffs next day.

[@Maria.9094]

Lol. I get calls from our police department for not renewing our dog licenses.

[@user-uz3ul3oi6v]

@@singersunite9785 When they got there l would have told them it's only because I'm quoting what it says in the Quran and shown them from it. Silly officers.

[@user-uz3ul3oi6v]

Miss a bus fare and get shut down by detectives and transport police.

[@user-uz3ul3oi6v]

Or rather, silly person who made the complaint.

[@13104180]

GRPLiningServices kkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@tearitloosetearitloose4670]

Why didn't he go and get a job in the banking sector? He'd be ripping people off legally and getting well paid to do so.

[@CP-qn3tu]

Because that wouldn't be as exciting as conning

[@tearitloosetearitloose4670]

@@CP-qn3tu I suppose... Wouldn't be doing his ego any good either.

[@awakenthegreatnesswithin]

Good one 😂👏

[@ianreynolds8552]

Its still fraud one way or another !

[@deansharpe7499]

Because he's not that good of a conman.

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

Excellent documentary. Just shows how our legal system is so corrupt and lazy. This man should have been locked up for many, many years.

[@David-tt1rb]

Here here - and so say all of us

[@nothingworksworks3511]

IMO he had some skills- albeit misguided- as a young man. If he was MY 16yo & pulled this off, I'd give him a law abiding mentor who could develop skill & financial instincts. No one guided his talents, so he veered toward reckless using

[@SK-vq8wb]

These types of documentaries should be shown in classroom around the world as cautionary tales. Real life skills which could save a lot of grief, your life savings and possibly your life.

[@2witty4uslayer2]

If u need to take a class on HOW NOT TO BE SWINDLED BY A MAN/WOMAN, chances are u will be swindled.

[@storytimeindonesia]

This and budgeting/financial management skills. Never hurts to be a little street smart.

[@mp015l2989]

I agree.

[@dawnegan3984]

What and teach them how to do all he did

[@peterwagstaff7931]

0

[@toddhellyar4167]

Dear gold diggers, if a bloke says he is in an intelligence service, then, they are not in an intelligence service

[@rushokim]

Hahaha that's correct

[@normdeeploom5945]

I am not in the C.I.A and looking for love with an intelligent professional mature lady who enjoys taking long walks on the beach

[@brocky78]

Lol!

[@jamesrichardson-king9359]

That’s absolutely correct.

[@a_lucientes]

Except how was she a gold digger?

[@thewaywelive2775]

I like the guy who says:" People call him a sociopath but I call him..." And continues to describe the definition of a sociopath

[@candidaarlindo3931]

I guess it's because sociopath sometimes can be viewed as a 'disorder' some kind of disease, and he prefers to see him as just an evil, bad person

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

"Some people would say that he's a sociopath but i say that he's a heartless, wicked scoundrel who cares about nobody's feelings but his own." Same thing.

[@johnmoran1317]

Gary-I had the same thought.. they are just synontms

[@t4nkman]

The former implies a mental illness, the latter implies he has personal responsibility for the things he has done wrong.

[@thepowerman8952]

I prefer the psychological (i.e. neurological) explanation over moralistic terminology, though. "Evil" is not a diagnosis.

[@hasonopinion]

Psychopath. No emotions killing people.

[@mejesticmermaid7043]

Nobody's

[@christinebeames2311]

The truly appalling thing is not the con man , but how our justice system failed his victims repeatedly ,

[@stevengriffin5349]

It’s because the money is gone . They know can’t get the money back , so becomes a lost cause . When violence is not involved , the punishments are very minimal.

[@gg_Javier]

@@stevengriffin5349 kk lol iul

[@fionagregory9147]

Space after a comma, never before.

[@patricialagrier1785]

Sad 😭 to say that he con them also.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@stevengriffin5349 Your reasoning is non-sensical.

[@axiomaddict]

I scare myself with these stories to remind myself of how close I came to being conned by someone years ago. The money doesn’t compare but a working class person who was working for myself at the time, had I not considered the unflattering possibility that someone I’d done contractual work before might be setting me up for a con, I likely would have found myself in serious financial and legal trouble. Scary stuff.

[@beaulieuc8910]

Same here, we always need reminders

[@nataliestewart6168]

Same

[@nolaburgess6559]

Qq😅

[@rippawallet]

@Renaye Brown What was the story then?! can't just leave us on a cliffhanger like that..

[@mattikarosenthal6452]

Stay off those dating sites, that's where they all hang out. "Can I borrow $ 45,000, my workers were all kidnapped and I need to pay the ransom to the Mafia, or they will be killed! Go piss up a rope, buddy.

[@stevenparkes323]

He should have had a career in politics

[@fionagregory8078]

A Tory.

[@LifeInPink999]

Could have even become president or some big company CEO as he was good in investing not even joking. Has all the attributes, psychopathy, therefore, lack of empathy, sharp mind, great presence with the ability to charm man and woman alike in seconds. That's a talent, well the psychopathy is a mental disorder one is born with but the rest is a talent not many have.

[@respjames590]

@@fionagregory8078 😆😆

[@kw2142]

my thoughts exactly, there's something quite Farage & Richard Tice about him

[@Thomas.3698]

Yes he'd have been a regular Joe Biden

[@funsweed]

One of his teachers gave him 15k pounds and never saw his money again , yikes , think the teacher should go to school

[@bigteddybear5962]

I want my money back too! He was smart to get the money back from those time washing teachers! Worst R.O.I. of anything I've ever done. The education system.. What a joke. I want my money and time back!

[@CalopsitaVanderbilt1911]

It’s weird when a teacher gives money to one of his pupils.... whatever the reason might be.

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

It's not a bug, its a feature.... Skull and Bones schools of piracy

[@Pippie5555]

@@bigteddybear5962 Agreed. My teachers were all communists.

[@henkdevries251]

I think the teacher should check his bankaccount if there is something left. People who kill somebody get 25 Years prison. These rats who distroy dozen off peoples Lives get a few years jail(bed&breakfast)

[@maryfields1382]

Being a chronic skeptic has served me well.

[@Pete-z6e]

Likewise, congratulations.

[@frankiebye]

🤣 Excellent. No good deed goes unpunished.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

He has zero conscience. Stealing his father's credit card, ruining his parents. Disgusting.

[@samlsd9711]

He's just a selfish narcissistic tool

[@Maranatha14]

@Ali Khan, as opposed to raping little girls and stabbing people on London Bridge!

[@wonbadood8243]

Ali Khan Wow! That's the the most stupid comment Iv'e come across in along time.

[@henrykjohn78]

And all those other people

[@graciamaria9218]

London, England, where bombing and raping is the norm, as per your Mayor. Toronto, Canada, is going down that path. Sad.

[@cjgreen3836]

My golden rule, which has served me well in life: Question everything and everybody, regardless of who they are or how credible they seem.

[@behabtwa]

sounds depressing

[@martinko4086]

Cycle Green , my golden rule is "who has the gold RULES "

[@marlenesollgruber9186]

Behabtwa sounds prudent !

[@StangerStrange]

I question your golden rule.

[@vilmacamacho9402]

Yes, it's better to be a little more cautious than blindly trust.

[@petemullen842]

This man is clearly very highly intelligent, for him to work all these business deals out and con people just imagine if he put all that energy into running his own legitimate businesses he would be a multimillionaire no doubt ,instead of deceiving people and ending up in prison. Truly amazing How a person like this throws it all away when he could be right up there with the best.

[@lcct635]

I don't think he's Very inteligent, but he's Very convincent and sharming. People around this conman are gulieble and naive, only that. For 3 people he con are 10 than don't believe is his lies.

[@fredneech9873]

@@lcct635 Please learn how to spell.

[@rippawallet]

most people couldn't transfer that criminal brain into a real world brain

[@johnstewart1148]

It’s funny that theif’s will work very hard but they won’t actually get a job and work

[@KS-yp1jl]

Nah. Scamming and cheating is easier than making money honestly. Literally anyone who has no empathy and no remorse can do that.

[@reenougle]

I am always amazed when people believe someone who says he is a spy or CIA. NO ONE, I emphasize, NO ONE will admit being a spy to an acquaintance or even a spouse. People will always believe what they need to hear. So heartbreaking.

[@carlojones8610]

When it got too deep.. I gave her a small 🧸 🇺🇲

[@birdyelke775]

Very true. Most often, those who does those duty, know that ppl doesn't respect them.

[@Limitlesskkz2022]

EXACTLY!

[@john-carlosynostroza]

exactly! that's why I only believe people that declare such things on the internet.

[@cath1895]

People love a good story: human psychology 101

[@ShlisaShell]

I have been on dating sites before and any mention of gas and oil business or anything else extravagant I BLOCK IMMEDIATELY!!!

[@mcfcguvnors]

Did the same on my way home after competing in the worlds biggest penis contest

[@skylinecyber3538]

hahaahhhahaha

[@lunafringe10]

real estate,

[@thestreamoflife1124]

Definitely. Absolutely. Nigerian or Gahanians cons. I have delete dozens from the dating site I've used. They can't con me lol lol 😆

[@ltergilywamb8106]

How dreadful for Carolyn Woods to have been so conned. It must have been devastating to have lost her heart to such a skilled manipulative con man and been fleeced financially, socially and so humiliating. I am so sorry for all the victims.

[@deborahbergman3566]

the first red flag was the fact that he'd never have any intention of buying JUST ONE blazer from her boutique. what a thug

[@Loftis86]

⁶uh

[@sam-fc9ky]

These men are snakes... Ive met a few

[@twatts1523]

I was a bit confused as to the outcome of his conviction. He was sentenced to 5 years of jail, but I didn’t hear any mention of a restitution judgement, ordering him to repay her. I’m in the US, so maybe it’s different in Britain. Perhaps she would need to file a separate civil case to receive compensation? Here it would be included in the criminal case.

[@tarantulagirl]

The sentences never repay the conned person. The state should pay the victims back, then the state should put the con artist to work doing all the shittest jobs possible until they’ve repaid the state. A few years in prison does nothing to cure them or put the victims life back together.

[@MichaelBoyers]

His wife is an accomplice why was she not arrested and their funds seized and distributed back to the victims it shows how corrupt the law actually is

[@GazMatic]

They don't like to punish women. That's why the wives and mother's of drug dealers don't get hail time and get to keep their I'll gotten gains

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@GazMatic damn

[@pt-dg4ft]

@@GazMatic Not sure where your from but here in the UK assets are seized where Drug Dealing is concerned..

[@GazMatic]

p t they don’t punish women

[@rcostambeys]

...surely she, his wife, must have wondered where all the money was coming from and the sudden changing of addresses too and different countries at that, so literally on the run. Still I suppose if she was soaked up in the nice lifestyle and the beautiful clothes and luxury living, who was she to complain, some women just live under their spouses thumb and sounds like she did, not asking questions, along with the justice system of the UK, Spain and Switzeland. An unbelievable story told through a great documentary that I must admit I enjoyed, although I felt so much anger at the gall he had right from the start as a teenager...especially when his father lost his business and the other guy lost his business although his wife could see through him, as she was questioning the fact that he was just handing him cash whilly-nilly, eventually also resulting in the break-up of his marriage. I think he might NEED to be on the run once he does become free again, as there must be a lot more he has conned, who wont come forward because they are ashamed that they "joined the club of those being conned by him" so would prefer to deal with it themselves, this wouldnt surprise me, although I could understand if they did but to me, he is not worth doing time for. Basically he should be made to pay it all back and then suggest that he gets a job as a "cart-boy' in a supermarket carpark...."Waitrose" would be right up his street... seeing as its a trifle upmarket......!!!

[@michaeljohnscott7989]

He's a lightweight, the real pros are; Bankers, IMF, Central Banks, BIS & our leaders! 🙂

[@fauxmanchu8094]

Michael Scott Exactly and they're the ones who never pay for their crimes.

[@guppy0112]

Banks don't go bust because people borrow money and give it back! It's because they borrow money, and don't give it back!

[@MK-rk4no]

Buy xrp and save yourselves.

[@paulyflyer8154]

And the EU dont forget!

[@pamelaleilarai2036]

exactly my first reaction...

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Some women are easily sucked in by wealth and charm and he knew this very well. Ladies if its too good to be true it usually is, don't be dazzled by materialistic things. It spoils it for the genuine men out there that have nothing to give but their good selves love and affection.

[@zapfilms]

Especially how they the women feel intimidated by phony stories they do not quite understand - the woman lent him 26K pounds! So she has a loan agreement - its like TP. Send a bill to Trump, get in line to never get paid. Amazing how easy it is actually.

[@zadekeys2194]

A saying I heard a while ago "Men believe what they see, women believe what they hear".

[@katieperry3998]

He should have been locked up for the rest of his life!!! The punishment he got was a joke. He will be out and conning people all over again. What justice is there!!!

[@glengraham7080]

Basically that's an excellent rate of pay in exchange for the time served.

[@rocioaguilera3555]

That's the (un) justice British system.

[@benjamin7114]

Law looks at fraud as simply redistribution of wealth, money wasn't lost, it simply changed hands. An economy of lies.

[@maxmason6053]

This guy is nothing. My cable provider is the biggest con on the planet.

[@timindlovu8913]

😂 what has he done?

[@ja9star824]

Council taxes IRS

[@yellownevermind1977]

🤣🤣

[@odoggow8157]

BUT THEY CAN AFFORD TO LOBBY AND HAVE LAWS WRITTEN JUST TO SUIT THEIR OWN CORRUPT PYRAMID SCAMS MAKING THEM LEGAL WHEN ITS AN ILLEGAL FRAUD SCALED UP TO BILLIONS IT OK, ITS ONLY NOT WHEN ITS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL DOING THE SAME. BANKS LITERALLY EXIST BY DOING WHAT HE DID AND THEY DO IT WITH ALL THE MONEY THRU FORCED MONOPOLY!!!

[@evazela]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Limitlesskkz2022]

“15000 pounds was a lot of money for a boy of that age” 😳 That’s a lot of money for me an adult right now. 😂😂😂😂

[@parkerbohnn]

Queen Elizabeth amassed all her wealth from me picking winners for her at the racetrack.

[@somaliyahh]

Instead of sentencing him to jail they should force him to pay back everyone that he owes money to.

[@philiprogers7505]

SomaliBish I doubt there is any left

[@ceilconstante7813]

They could have set him up to day trade from Prison.

[@MonaMarMag]

That what i belive they should do . Maybe then he would understand what he did .

[@Gentleman_uk]

Yes that, or put him into forced manual LABOUR until its all paid off, if only this guy conned the wrong people and ended up tortured, what a creature he is, that would have been better

[@kingdom7777]

They should give him a job at MI5.

[@martinaplaschka8616]

So let me get this straight - secret agents tell everyone that they're secret agents, right?

[@suigeneris2663]

Korneuburgerin Plain sight? 🤣

[@tonyhill4218]

This made me lol

[@RK-su4hs]

😂 secret agents that don’t know how to keep a secret

[@pt-dg4ft]

when visual representations of a lie are shown in a convincing manner to sucker the victim more then the con man could be an astronaut. The heart often rules the brain as with this unfortunate Woman.

[@suzycarmichael933]

Lol

[@raymondcaylor6292]

" I'm a secret agent but don't tell anyone ". Yeah that makes perfect sense Not trying to blame the victim just trying to point out the absurdly of becoming the victim

[@texasray5237]

Conmen like this wouldn't last long if there weren't so many naive pigeons just begging to be fooled. I've been there myself and I can hardly believe how foolish I was. But I'm thankful that I got fooled once. It has taught me to NEVER stop questioning. Friends will understand why.

[@absolutelyfreestockshots1931]

Just imagine what he could have achieved with his power of persuation if he would have done things legally.

[@suigeneris2663]

Holidayin germany Imagine using that power for good.

[@Zepherian]

More or less the same but would have got to keep the spoils of his labors. These narcissistic idiots are all the same, they think they're smarter because they spool a yarn but inevitably their whole life crashes around them. This is why most of them keep mobile. There's more of these idiots out there than people realize and it's a good idea to be wary of charming people who come into your life from far away.

[@TheEloquentEye]

I don't think he would have been as driven, part of being a sociopath is not being able to achieve true happiness, so they instead chase status, thrills and danger.

[@jhonfamo8412]

He could not. It's too hard

[@elizanne6660]

Indeed @ Holidayin Germany.. Indeed.

[@crystalclarke5054]

My mother was a con woman and never served a day in prison. She was worse than this guy .

[@johndavies5121]

woman can get away with murder nowadays

[@nadada247]

Iv met a 38 year old woman who is worse.

[@nessauk2786]

I bet she got away with a lot....

[@shototodoroki4816]

lol

[@philiplopiano3759]

What was her main con?

[@Parabellum-oe3sw]

I can’t trick my girlfriend into buying me a pizza 🤨

[@adair-y6h]

Hahahahaha brilliant 😂thanks

[@xyzxyz997]

Too funny 😂😂Love it mate

[@chillywilly7299]

LMAO

[@lau77771hh]

😂😂😂😂

[@dadycreations100]

Strange, with a nickname that means "prepare yourself for the war" (parabellum, latin). 😂

[@threethrushes]

Mark Acklom would have thrived in the corporate world! Missed his calling.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Gerhard Symons Plenty of psychopaths do well in it.

[@trissloan2340]

😀😁😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😃😄🤣😂😁😂😃😃🤣😃🤣😃😄😄😃😹😹😹😹😹😹😹

[@donb2527]

Even better if he was a politician

[@Andromeda-hq1nt]

I said the same thing these people are intelligent and can make great figures it's just the hard work and slow process they don't want to do

[@angusgordon5458]

He wouldn’t because he has no integrity. Banking perhaps

[@beachaddict7653]

Most sociopaths come from a household with no affection, but unfortunately some people are just born to be one.

[@ultimateoptimist5217]

Or too much affection and dotting.

[@beachaddict7653]

@@ultimateoptimist5217 wrong answer. That's not it at all.

[@MartineH1]

I get amazed on how come a criminal can change his name so easily. It just helps him to continue his tracks in crime. He deluded everybody, and in a deal with the prosecutors, from 20 charges he plaided guilty in 5. Because he had served already some time, he got a very short time in jail. Incredible.

[@dang7824]

Everyone deserves a second chance. But in Brittain law does not work that way, most cons get marked for life, they have to report to authorities when they move, etc... so in essence the law does everything to put someone in his position down. Not being able to realize their financial potential is like being perpetually incarcerated. Some other nations see through these shortcommings of the british legal system and show mercy towards these individuals.

[@tonyajustice6678]

The music is completely unnecessary.

[@Pe6ek]

Nothing can ever be completely unnecessary.

[@arock7462]

Put me to sleep...twice! Back at it again hope I see the ending not ZZzzZzzzzs

[@hereitis.2587]

My ears already feel like they are bleeding. Any unnecessary noise is stressful for my nervous system.

[@paolom.6011]

The staggering size of the brass balls on him to ask the reporter/Sky investigating him for fraud for a loan of money for his appeal! LOL

[@splint3048]

Absolutely zero guilt, remorse, respect or shame. He's a psychopath and will continue on this trajectory until the day he dies.

[@Maranatha14]

Hopefully, someone will help assist him with an appointment with the devil himself.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

It's come out recently that martin brunt the reporter in this doc actually fell in love with him. For real. He got too close to his story. He lost all focus.

[@adamt4051]

Because he selling his story to sky and Sky will love It not a bad deal I believe

[@Keys7]

This is how psychopaths are. Walking Disturbia.

[@poppyfield1619]

Wow what a dangerous psychopath - truly amazing how this man can fool those highly intelligent business people and the police and detectives in all those countries!! For all the wrong he has done, his prison sentences are totally ridiculous. I feel so sorry for all those people he ripped off.

[@janvdb9258]

Even a small let alone major financial theft can destroy a life or family. He should have gotten life

[@poppyfield1619]

@@janvdb9258 yes he was/is a callous and cruel individual without remorse.

[@tarantulagirl]

Never lend money. I’m sorry dont care how much I was in love, once he said MI6 I would have smelled a rat but I’m not a very trusting person anyway!

[@lllucky13]

this guy will be out in 2yrs.. with all them millions he has hidden its worth the prison time.. a very clever man indeed. he will be out and free and be rich

[@jimjones8125]

Red & White nothing clever about robbing your own family and others it just shows how much of a slime ball he is feel sorry for his family

[@cantagiousca5220]

Good for him,sad them dumb people were bullshitted

[@ace50105010]

Karma is the Law of the Universe. He will end up a Failure. Cheaters don't Prosper

[@crystalclarke5054]

@@ace50105010 not always some people never get their karma.

[@eugeniuswilliams5457]

How does his wife put up with him? She cant be too bright?

[@nichegoseberazdvatri]

What's more sad is the wife left that businessman when he became a victim of fraud. I stopped believing in "through thick and thin, sickness and health" phrase a long time ago. Time and time it proves means nothing to fools who really don't love.

[@YaLittleFriend]

I'm amazed at how willing people are to part with their money.

[@dazza5286]

i cant even get my father to help may my medical bills!

[@richardevans1434]

No such thing as a free meal ?

[@YaLittleFriend]

Lol exactly!

[@mobutter2879]

A fool and his money..shall soon..

[@mp015l2989]

Especially when they believe that they will get a lot of money back in return. This con man had 'the gift of the gab'!

[@bravingthehallways8169]

His mom aged well..

[@thestreamoflife1124]

Unfortunately ☹️ I learned this a bit too late ....but now I'm over all my personal experiences of cons....I feel very much for the lady in this video .... Carolyn

[@Steve-he3cn]

I was conned some 35 years ago as a young soldier traveling to Germany for my first posting. I stood at exit of London Kings cross figuring how to get to Hendon for an overnight stay before catching a flight in the morning. A man approached me asking if I had change of a £20 note I opened my wallet to help him out. He got talking saying he was a army sergeant based in Germany invited me to a nearby snack shop for a chat. Inside sitting we got a coffee and he pulled out a pack of cards. Long story short he fleeced me of the £65 I had in my wallet I guess a lesson learned for a naive 17 year old out in the big wide world count myself luck compared to some of the poor victims on here!

[@tomthomassony8607]

Thanks for sharing. Yes, we’ve all be conned at some stage in our lives.

[@ajrallen1]

The best bit was when he wrote to the journalist 'Ask Sky to lend me £30,000 and I'LL PAY THEM BACK' 😂😂😂

[@Gos1234567]

I actually wouldnt be suprised if they paid it in exchange for exclusive interviews😊

[@iangallager4091]

I guess the sky team had to think long and hard about that proposal!!!!!

[@mp015l2989]

If they had fallen for that one, shame on them!

[@WindDancer435]

@@mp015l2989 There is no way they would have fallen for that lie and that is the reason they exposed his request. I mean, who in the world would take them seriously if they themselves were conned?

[@kit.tv.]

When he read that bit out I literally tilted back the nerve and blatancy, it was almost funny. I'm sure he's conned many others and not only for money. It's as if Acklom is blind too something.

[@jamesedinger4956]

She was working at a boutique and had 800,000 to loan out...I need another job.

[@bibiberlin6220]

Divorce settlement/house sale.

[@JoanneLG1960]

Who rents jets multiple times to a teenager just because they have Daddy's credit card?

[@jameskeith7608]

Other Shithouses

[@goncaloamaral7846]

JoanneLG1960 who rejects a transaction worth tens of thousands?

[@jameskeith7608]

@@goncaloamaral7846 money the new God.

[@donacatanguma]

I can’t get over how he was initially able to continually charge on his father’s card without his father being aware for so long ... I check my cards constantly. Unless I’m not understanding/missing something about his original theft from his father ???

[@susanmuro2844]

11¹

[@jebsmith323]

After my divorce in my early 50s, I took a spin on a matchmaking site. First match was with my ex-husband. Really. Then the military men started flowing in. Special ops, CIA, FBI...I have two sons in the military. Anyone who does work like these does not advertise it.

[@stefanjevtic7175]

Clever.

[@twincherry4958]

Ba ha ha

[@hmq9052]

Hi Jane. I'm in the SAS. PM me

[@skinlesswalnut6259]

@@hmq9052 always one

[@eagleeye2300]

Nigerian scammers. They are either "working on oil rigs" or "in the military," and the scammers steal the photos of attractive older men.

[@mumblesbadly7708]

It’s amazing how many con artists don’t end up pissing off the wrong person, where a bullet or two unceremoniously ends their life of crime.

[@suegoldfild8990]

They sniff out the kind and gentle folks before starting the con duh….. I just can't believe the lady didn't push to have SOME of her money returned from the seizure of his assents?

[@Elizabeth-yg2mg]

She seems a bit dim.

[@felixf4378]

They often times target women, women rarely respond with that kind of violence.

[@lisamcdonald2877]

There is always a "cash flow problem". My former husband was conned by a series of "international businessmen" in the late 80s. In the end, it cost him his career, family and more. Fortunately, we both survived and life went on, but it was devastating.

[@richardevans1434]

People should learn from this but they won't only when it happens to them 🙊🙉🙈

[@stevechristie2569]

In the west we see people getting rich/famous/successful overnight and we think that could happen to us and we can't miss an opportunity! Someone on the phone saying we've won the Australian lottery we never entered?!

[@Girl-101]

Notice how con men are always “international” something or other to make it sound better 😂😂

[@GLeon-ov9yu]

My ex sociopath boyfriend wanted to borrow $10,000 and repay me $15,000 once he processed a “loan” from his 401K. I said absolutely NOT! That’s how this $#*+ starts. It started with $20 here and there that he would pay back and then after 1 year he went for the $10,000. Anytime a man asks a woman for money that he will “pay back later” RUN & never look back!

[@angelosliotscos5861]

@@GLeon-ov9yu A gentleman NEVER involves a woman with his money problems, no matter how dire.

[@renewableenergysolutions90]

Rule #1 of the secret agent school Don't tell people your a secret agent Cause it wouldn't be a secret anymore

[@ConversationsWithYveAnmore]

As with all ongoing abuses of whatever kind, the perpetrator gets away with it because of a lack of information sharing with various agencies, overly-lenient sentencing, and in this case being impressed when someone is well-spoken and educated.

[@baronvestides4739]

He seems to sniff out greed and naivety among the rich.

[@robertstewart239]

His dad must have had an amazing credit limit on his gold card. Jets, hotels... and what bank would give a boy a half a million pound mortgage? Some of these things just don't add up

[@marleengevers]

Some ten years ago, a lot of businesses in Belgium gave free cars (Lamborgini, Maserati, ...) to a guy who pretended to be a Saoudi Prince. He went with his friends, who were the so called minders and body guards and tried to get things based on his fake identity. It worked very well for a while. The guy was a Belgian Moroccan of 20 or so. He showed how stupid people are, I thought he's a genius !

[@saundersjones3095]

Although I don’t look it, I am a Saudi prince myself. I wish people would stop impersonating me. Princes are getting a bad name in certain circles.

[@TradeCDFI]

Amex Gold/Platinum/Black Cards ain’t got any stated Credit Limits. They are Charge Cards.

[@JavierBonillaC]

Agree, we are being conned.

[@proudmilitarybrat76]

@@TradeCDFI very interesting. I didn't know that. I thought they were like regular credit cards and had a limit.

[@neumichel]

I had expected this to end with a long prison sentence and a suicide. But Mark knew that he would only get a slap on the wrist. Someone please explain why someone like this is allowed to devastate lives by being let out of prison so quickly? There seems to be little consequence to graft, fraud and cronyism in the British justice system.

[@janvdb9258]

It is all over the world. He should be put away for life or have a hand chopped off and marked for life, so people get a warning.

[@sgr_sgr]

The simple fact of the matter is that if someone has the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves, even unwise decisions, it makes this type of offence, legally, much more difficult to prosecute. Interestingly, in the online research I conducted after watching this documentary, Acklom was actually convicted of defrauding Carolyn of £300,000, rather than the amount of £750,000 she states in the documentary she lost to Acklom in total.

[@mandyhobson1251]

I'm sorry a bank gave a teenager £500000 mortgage??? What bank, they should be fined and fired

[@riverholme]

leeds permanent building society

[@hannaha4305]

5 yrs for lifelong crimes, good grief this is beyond sad.

[@wildsul4487]

If people are foolish enough to fall for his bullshit...it's their fault too

[@nardinit]

@@wildsul4487 Lol, so scamming should be legal. Alright m8

[@peterolejar]

It ain’t lifelong u moron

[@chrisholland1504]

He'll barely serve two years in a cushy open prison. 5 years = 2.5 years to serve minus several months on a GPS tag with home curfew.

[@alfredalove4610]

This detective was so dedicated and amazing. I'm so sad the lady found him

[@ellebelle8515]

"a man of great presence and charisma" ... So grateful I did not have to be the victim of such a person and know that in my older years I now have the wisdom to see the potential shallowness and narcissism of such people.

[@beaulieuc8910]

That is great.

[@rocioaguilera3555]

It's the sociopathic charisma.

[@annnee6818]

Don't feel too safe, everyone can be conned if it's the right con in the right moment. But vigilance is commendable, obviously

[@indiesindie1984]

Charisma! That's the first narcissistic trait to look out for.

[@iamacreator7119]

This guy went to one of the best con schools on the world. A boarding school where student are programmed at the subconscious level on how to be a narcissistic, psychopathic, social-vampire.

[@My2up2downCastle]

Spot on

[@GaZonk100]

not so, they are instilled with an attitude of 'service' and noblesse oblige...however this outlier had frontal-lobe damage and so his intelligence (and his 'id') had no retarding-force

[@peterbeyer5755]

Interesting how people are drawn to them, vote for them to become their prime minister and even go to war for them.

[@mi3helle707]

I didn't know this about boarding schools..

[@pamelamorris3148]

LOL

[@michaelmeredith9470]

Ive read Carolyn's book and im very sorry for what happened to her but it never fails to amaze me that people can be so gullible.

[@julieuk5855]

Stupid more like it!

[@oldbatwit5102]

I don't have a lot of sympathy for the guy who lent 400,000 Euros to someone he only ever talked to over the phone.

[@arfshesaid4325]

clearly a drop in the bucket

[@colindixon9916]

I'd love his contact number tho .. 😏

[@HJKelley47]

His own greed set him up for the con.

[@dougieroberts7045]

Maybe I am missing something but if it's clear where he has obtained his wealth from, and how, why aren't the legal authorities recovering the money he has conned from people and returning it to them ? It seems to me the legal authorities are encouraging this type of crime because ultimately they get away with it. Crazy.

[@janvdb9258]

Dougie, they spend it usually on luxury or to start the next con

[@elizabethsohler6516]

One guess.Hard to recover money that's been spent.

[@rosefabian65]

Couldn’t they force him to pay restitution? Also, why would the prosecutors do a deal with him by only allowing him 5 counts out of 20? That’s madness. And, ineptitude.

[@markstedman8186]

Once again we see the British justice system in all its glory

[@marksanchez2580]

Leave him in China

[@paulukjames7799]

We urgently need a new British justice system the wrong people like Julian Assange getting locked up and the real villains go virtually free there is very little justice left in the courts .

[@ACIDvICTIM]

All sociopaths and psychopaths in bed together working hard at the detriment of the everyday joe

[@araymond1able]

@@paulukjames7799 Brits let in terrorists and have paid for it. The thing that bothers me is they do not learn from past mistakes. A life long criminal scam artists is exactly what he is. The only thing to stop him from scamming people is to lock him up. Unless he can work supervised during the day and then bring him back to his cell. That way he can pay back some of the money and also be held accountable for his actions.

[@janewalmsley1013]

I got conned by my husband but on a smaller scale I'll never trust any man again

[@quokkapirquish6825]

I feel sick to my stomach, how Carolyn Woods must be feeling. She’s an incredible person to have not let it finish her off, she’s got that elegance and spirit about her. The Swiss guy he took for 400k was very cool too, must be very rich.

[@GradKat]

I read Carolyn’s book. Right from the start, she was footing the bill for EVERYTHING. This didn’t strike her as odd? Sadly, women in a certain age bracket, alone, comfortably off, seem to lose their heads completely when an attractive man pays them a compliment.

[@mrmez1170]

4 years. Crime does pay

[@douggief1367]

Think 50, 60, 80, 100 years down the track. It will come to us all.

[@Fee212]

I was hooked when the voice said it was a Martin Brunt documentary. He's smart, accurate and a "no nonsense" reporter.

[@misterpete8001]

Hes class, like a computer

[@mp015l2989]

McIntire is cool also!

[@kkdd6413]

Absolutely love a Martin Brunt story, a thorough investigation and a smooth comforting voice

[@Fee212]

​@@mp015l2989 Oh yes, for sure.

[@I-talk-about-tough-topics]

Motto? "Trust but verify." I'd watched this before and I am watching it again, today. I agree that this should be mandatory viewing for many folks, to remind them about not everyone being as honest as would like. We tend to want to believe the best of others (maybe often simply because it helps keep our physiological stress levels down). That's a good thing.

[@johanrahan3189]

He is not in love with money hes in love with" the con"

[@rdallas81]

Yip! The thrill of the chase and the thrill of executing the biggest damn con! Jeez man! I get so excited! I mean....not cool man, why would someone probe how bright and persuasive they are by exhibiting such beautiful cons!

[@CraigsOverijse]

Jo Hanrahan but the money is as bonus

[@hoggybhoy1967]

He wouldn't do any of it if for no financial gain.

[@Zepherian]

Dupers delight. Psychologists know this well. He's metagaming life.

[@Jinka1950]

Yep....exactly...

[@mariancounsellor]

I’m listening to Carolyn and can’t believe she believed absolutely everything he said. It’s not a natural inclination not to question anything l. I disagree with the expert.

[@kellywalsh30]

Marian Hanson Counsellor and Coach if some guy told me he was in MI5 id be like “Sure Jan”

[@twintwo278]

Right!!!

[@mjj7781]

Yes, it's very stupid not to be critical

[@Basauri48970]

She may have been so invested in the dream future lifestyle together he had sold to her, that she couldn't dare to contemplate the possibility that he was conning her. She might also have had a sheltered life until then and never experienced fraud first hand, which would leave her more trusting of others than most. But I think the 1st reason would have weighted more.

[@Girl-101]

Middle class sheltered 50 odds divorcee ain’t exactly street wise!! I would know it was BS too but then I’m not the sort of lady one would con, I’m skint 😂😂

[@afrobian1]

She said : ''He was extremely well dressed and looked wealthy''. thats all it takes to make a woman fall for a man lol. SMH

[@someone3187]

No, he also looked attractive, charming and was well spoken.

[@skhumbulembana3911]

Oozes confidence, can feel it when he is in the room , this was a lonely, desperate woman yawning for love, she was rope in well

[@dongargon763]

He should’ve just opened up a payday loans business they are no different and legal

[@straylight2378]

He's addicted to the drama and sense of power from the confidence trickster lifestyle though.

[@user6d2a05]

@@straylight2378 a spirit of Satan. he could actually use that intelligent brain of his and earn the money through starting up a company, but first he would need delivarance from those demons. politicians are also psychopaths and no different from this man, the only difference is they didnt get caught.

[@robingagan6288]

Loan sharks

[@wingra6688]

He probably is the one who started the "pay-day- loans" and has an investment in them.

[@GimmieTheLoot]

Don Gargon payday loans don’t romantically swindle people

[@rileyhoffman6629]

PTSD, here. I was scammed two years ago. Lost a lot, not everything, but I'm still dealing with the fallout. And the emotional toll will be ongoing, it changed my entire world-view in a way I'm not happy with. Be cautious; get it in writing; have it verified by an independent.

[@beaulieuc8910]

The more awareness the better, talking about it helps. My dad got scammed by a man who was a friend of our stockbrokers. He sold him land in the Bahamas that didn't exist when he went out there. The conman lived it up in Spain.

[@katiadelrieu5621]

Same here. However, it changed my outlook on life in à way that I do like. I needed to become more worldly and savvy and suspicious.

[@rileyhoffman6629]

@Emily Hinkley Well, some actually do. I fell into a diagnosed psychosis and am just now starting to feel 'normal' once again.

[@parkerbohnn]

My own brother-in-law cost me several million dollars. It took me the better part of the last 7 years to make it back.

[@Itried20takennames]

“It was a forceps and suction birth….” So was mine, and although I didn’t became an amoral con man, my mother would blame every minor health problem I had on the suction birth for years. There is a lot of evidence that our brains tend to prefer some causes of health problems over others (we prefer one time events over gradual or cumulative causes, we prefer unusual events as a cause over mundane ones, we prefer things that are done to us by someone else over things internal to us like our age, weight, smoking habit, etc)…and although this doesn’t exonerate suction births and I know little about them….they fit many of these criteria.

[@nealbeard1]

How good is he as a con artist? He keeps getting caught.

[@lunafringe10]

right

[@lunafringe10]

i d call Comey immediately for this guys record.

[@michaelangood]

just my thoughts too. it must be awful to be jail, especially in SPAIN. he wasn't punished enough

[@snakechrmr6398]

"He stopped taking her calls" That doesn't sound like "slowly began distancing himself" from her.

[@mystiquemysteria685]

snakechrmr😂😂😂

[@elizanne6660]

😂 sounds like brakes on, open the car door, and shove her out!

[@floramcdonald5524]

Sounds like he was on his toes

[@janettawallace3722]

I can not understand how anyone who knows nothing about one and give them that kind of money taking their story. He got serious problems. His job is a serious thief. His mind is constantly planning how to get over. His occupation and he is very intelligent doing it. Law enforcement need to keep him behind bars. Same things happen over and over.

[@jamesrichardson-king9359]

He looks a little bit like a rat crossed with a human. I sincerely hope the poor victims recover from this rodent. 🐀🐀🐀

[@jhonfamo8412]

Rodents treat each other MUCH better

[@tapsars7911]

He should be castrated so that more of such rodents don't get spawned .

[@theunspokentruth5987]

Scrubs up well said the so called expert on here 😂😂

[@MrBobthebird]

They got into this situation by being greedy, so no sympathy.

[@veaudor]

There's something missing here. Why would the teacher give a student, a minor, such a sum? Also, I wonder what kind of relationship they actually had. How did the parents not see the charges on their credit cards? Where were his parents when he was jet-setting around? Didn't they notice his absence? I believe, his parents may have created their own monster.

[@Ivan-tk7pn]

Cooked story

[@yukisuperstylish]

@@Ivan-tk7pn what does cooked story mean?

[@labronjames2072]

@@yukisuperstylish made up story!

[@yukisuperstylish]

@@labronjames2072 thanks :)

[@riverholme]

i think the spending only went on for so many months, not years. he wrought havoc and then it was his parents who had to make the choice to hand him into the police. they could have just left it - he never would have gone to jail. 'i was nearly 17' - crimes committed. 18; he was charged. justice is bureaucratic and takes time

[@glenicecrease5115]

I liked when he introduced himself as ‘Mr Conway.’. His teenage spree using his dad’s gold credit card was amazing! Were there no protections for the owner of stolen card in those days? Why was the card not frozen? He must have hated his family to do that to them.

[@gracenoah6316]

He was able to play them, because these women wanted a rich man. If we are being honest, they only fell for him, because they thought he was rich.

[@mobutter2879]

He baited each, with their own greed.

[@robertmassive5335]

I completely agree.. They thought they were investigating on a future relationship with a rich man😂😂😂

[@fredahwiwu5219]

True all this people also wanted to con him he just conned them first and they arr really mad at it

[@freemindthinkerezrapound5071]

As Orwell said it's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled

[@krmccarrell]

Hummmm, did someone say Trump?

[@john-carlosynostroza]

great video. thanks

[@kukuakukua]

Even the judicial systems in all these countries couldn't keep this guy out of the streets and kept slapping him on the wrist with supper short jail times. Unbelieveable

[@mikede1561]

And on the 12th of December, millions in the UK, will vote for these sorts of people.

[@m-o-l]

.. mike De .. I know, it's hard to comprehend why working class folks would ever vote Tory .. I can't understand it .. maybe they think they'll become toffs, like tories, if they vote for them ??

[@peterarmstrong6730]

@@m-o-l i think it's the young and gullible under 30s game console generation that will vote for the Conservatives. They have no clue how dangerous these Tories are. They're too busy playing COD and Using Facebook to make, "Friends". Brainwashed basically.

[@RipperBravo]

moghirl As opposed to voting Anti Semitic Labour Party ? Haha.

[@peterarmstrong6730]

@@RipperBravo mate the labour party is not anti semitic. More smoke and Mirrors by the Conservative party. To cause dissent amongst those gullible enogh to believe it. No offence mate just facts

[@RipperBravo]

Peter Armstrong Accused by their own members and MP’s....damning enough. Labour will be wiped out at this election. And they deserve it.

[@magos6595]

He's a free man now, living in Spain. Zero remorse, zero financial consequences. Unacceptable.

[@davis70140]

There is usually a time limit of 3 mouths after the order being made for the available amount to be settled, which can be extended for a further 3 months in certain circumstances failure to do so means the defendant faces a prison sentence. The defendant faces a prison sentence. the prison sentence does not replace the amount owed however

[@Otto72ish]

He was the year below me at school in the 80s. Conned teachers, his parents and banks out of loads of money even when he was 17! Too many stories to tell here.

[@seanshannon6314]

Tell 1

[@Abi-do2ck]

X for doubt

[@terencehennegan1439]

It truly is amazing how a very intelligent lady can be taken in by Acklom, however, she is a brave courageous women to articulate her experience with that fiend.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

In a way she, too, was on the make. She was thrilled at the prospect of a bargain transaction and set her intelligence aside to accommodate its fruition. Just like the Swiss man who handed over a great pile of money on the basis of some phone conversations. I feel quite sorry for them both, but let's face it, one could as easily laugh at them. The duping of fools by swine is a classic comic motif. Tragicomic, should we say?

[@terencehennegan1439]

dixon pinfold Yes greed is a potent enticement but there is no getting away from Acklom being a ruthless psychopath. Personally I think his birth has a lot to do with his problem in that the trauma/ manipulation to get out of his mothers womb became part of his makeup throughout his life, it left an imprint on the subconscious mind and that which we are not conscious of will effect our behaviour. The fiend needs psychotherapy to dig it out.

[@dixonpinfold2582]

@@terencehennegan1439 Thanks for your reply. Your idea about birth trauma is interesting, and reminded me that a correlation has been found between birth complications and schizophrenia. Its onset occurs a couple of decades later.

[@annamarielewis7078]

Intelligence has nothing to do with chemistry. And this woman, sophisticated though she appeared, was impressed with the outward trappings. Pretty typical of pseudo social climbers. All flash no cash. Always a red flag.

[@paullancaster7066]

@@annamarielewis7078 ... but she was already wealthy in her own right, £850,000 ... but I suppose we always want ' a little bit more' sparkle in our lives.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

His wife probably has bank accounts they don’t know about!! And she is as bad as him if she’s ever spent a single penny he got

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

I have three sisters that are not only very good looking but would be considered very well off by any financial measurement. And over the years all three of them have had serious ConMen try to rope them in and they nailed each one of them.

[@haggismuncher735]

Nailed each of them? At the same time or separately? How much did it cost these men?

[@animaladvocate8938]

They definitely pursue those types. Sometimes the women put up with it just to have a companion.

[@someone3187]

​@@haggismuncher735 The conmen were trying to rip off his sisters, but the sisters saw right through the conmen and didn't fall for it.

[@stevenangus4251]

HES NOT A SUPER CONMAN ??? IF HE KEEPS GETTING CAUGHT AND JAILED

[@ethank5681]

Steven Angus yes he is. If he never got caught he wouldn’t be a conman, he’d just be a regular business man

[@ricshmitz83]

@@ethank5681 but he did get caught and so your comment is redundant.

[@ethank5681]

ricshmitzUK so is ur mom

[@Olori-Ogun]

@@ethank5681 grow up little boy

[@ethank5681]

yemmydboss ok boomer

[@newton18311]

My farther was a con man, back in the 70s, He had a few visits to prison. I was at school then, The head master took great pleasure in calling me out in assembly, saying, See your farther in prison again, I could never get credit and was even ashamed to tell people my name when asked, Even when I went for a job after leaving school people would turn me down because of my fathers name. I grew up saving for anything I wanted to buy, The only loan I ever got was my Mortgage. So there is a knock on affect to the con Peoples direct family. He also drove my mother mental by lying and having affairs.

[@ninap6893]

What country? That’s not legal in the USA.

[@joeennis2571]

when he is old enough he will apply for his pension from MI6

[@ianinvan]

... and get it ...

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Anyone there questions his claim. He'll tell them his credentials are on a need to know basis on account of his super super secret status.

[@lindareavis5971]

Joe Ennis and probably get it

[@joyceyagoda4207]

Joe Ennis and get that pension

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@lindareavis5971 ianinvan made this point already

[@semrana1986]

I am convinced beyond a shred of doubt that the so-called 'justice system' is broken beyond hope

[@Sol-Cutta]

If u invest 400,000 over the phone u have no sympathy from me..what a fool.

[@Girl-101]

He should have been a male escort for desperate older posh rich women, he would’ve made a mint and it’s similar to what he was doing anyway, sleeping with women and charming them to get what he wants. Also he was attractive and could talk the talk, complete sociopath I think but a non murderous one. The woman telling the story is also very attractive looking, she looks confident, intelligent, classy etc and still she was fooled. This is because Mark knows his marks type all too well, he has studied them and knows how to pull the perfect con

[@ivanauker132]

Feel so sorry for all the victims but especially the lady who lost her 750k.

[@mollyhorse]

oh come on....she was pretty stupid.

[@ivanauker132]

@@mollyhorse that’s true but good people think other people are good. I can’t help feeling sympathy for for the souls that don’t see the sharks.

[@lunafringe10]

whats your name? Bond? Oh how nice, I just need one to keep me out of prison

[@UnknownUser-by4le]

@@ivanauker132 or they were simply Lured in by the big money they though was coming their way

[@kitanasavage8546]

@@mollyhorse its very easy to judge. Power of manipulation is unbelievable.

[@glenn6583]

“He smelled like money, I had to make him mine!” That is what I read between the lines.

[@stacyblue1980]

Never- EVER- give anybody your money. If youre rich or regular . Never do it.

[@desertstar7199]

stacyblue1980 good advice I learnt it the hard way . God bless

[@sarahunderwood4616]

I’ve learnt this one 👍🏻

[@pt-dg4ft]

I don't have any to give , maybe I could string along ;)