Masterminds

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For the film, see Masterminds (film).

Masterminds is a true crime documentary television series produced in Canada. As of 9 October 2006, the program is broadcast on History Television in Canada and Court TV in the United States.

Each 30 minute episode features one true crime story. The profiled crimes generally involve large sums of cash or merchandise and, more importantly, extremely unique and/or elaborate methods of criminal operation which were never before (and sometimes never since) seen by law enforcement agencies.

With a few notable exceptions, most criminals profiled in this series were caught within a couple of years of committing their crime(s).

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Michael de Guzman - key figure in the Bre-X stock scandal
Ronnie Leibowitz (a.k.a. "The Motorcycle Bandit") - infamous Israeli bank robber
Ely Sakhai - suspected purveyor of millions of dollars in forged art
Albert Spaggiari - organizer of the 1976 Société Générale bank robbery in Nice, France