Long before the misdeeds of Anna Sorokin, Bernie Madoff and the Tinder Swindler came to light, a man named Albert Rosenberg was perfecting the art of the con.
The Canadian septuagenarian spent decades convincing people he was a successful tycoon, scamming banks, art galleries and investors out of their money.
His activities in Yorkville, a particularly posh part of Toronto, earned him the nickname the Yorkville Swindler.
He's the subject of a documentary called The Talented Mr Rosenberg, which will screen as part of the Fraud Film Festival in Auckland next week.
The director is award-winning Canadian documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich, who joins Kathryn to explain why he's drawn to telling the tales of real-life dirty rotten scoundrels.
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