Unraveled

Director: Marc H. Simon

IMDB: Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted over 700 Million Dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white collar crime spree remarkable. "Unraveled" is set in the "purgatory" of house arrest, an upper East Side penthouse, where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day. The film weaves Dreier's struggle to prepare for the possibility of life imprisonment with first-person flashbacks, which reveal his audacious path of destruction. Destroyed by his own hubris, Dreier attempts to grasp his tragic unraveling. With unprecedented access, "Unraveled" exposes a mastermind of criminal deception.

BBC synopsis: Storyville: Documentary about Marc Dreier, a Manhattan attorney who was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud that netted over $750 million in six years.

Released: 13 Apr 2012 First broadcast: 05 Sep 2012

– IMDB: 5.9
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