On this episode of "Dirty Money," we delve into the dark mind of a serial impersonator who preyed on the rich. Con man Christian Gerhartsreiter had many…
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investigators to prove that this mysterious conman was also a killer. but was the case as clear-cut as it seemed? there was no motive. there was no reason he would have done this. for the first time, hear from the detectives who helped crack this puzzling case and from his ex-wife. i thought he was very intelligent, funny, very charming. for decades, he got away with a web of lies. would he also get away with murder? i can fib, certainly, but i have never hurt anyone. tonight the mystery of the man with so many faces. i m lester holt, and this is dateline, behind closed doors. here s mike taibbi. it was a brutal crime, buried over the years by dirt and lies, but there he was finally in a los angeles county courtroom to stand trial for it all. he came here with nothing, and then he ended up as a fake rockefeller. the world first came to know him as a phony rockefeller, who made headlines for duping a string of bright, if gullible women. they couldn t tell
and i ll get on my knees and pray we don t get fooled again we told you yesterday about that online hoax targeting famous televangelist joel osteen claiming the preacher was no longer a christian. the man who pulled off the hoax spoke out about why and how he pulled it all off. abc s david wright heard from him firsthand. god s fighting our battles for us. reporter: one of america s best known televangelists calls it quits rejecting his faith. big news it would seem. it was certainly news to joel osteen. my phone started buzzing. calls started coming in. i thought, i better go check that. reporter: there was a twitter account linked to a facebook page and a website, an elaborate internet hoax.