History loves its heroes a little too much. We paint murals and build statues about people who probably didn't deserve the praise. Dig past the legends and you'll find frauds, tyrants, and phonies.
From crooked bosses to skeezy charities, these ridiculously deceitful real-life scams take the word "corrupt" to the next level.
New York police officer Frank Serpico exposed the corruption in his own department, but he was taking his life in his hands to do it.
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