“He is a coward and a scoundrel”: how did master con artist Piet Van Haut get a judge in jail?

In the fifth episode of ‘The Greatest Master Swindler in the World’ we find out why Piet Van Haut has been free for years. In 1996, the fraudster even managed to get judge Jan Beirens in jail by falsely accusing him of corruption. The former judge was innocent behind bars for no less than three months. “He depends on the lies and has caused me a lot of misery,” says Beirens. Watch the full story in the episode below.

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