At the top of each Apple Cider Vinegar episode, characters break the fourth wall and tell us, "This is a true story based on a lie." The true story in question? The rise and fall of Australian influencer Belle Gibson ( Booksmart 's Kaitlyn Dever),

Conmen have been the subject of popular Netflix titles such as FYRE and The Tinder Swindler, but it increasingly feels like female fraudsters are running the show. Here’s a guide to six recent series exploring this fertile territory.

Apple Cider Vinegar chronicles Australian cancer con woman Belle Gibson's sensational rise and fall. But for the cast, it's deeply personal.

One of the biggest TV trends of the 2020s has been the rise of scammer dramas. From Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” to Hulu’s “The Dropout” to AppleTV+’s “WeCrashed,” these stylized, slightly fictionalized retellings of ripped-from-the-headlines stories chart the rise and fall of glamorous,

In “Apple Cider Vinegar,” a new Netflix series released on Thursday, Kaitlyn Dever plays Belle Gibson, a real Australian woman who proliferated a scam about overcoming terminal brain cancer through healthy eating.

The series Apple Cider Vinegar, out on Netflix Feb. 6, follows a wellness guru who pretends to be very unwell in a story that is based on true events. It’s been a decade since it was revealed that the Australian wellness entrepreneur Belle Gibson,

Here's a sign of the times: as I'm writing this review of "Apple Cider Vinegar," a Netflix series about a woman who achieved internet celebrity by faking a battle with cancer, my colleague is reviewing "Scamanda,