with a long history of cons and a long trail of victims. christopher s story begins in the french city of awe fleur on the normandy coast. he was born in this tiny fishing village in 1967. rocancourt was the son of an alcoholic father who froze to death in the streets and a mother who was a sometimes-prostitute. by the age of 5, christopher had been abandoned by both of them and sent to live in an orphanage. how honest are you willing to give to us in the answers you give us? 100%? 70%? no, no. i don t have time to play games anymore. rocancourt had played the game for many years and he refused to admit that he was in fact a con man, always insisting that his victims were just bad business people who loaned him some money. so you re willing now, to say, for the first time that, i, christopher rocancourt, am a con man? i ve been a confidence man.