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Police said ted maher had confessed to faking an armed attack on edmond safra's monaco penthouse, setting it ablaze, killing the billionaire and a fellow nurse. in the span of a news cycle, he had been transformed from hero to villain. you made up the store be the intruders. >> right. >> out of whole cloth. >> right. >> to make yourself look like a hero. that's the confession you signed. ted repeated that story numerous times to authorities investigating the case. he even walked police through his actions, re-creating the crime inside the burned out penthouse. and yet whispers of a larger cons...

>> they arrested him. they prevented him from going inside. >> a picture of an inept bungling monaco police department was beginning to take shape. the story now had the potential to be a huge source of embarrassment for the principality, which banked on its reputation as a safe haven for the rich and royal. with each new detail, the story of the banker and his masked assassins became increasingly bizarre. but according to authorities here, there was a reason why early news reports read like a hollywood screenplay. the tale of the armed intruders was complete and utter fiction. within days of ...

Banker edmund safra and his nurse had to some, added up to a muddle of half-truths and unproven accusations. >> everybody in this story believes what suits him. >> ted maher believes that he was witness to an assassination attempt gone awry. but we had some more questions about his version of events. >> can you help me understand a few more things. if we can go back to the night in question. >> remember, ted says he was abducted two days before the attack. and told that a window shutter needed to be left open. >> what i don't understand about these guys is why tell you that they're going to at...

He's telling the truth when he says he did it. >> exactly. >> and it's all solved. >> yes. >> case closed. or was it? coming up, what was really behind ted maher's confession? >> i just needed to see him. to make sure he was okay. >> when the mystery of the billionaire banker continues. this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you're awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking... maybe it's time we finish this test drive and head back to the dealership? that is so jeffrey... soooo je...

That the trial was rigged from the start and last summer a monaco judge came forward with evidence to back them up. that judge, who approved ted's indictment says he was part of a secret meeting where the prosecutor and one of ted's very own monaco attorneys agreed in advance to fix the verdict and the sentence. an official investigation is under way. the prosecutor on the case and ted's monaco attorneys all say the trial wasn't fixed. and point out that ted's conviction was ultimately decided by a six-person jury. but there's one other lawyer who thinks the trial and conviction of ted maher w...