On the face of it, Selva Carmichael seemed every slick media mogul, promising to make stars out of Big Brother contestants Lisa Appleton and Mario Maconi as well as millionaires out of investors in his fly-on-the-wall documentary. However, this was just the latest in a spate of deceptions carried out by the Bistrol conman. The show was bogus and it poorly edited footage that eventually surfaced was simply an accessory, designed to convince investors that the show was a work-in-progress and, more importantly, took part with their cash.
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