Former reality TV contestants conned into filming fake TV show
Nov 7, 2012
A pair of contestants from the popular reality show “Big Brother” was scammed by a con man into spending months shooting a bogus reality show, according to news sources in Britain.Fifty-one-year-old serial con man Selva Carmichael lured former reality TV celebrities Mario Marconi and Lisa Appleton into appearing in the fake show “Lisa and Mario: Their Journey” last year. This allowed him to swindle money from investors who thought they were investing in a promising production company.Marconi and