Robert de Niro

Speaking of iconic Hollywood personalities, Robert de Niro is one of them. He’s best known for starring in nine motion picture films with renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Besides a career filled with coveted acting credits, de Niro also received several accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

De Niro is also known for exuding a tough-guy persona, both on-screen and in his personal life. It’s quite a surprise that someone would ever have the guts to try and con this legend. Interestingly, a man named Lawrence Salander gutted it out and swindled the actor $88 million. De Niro is a well-known art enthusiast who decided to sell 50 artworks with Salander as the middleman. The artworks sold for a ton of money, but Salander didn’t give the Hollywood star his money. Instead, he used it to pay off all of his debts.