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From Russia with Cash
2015 · Film · 49 min
Directed by Dan Reed
With increasing evidence that London's property boom is being partly fuelled by overseas buyers laundering money, From Russia with Cash uses secret filming and an undercover reporter posing as a Russian government minister to investigate how estate agents react to his plan to use millions of pounds of stolen money to purchase a high end property.
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I think it was this one - “From Russia With Cash”. On Channel 4, not BBC.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jul/07/london-estate-agents-caught-on-camera-russian-buyer
Key quote about the motive for estate agents turning a blind eye to the clear admission of fraud :
“Behind the deals, claims the documentary, lie easy profits for estate agents. If “Boris” had gone ahead with the purchases they stood to earn between £65,000 to £315,000 in commissions.”