The life of Nicola Persico, a retired finance general, is marked by the morning walk, coffee at Totò's bar and a few conquests among the elderly neighbors. Except that Nicola Persico is not a finance general. And his name is not even Nicola Persico. His secret identity is Federico Sinacori: "the Lord of the scam", he was nicknamed by the police forces of half of Europe, in the roaring years in which he pulled off amazing scams that consecrated him as the greatest of all. Before he disappeared for no apparent reason.