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The final rip-off

Leverage: Conning for a cause It’s a spy versus spy series that sets a team of scam artists after a company guilty of theft and fraud. Leverage Monday to Thursday at 9 P.M. on AXN India revolves around former superstar insurance investigator Nate Ford, who had helped recover millions for his employer, who had lost all hope of ever seeing the money which was due to him. However, when Ford’s son gets seriously ill his employer whom he had helped so much refuses to pay the medical bills. Now his son is dead, his marriage is over and Ford has hit the bottle. One evening when he is boozing at a bar, he meets Victor Dubenich, a top executive of an aeronautics company who has heard of Ford’s reputation as a recovery agent and offers him a job: Steal back an airplane design that was stolen from his company by an arch rival organisation. Interestingly, this company is insured by Ford’s former employer whom he holds responsible for his misfortunes. With vengeance on his mind, Ford accepts this final assignment and gets down to putting together a team of scam artists and thieves who all have their own ‘talents’. Watch the gripping show and find out whether Ford and his team succeed in their mission of vendetta. — NF





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