In the movies they are played by Pierce Brosnan and Gene Hackman and justify art stealing or snatching of old Nazi German gold. In real life however they are unattractive and miserable figures devoted to the unglamorous and unforgiving life of insurance frauds. They do not have punch lines or happy endings, but their actions speak of great intelligence and/or tremendous stupidity. Here are 10 rascals that are the masterminds behind the most outrageous insurance frauds our time has ever seen. You decide who is who.