EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 8 MIN
The Fake Secret Agent - The Robert Hendy-Freegard Story
from Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast · host Ray William Johnson
Robert Hendy-Freegard is a British con artist who, in the 1990s and early 2000s, posed as an undercover MI5 agent to manipulate, isolate, and financially exploit multiple victims across the UK. Presenting himself as a secret operative hunting the IRA, he convinced young professionals and students that they were in danger and needed to go into hiding under his direction, extracting hundreds of thousands of pounds from them while controlling their movements, relationships, and even identities.
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Robert Hendy-Freegard is a British con artist who, in the 1990s and early 2000s, posed as an undercover MI5 agent to manipulate, isolate, and financially exploit multiple victims across the UK. Presenting himself as a secret operative hunting the IRA, he convinced young professionals and students that they were in danger and needed to go into hiding under his direction, extracting hundreds of thousands of pounds from them while controlling their movements, relationships, and even identities.
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