Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang

Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang
GenreFactual
Directed byPete Grant
Presented byJames Blake
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerKelda Crawford-McCann
Running time57 minutes
Production companyStrident
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release23 October 2023 (2023-10-23)
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Hunting The Catfish Crime Gang is a BBC Three television documentary. The programme is presented by James Blake and follows his investigation into a criminal network that stole his identity and used it for an online catfishing scam. During the investigation, the programme revealed that hundreds of fake social media profiles had been set up using Blake's likeness, and multiple women had been defrauded.