Of Money and Blood

2023 · 52m · TMDB 7.7/10 (44 votes)

About Of Money and Blood

The scam of the century, which occurred in France and Europe between 2008 and 2009.

Billions gone up in smoke on the new financial market of "carbon quotas" invented to fight against global warming.

The association of Belleville crooks with a trader from the wealthy neighborhoods, tracked by an obsessive investigator.

When human passions are unleashed beyond simple interest.

Based on the investigative book by Fabrice Arfi.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
7.7/10 from 44 votes
Seasons
1
Episodes
12

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 1

View season page
Fitoussi episode still
S1 E151 min

Fitoussi

France, 2009. Simon Weynachter, director of the national judicial customs service, sets up a new investigation office to fight against financial crime. During a random search, Weynachter and his teams uncover a seemingly ordinary VAT scam involving two Tunisian crooks from the working-class Belleville district, Fitous and Bouli. They establish a connection with a mysterious trader from the wealthy neighborhood, Jérôme Attias.

TMDB 6.5/10 from 2 votes

Borderline episode still
S1 E252 min

Borderline

Fitous, Bouli and Attias are preparing a major scam on the new Overgreen market for buying and reselling carbon quotas. As his investigation progresses, Simon is approached by a whistleblower who reveals to him the possibility of a gigantic fraud on this market of "pollution rights", which is worth billions.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 2 votes

Number 26 episode still
S1 E349 min

Number 26

Attias's relatives are worried to see him frequenting Fitous and Bouli; his wife and his billionaire father-in-law know that he is capable of any excesses, whether out of a love of gambling or simple provocation. Simon knows that the carbon financial bomb is going to explode. But where? Simon has no idea; nor does he know where his daughter Émilie is, having gone on the road with her boyfriend, a drug addict like her.

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

Alya episode still
S1 E457 min

Alya

Fitous, Bouli and Attias have settled into a house in Tel Aviv to launch hostilities. Their scam quickly exceeds their expectations and millions are pouring in. To obtain information, Simon places Annabelle, Attias' wife, in custody, thus also putting pressure on her father. Simon finally manages to locate the trio in Israel.

TMDB 5.0/10 from 1 votes

Anton Zagury episode still
S1 E551 min

Anton Zagury

In Tel Aviv, Anton Zagury, a figure of the banditry with whom Simon is in contact, agrees to play the role of informant in exchange for a tax arrangement with the French authorities. Attias, Fitous and Bouli continue to rake in millions. The fraud threatens to quickly get out of control. Simon returns to France to alert the authorities who turn a deaf ear. But in Tel Aviv, his informant has come into contact with the crooks.

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

Shame on You episode still
S1 E648 min

Shame on You

Simon mounts an operation to arrest Fitous, Bouli and Attias in Tel Aviv. But a blunder by the French authorities compromises the intervention. Simon can only count on Zagury's testimony, but the French authorities refuse to make the financial deal he demands. When Simon learns that Attias has been overtaken by the Tunisians, he decides to play this last card.

TMDB 4.0/10 from 1 votes

Almighty episode still
S1 E756 min

Almighty

Released on bail, the carbon crooks set off on a world tour of casinos, spending lavishly and living in luxury with the money stolen from the French state. Carbon money is now a trail of blood in the Pacific Ocean: the "billions" of these small-time crooks attract major crime.

TMDB 6.0/10 from 2 votes

King Midas episode still
S1 E847 min

King Midas

After Bouli's murder, Simon wonders about Attias' possible guilt; obsessed with this investigation, he keeps up the pressure to push Attias into making a mistake. Attias' father-in-law tries to get rid of his son-in-law who humiliates his daughter by making a spectacle of himself on the arm of Julia, a model. Attias becomes the agent of chaos, a role he seems to take on with pleasure, as if, in front of Simon, he could finally invent a destiny for himself.

TMDB 7.8/10 from 2 votes

Business Angels episode still
S1 E950 min

Business Angels

Intoxicated by the danger, Attias now seeks to associate himself with Italian mafiosi, friends of Julia. Simon watches him sink into excess… Questioned once again about their crazy spending, Fitous gets away with it thanks to his usual trick. But he makes his first mistake: Simon discovers at his home an unsuspected clue that links him to an offshore carbon company.

Clean episode still
S1 E1048 min

Clean

While Fitous is on the run, Attias is caught in a downward spiral. A cocaine addict and under pressure from Simon, who is more obsessed than ever with the investigation, Attias makes a series of mistakes. In his mad race for money, he teams up with dangerous traffickers. Thanks to Simon's stubbornness, the noose tightens around the trader.

TMDB 0.5/10 from 1 votes

Violence episode still
S1 E1154 min

Violence

Riddled with debts contracted with dangerous mafiosi and caught in the net of the investigation, Attias struggles and tries to get some air. Playing his last card, Attias hatches a new scheme to escape his creditors: an insider trading that he "sells" to a financier friend. But, once again, nothing goes as planned.

Tikkun Olam episode still
S1 E1258 min

Tikkun Olam

Held captive in a sordid suburban apartment, Attias and his friend are terrified. Their captors seem to have understood the interest of financial scams and offshore companies. Attias manages to escape, but Simon finds him. While investigating this mysterious company in the third American market, he discovers that it is in fact linked to Attias.

More like Of Money and Blood