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>> tonight on "nightline." faking it. this bible-quoting bank director allegedly staged his own death and went on the run. to night how a fugitive millionaire came back from the dead joining a long line of fakers like this guy. >> i was planning a funeral for him. >> until he got busted. >> what were you running from? >> now is the time to apologize. >> make me pretty. here is prince william's holiday selfy. how about yours? the fashion photographer who promises you will never take an awkward party pic again. it's the "nightline" photo booth. >> and, nigela fighting back from domestic diva to dramatic divorce to torturous trial.

>> that's what it is. >> celebrity tv chef talks openly for the first time about public humiliation. >> to have not only your private life but distortions of your private life put on display is mortifying. >> announcer: keep it right he

good evening. we have all had the fantasy if briefly escape your current life and start over. no responsibilities. no romanticing entanglements, no debts. all of it while chilling on a beach. tonight the story of one man who not only had this fant sasy but went for it. aubrey lee price, a businessman, faked his own death leaving behind a trail of victims from whom he stole millions. he's not the first person to try this.

but now, the jig is up. the aubrey lee price who shuffled out of court was shackled with shaggy hair a far cry from this guy, the slick bible quoting bank director riding high a few years ago until he allegedly faked his own death and vanished. this is the last time anybody saw price alive on this surveillance video. not long after he wrote this long rambling suicide note saying he would die and be buried in shame and regret. so why did he engineer this elaborate hoax. federal investigators say he had 40 million reasons. >> he is a thief, and ape li li. >> windy cross is one of 115 investor whose lost a combined $40 million to price. the story starts in 2009, when price, a self described evangelical christian began raising money from investors. >> he was fraudulent, deceptive. and he used -- the christian

faith, in his relationship with god as a front to all this. >> this man was a business partner who had no idea that price was losing money in the market and allegedly stealing it from a bank he took over after infusing it with investor fund. >> fraud. this would be a huge fraud. >> reporter: prosecutors say price stole, misappropriated and embezzled millions of dollars much of it directly into his own pockets. >> you had no inkling. >> none, absolutely none. >> reporter: in 2012 the bank closed down, money was gone including $300,000, wenty cross put in. >> not just of my money, but my dreams, and my future, and my freedom. gone. >> reporter: before they could arrest him though, price disappeared. sending acquaintances this long, rambling suicide note, saying, it is the pain which i have caused that makes life too difficult to exist. waking up in my world has no

appeal whatsoever. the letter was riddled with spelling errors and bristling with bible citations including better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice. just a month after the suicide note, however, price turned up on this surveillance tape, released by the fbi at the airport in key west, florida, and then, the ferry terminal. >> lead us to believe there is a high likelihood the suicide was fake. >> he was planning the exit for a very long time. he is a very, very smart, smart, individual, you know, this is -- too bad that it was -- used for such evil. >> a year ago. a judge declared price to be legally dead. the fbi didn't buy it. issuing a $20,000 reward, and searching as far away as venezuela where price owned property. meanwhile his investors were left hoping price would somehow be found with their money. >> i hope they find him.

i heope that he suffers. and i hope that he sees some of this path of financial carnage that he has left behind. >> aubrey lee price is not the first person to attempt this sort of disappearing act. in fact, just weeks after price vanished, raymond roth took his son, john, to this beach in new york. >> he took his shirt off. took his shoes off even. >> the father then told the son, to sound the alarm, saying his dad went for a swim, and then went missing. >> i called my stepmom. i've don't know where he is. dad went into the water and never came out. john roth, called 911, a massive search-and-rescue effort ensued. >> all crying on the beach. maybe he had a heart attack. the undertow. >> then his wife learned that raymond cleared out their bank accounts. next she discovered secret e-mails he sent his son indicating he was very much alive. >> i'm like, i can't believe it.

he is alive. we have to call the authorities. >> reporter: she did. shortly there after, raymond was busted. but he pled guilty to conspiracy, got a short jail term. >> what were you running from? >> now is the time to apologize. >> then the case of olivia newton's john, former partner, patrick mcdermott who disappeared from a fishing charter boat, in june of 2005. private investigators allege, mcdermott did not drown but staged his disappearance to got out of debt and say they found him alive and living in mexico. there is also michael ward, who was removed as commander of the uss pittsburgh, after the navy conclude heed fad he faked his h to end an extramarital affair. relieved of his duties but honorably discharged. and sam israel, sentenced to 22 years for defrauding investors out of $400 million. he drove his suv to a bridge in new york. wrote the word, suicide is painless on the hood and rode a scooter to an rv he had parked

nearby. a month later he turned himself in. former nypd detective, nick cassel says there is a reason most people get busted. >> in the digital age, how hard is it to go underground? >> for the amateur, all but impossible. first thing you have to ditch is your atm card, credit card, and your cell phone. you can't travel by air because you need identification. you can't rent a car. you can't renew your driver's license. >> which brings us back to our banker, aubrey lee price. after 18 months of successfully avoiding authorities, he was busted in a routine traffic stop on interstate 95 in georgia, on new year's eve. the reason for the stop. the tinted windows on his vehicle were too dark. >> is it surprising to you that after 18 months on the lam, he was brought down by a routine traffic stop? >> the routine. you become comfortable. you become a little secure in your new i dent team.

fr -- your new identity. you fail to perceive the dangers. this officer was smart enough to run him. then determined he was wanted and apprehended him. >> reporter: he allegedly used fake names which made sir ridep suspicious. >> they were doing their job, what is required, they looked beyond the ticket. the guy was wanted by the fbi now he will be answering to the people that he is alleged and taken the money from. >> once under arrest, listen to what price told the deputies. >> he told them, sit down. he will make them famous. what he told them in the back. >> the same line that emelio estevez used before killing people in young guns 2. in court, one official told the judge. price claimed he had been homeless before his arrest working as a migrant worker and accepting cash for odd jobs. he insisted his family didn't know he was alive. and that he would return to

georgia to renew the tags on his truck. however, price was, not apparently homeless. after he was arrested. police in ocala, florida, raided the apartment he had been renting and removed 225 marijuana plants from a guy who once marketed himself as a trust worthy devout christian. >> a great, great way to start newt year for us. >> as for wenty cross. who lost all the money she had been saving since age 22. >> him being caught, gives you faith that, that, if you just hold the faith, keep the faith, that good overcomes evil. >> if he is convicted. price is looking at 30 years behind bars. for more stories of elaborate attempts to pull the wool over people's eyes in all sorts of ways. catch the big lie on "20/20" tomorrow night here on abc. up next here on "nightline," how never to look bad in a picture again. we recruit aed a famous fashion

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now that christmas and new year's have pass you'd may find yourself with a gallery of holiday cards on your mantle. some featuring, let's face it, pictures that are a little awkward. in this age where everybody everywhere has a camera, boosting your ability to be photogenic has become more important than ever.

which is why tonight, we have brought in a ringer, an expert. we're calling it our "nightline" photo booth. and here is abc's juju chang. >> hello, 2014. and bye-bye to the awkward holiday photos. but those pictures we're fond of, even the royal versions are here to stay. let's resolve to do them right. that's where world famous celebrity cameraman, nigel barker comes into the picture. a long time judge and photographer on "america's next top model" says anyone can be foet jeni photogenic. >> the best models, and get into the moment. an authenticity. you have to be in the moment. >> reporter: all about the moment. to test nigel's theories we set up the "nightline" photo booth to show real people how to streak a pose. >> nigel works his magic.

>> what do you think about embracing? >> good. the closer the better. >> this is an old trick. one of you give some one a tickle. you are not expecting it. all the faces start laughing. >> ta-dah, instant chemistry. for the perfect portrait. loosen up. >> the camera is about angles. you create angles. slight profile. one leg. awful a sudde like a pretzel. the light, shimmy across your body. >> we want the light to shimmy. >> we asked the former model to demonstrate a few trending. >> i have something behind my tooth. >> feed me. feed me. >> loling. >> i'm just laughing out loud. >> first up. >> when you stand in front of a camera. what's the first thing you do.

>> smile. >> for what reason? >> because, that's how you take a picture. you smile. >> she looks okay. but watch as nigel takes her from ho-hum to hotty. >> want to try the prune? >> the prune is, literally you say the word prune and try to look like the olsen sisters. >> you go prune. and hold it. >> botox. >> why is it? >> your lips. >> less expensive than botox. >> much less. not permanent. you don't like it. you can revert back. >> next victim. magdalenna from florida. >> nice to meet you. >> she says she never likes wait she looks in photos. whet were you thinking about right now? see, if you look at a camera. and go i don't like a picture of myself. right. that fear, that look, that's what the camera picks up. >> nigel's go-to pose is the

smeyes. smile with your eyes. think of something delicious in your mouth. think of the chocolate. there you go. boom, boom, boom. sharp, sharp, sharp. >> and the tricks work on guys too. alex from new york city. here is his normal guy pose. watch nigel help him pump up his mojo. look away from the camera. look at the white wall. turn straight back into the lens and power night. >> smoking hot. this sultry look, made famous by former ralph lauren model, turned photographer, peter hurley. >> look at you, awesome. >> first day ever. never modeled before. throwing in a power squinch. >> he noticed it. >> piercing us with her eyes. here we are looking at her wondering. >> kind of blank. >> now, she is, whoa.

>> just invited you over. >> why is that? >> how we communicate? >> we communicate with our eyes. >> a video was born. teaching his signature squinch to the masses. it went viral, gaining a million views. >> the definition. narrow the distance between your pupil and lower eyelid. >> what does that do, the quarter inch? >> unbelievable. makes it look like a thought process going on for the person. >> no longer empty-headed. >> you get a vibe from the person. which is similar to what we do when we flirt. >> everyone is posting the pose. advertisers, are even tweeting wildlife squinches. if a trained seal can do it, how hard can it be? >> don't look so miserable. what are you doing? >> i feel miserable. i look like i feel. >> there is the squinch. snuck it by me! go out in there! >> peter can't help but go right into work mode. >> knees together. >> knees together. how do you know?

>> your feet a little bit. hold that. >> more. >> pigeon toes do nothing. peter is trying to distract me from my fear of the lens. >> i want you behaving as you would if the camera wasn't there is if i distract you for a split second. end result, huh, not bad. back at time square, we perfected dozens of poses, both tourists and natives. nigel says it is not just the squinch or any pose. what you are trying to say in the photo? >> you are not a fan of any techniques really? >> not a fan of the techniques. the most important thing is that emotion, telling a story, the narrative of every picture, is the most important thing. >> who does it well? >> got to say queen latifah, the most radiant person. i always see on the red carpet. get up there. if you are 20 feet away. you think she is smiling at you. she will look through all the cameras, watch her focus on all cameras on the red carpet. she is like i am here for you, just here for you.

the best way to avoid the plastered smile look. >> off camera moments are genius. if you are going to take the shot. get the moment. but then get some one to do something silly. get some one to pull a face. or get -- >> get an 80-year-old to fart. that could work. >> i'm smeyes-ing at you right now. for more tips. and our thanks to juju for her bravery in the report. nigela lawson speaking out about a terrible year, a messy divorce, allegations of drug abuse. today she revealed her culinary coping mechanism. oa! cascade kitchen and math counselor. here's a solution. one pac of cascade complete cleans tough food better than six pacs of the bargain brand combined. so you can tackle tough messes the first time. that is more like it. how are you with taxes? [ laughs ] [ counselor ] and for even more cleaning power, try cascade platinum.

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on some people who were very happy to say good-bye to 2013. celebrity tv chef, nigela lawson speaking out after a holiday season from hell. assistants on trial accused of stealing more than $1 million. at times it seemed like lawson was on trial with allegations of

drug abuse, hitting the tabloid. >> to be honest to have not only your private life but distortions of your private life put on display is mort fiving. but, there were people going through an awful lot worse. and to dwell on it, any of it would be self pity. i don't like to do that. >> lawson speaking on "gma" this morning. to top it off, the former assistants were acquitted. now lawson says she just wants to get back to work with season two of her reality show "the taste" airing on abc tonight. >> since then i have eaten a lot of chocolate, had -- had a very good christmas, and i am into the new year. >> meanwhile, down in antarctica, big news for scientists and tourists stranded on the ship that got stuck in the ice. ♪ ♪ travel far the adventure started christmas eve when 74 passengers and crew got stranded at the bottom of