Bob Nygaard

Bob Nygaard is a retired NYC cop ( NYC Transit Police District-3 ) ( Nassau County NY Police ), turned-private investigator, turned actor, who specializes in the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of non-traditional organized crime suspects. Nygaard specializes in debunking and causing con-artists, most notably self-proclaimed psychics, to be arrested and he has recovered millions of dollars for fraud victims around the world. Nygaard has appeared on ABC 20/20, Crime Watch Daily, The Dr. Oz Show, The Security Brief, Nancy Grace, German TV Show-Achtung Abzocke, and numerous other news and radio broadcasts, as an expert in confidence crimes. A short documentary entitled "NYGAARD" has been filmed about his work. The documentary is a self-reflective account of Nygaard's work helping the victims of psychic fraud. Nygaard's first role as an actor in a SAG-AFTRA production came in the CBS True-Crime TV series Pink Collar Crimes, in which he portrays himself.