“Apple Cider Vinegar” is is a ripped-from-the-headlines drama based closely on a 2015 book, “The Woman Who Fooled the World,” by investigative journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano.

By Margaret Lyons “Apple Cider Vinegar,” on Netflix, is the latest scammer docudrama, another galling true story zhuzhed up for maximum bingeyness. This one is about two scams, though ...

At the top of each Apple Cider Vinegar episode, characters break the fourth wall and tell us, "This is a true story based on ...