After narrowly avoiding Australian police, but losing all the money he made, Michael returns to London to resume where he left off.
He soon finds that the city has changed, his crew has split up, Eddie has lost his bar and works at a restaurant, and that Albert is currently in prison after being caught cheating.
After reuniting with Ash, Michael decides to take on a mark that Albert has for him – a ruthless and corrupt property developer, who is eager to be involved in the stock market.
Michael forms a new crew with Ash, and newcomers Emma and Sean Kennedy, and puts them through their paces with two marks – Carlton Wood and Harry Fielding, greedy businessman who steal lucrative ideas through their patent company, in order to make money from them.
They also learn that the pair caused an inventor to commit suicide, after losing several legal battles when Carlton and Harry stole his new security device to protect valuable artwork from being stolen.