
American Greed
A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, iden...
American Greed
A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, identity theft, counterfeiting and Ponzi schemes.
American Greed
A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, iden...

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Episode 1: The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Tr...
Episode 2: Mob Money
American Greed’s Mob Money reveals the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of New Jersey’s De...
Episode 3: Madoff Behind Bars
He was the mastermind of the biggest Ponzi scheme in American History. He stole millions…maybe billi...
Episode 1: Hook, Line and Sucker / Maxfield Parish Art Heist
Case 1: Hook, Line and Sucker Barry Hunt—a successful con artist who left a coast-to-coast trail of...
Episode 2: The Imposter: Dr. Barnes / Interstate Bank Mart Bandit
Case 1: The Imposter: Dr. Barnes For twenty years he was an imposter doctor! Dr. Gerald Barnes has a...
Episode 3: Art Heist: Fine Arts Express / Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez
Case 1: Art Heist: Fine Arts Express A museum quality art collection worth more than $4 million doll...
Episode 4: Meth Identity Thieves / The Wheaton Bandit
Case 1: Meth Identity Thieves It's a new crime wave rippling across the west; thieves are committing...
Episode 5: Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona / Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos
Case 1: Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona The Baptist Foundation of Arizona is a non-pr...
Episode 6: Religious Prey: Greater Ministries Int'l / It Takes a Thief
Case 1: Religious Prey: Greater Ministries International A story of religious fraud; a $500 million...
Episode 1: The Martin Frankel Case
Financier Martin Frankel, a con-man who vanished with $200 million dollars! A story of money launder...
Episode 2: When Greed and Giving Collide / Confessions of a Con Man
When Greed and Giving Collide A major charity scam...John Bennett's "Foundation for New Era Philanth...
Episode 3: Unsolved: $300 Million Art Heist / Preying on Faith
Unsolved: $300 Million Art Heist A dark night. A clever plan. $300 million in art is stolen from a B...
Episode 4: Stealing $$$ From Scientologists / The Art of Fraud
Stealing $$$ From Scientologists A religious man leads a deceptive life and scams investors out of m...
Episode 5: Deadly RX For Greed
Patients are at risk. A respected pharmacist is on the take. Robert Courtney mixes a prescription of...
Episode 6: Inside the WorldCom Scam / DHS: Department of Hollywood Scams
Inside the WorldCom Scam Inside the WorldCom Scam - Bernard Ebbers, CEO of WorldCom, rises from rags...
Episode 7: The Rise and Fall of Cybernet
A conman. Some say an "evil genius." The once- chairman of Cybernet, a wildly successful global tech...
Episode 8: Party's Over - Tyco's Kozlowski
Dennis Kozlowski, once described as "The Most Aggressive CEO in America," now sits behind bars. A po...
Episode 9: Driven By Greed / Conned in the Caribbean
It's called the "Miracle Car Club." Starting with members of their own church and then branching out...
Episode 10: Robbing Hollywood's A-List / Soaking The Rich at Auction
Robbing Hollywood's A-List Dana Giacchetto advises Hollywood's hottest stars... and finds his own fa...
Episode 1: The Bonnie and Clyde of Mortgage Fraud
An attractive, sinfully dishonest Tampa mortgage broker meets a single mom looking for love. Togethe...
Episode 2: Boy Band Mogul
Lou Pearlman... the legendary manager of boy bands like *NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys... the king o...
Episode 3: A Wall Street Wonder Takes a Fall
Richard Scrushy is the Superstar CEO of HealthSouth, a huge provider of outpatient rehab services. B...
Episode 4: Two Brothers, Two Murders
Multi-millionaire businessmen and brothers Andrew and Robert Kissel have it all...beautiful families...
Episode 5: Skin Doctor Takes His Cut / Revolutionary Guru of Greed
A respected doctor. Trusting patients. Dr. Michael Rosin runs a thriving dermatology practice specia...
Episode 6: Strippers and Insider Trading / Economan: Superthief
A shocking scheme to use strippers to solicit information from Wall Street bankers. Another plan to...
Episode 7: The Mustang Ranch: Money, Women and Murder
The Mustang Ranch. It's the famous brothel where sex is always for sale. Joe Conforte is the pioneer...
Episode 8: The Body Snatcher
A disgraced dentist carves out a gruesome new business. From a secret room in a Brooklyn funeral hom...
Episode 1: Suicide is Painless
An enigmatic hedge fund manager desperate to succeed... and the scam that bilked investors out of $3...
Episode 2: The Black Widows
A story of deception. They appear to be two “grannies” helping men who are down on their luck - offe...
Episode 3: Raffaello Follieri
Raffaello Follieri is young, handsome and at the top of his game. He makes millions with a successfu...
Episode 4: "The Mad Max of Wall Street"
Anthony Elgindy. He's young, self-assured... and loaded. He claims to be a crusader, fighting fraud...
Episode 5: Crash and Burn
Marcus Schrenker makes millions. He’s a Wall Street money manager and a stunt pilot. But clients say...
Episode 6: Sholam Weiss
Sholam Weiss is a bold and brazen dealmaker. He’s a consultant to con men and the brains behind one...
Episode 7: Funny Money
One man’s bold scheme to get rich quick. Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation’s ol...
Episode 8: Flipping Frenzy Scam
A pharmaceutical company ignores FDA safety guidelines and patients pay the price. A would-be marke...
Episode 9: Performance Pills & Kirk Wright
Steven Warshak is persuasive. He makes millions by selling a product to enhance the sex lives of men...
Episode 10: Kentucky Fen-Phen Attorneys
Fen-Phen, the miracle weight loss drug of the 90’s, turns out to have a serious side effect. When th...
Episode 11: Dr Stokes and C and D Distributors
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dr. Robert Stokes runs a thriving dermatology practice. He’s making milli...
Episode 12: Cybercrime: Max Butler
Max Butler is "Iceman." He oversaw an underground Internet crime spree. Mysterious thugs steal in...
Episode 1: Bank Robbing Broker
Stephen Trantel is a husband, a father…and a bank robber. He was once a broker making hundreds of th...
Episode 2: Financial Guru Gone Bad
His pitch is irresistible. Troy Titus promises to make you rich. The self-proclaimed real estate gur...
Episode 3: Fool's Gold
He’s a philanthropist, diplomat and international man of mystery. Dr. Henry Jones promises to get in...
Episode 4: Hackers: Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin'
A mysterious ring of social outcasts. Albert Gonzalez leads a gang with an insatiable appetite for s...
Episode 5: A More Generous Criminal
He’s a trusted advisor. A philanthropist. Bob McLean runs a successful investment firm and donates m...
Episode 6: $1.2 Billion Scam: Ft. Frauderdale
Scott Rothstein is a Ft. Lauderdale attorney making millions. He’s the life of the party, a guy who...
Episode 7: Bling Ring, The Fraudster, The Ex-Stripper and the Missing Millions
They’re called The Bling Ring. A fast crowd of celebrity wannabes. This gang of teenagers rob celebr...
Episode 8: Fraudster of the Opera, Frozen Assets - The Ice Capers
Albert Vilar funds symphonies and operas around the world. But it’s curtains for Vilar when he scams...
Episode 9: The Slaughterhouse
A slaughterhouse employs hundreds of workers in a small Iowa town. But there are whispers of threats...
Episode 10: The Royal Scam: Kings of Counterfeit
A tough guy from Chicago’s South Side finds his way off the streets and into a life of crime. Art Wi...
Episode 11: The Art of the Steal, The Folsom Felon
Larry Salander is one of the biggest names in New York’s art world. But collectors see red when he s...
Episode 12: Hedge Fund Imposter
Marc Dreier is a high-powered lawyer with celebrity clients. But Dreier is a conman and steals more...
Episode 13: The Wizard of Sarasota
Arthur Nadel conjures a $330 million hedge fund. In the blink of an eye, he disappears and leaves cl...
Episode 14: Mark Weinberger: Nose No Bounds
Dr. Mark Weinberger – a self-proclaimed “nose doctor” – has it all and isn’t afraid to flaunt it. Bu...
Episode 1: Celebrity Scam Artist
Kenneth Ira Starr is a money manager. He courts celebrity clients…Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurman an...
Episode 2: Master of Deadly Deceit
Carlos Perez-Olivo is a successful lawyer with a silver tongue and solid gold taste. But when he’s d...
Episode 3: Major League Fraud
Nevin Shapiro is the conman at the center of a college football scandal. He kicked off the controver...
Episode 4: Baby Broker Scam
Kevin Cohen is an attorney who says he can make dreams come true for couples wanting children. He pr...
Episode 5: Tom Petters Generous With Other Peoples Money
A Minneapolis businessman buys big companies and makes himself rich in the process
Episode 6: The Insider
It’s one of the biggest cases of insider trading in history. Raj Rajaratnam had it all…a wildly succ...
Episode 7: Fine Art: Portrait of a Fraud
A televised art auction appears to showcase masterpieces. It’s billed as your chance to own a Rembra...
Episode 8: Loan Scam Money For Nothing
A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a charismatic con man uses the promise of huge r...
Episode 9: William Erpenbeck Real Estate Home Wrecker
The collapse of Erpenbeck wreaks financial havoc for area home buyers, subcontractors and banks with...
Episode 10: Nicholas Cosmo All Interest No Return
Nicholas Cosmo pleads guilty to federal mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009 for his involvement in a P...
Episode 11: Michael Lock Pimp Preachers Profiteer
Michael Lock was a man driven by ambition. He was a Milwaukee crime boss with a business model that...
Episode 12: The Tran Organization Blackjack Cheaters
Van Thu Tran and her crime ring steal millions by cheating casinos.
Episode 13: The Mormon Madoff
Shawn Merriman was a bishop in the Mormon Church, a family man and the head of a thriving investment...
Episode 14: Crash for Cash
In the city of brotherly love, car wrecks piled up and auto insurance policies were treated like ATM...
Episode 15: Financial Home Invasion
Lee Farkas was a mortgage mogul, a millionaire and chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker. But unknown...
Episode 16: The Jersey Score
Solomon Dwek was a real estate mogul, philanthropist … and an expert flimflammer. He was the masterm...

Episode 17: Allen Stanford: The Dark Knight
Sir Allen Stanford was once one of the richest men in America. He lived and loved the high life - cr...
Episode 1: Shipwrecked
Michael Vorce spends lavishly on clothes and cars and leaves thousand-dollar tips at bars.
Episode 2: The Wealth Builder Club
Randy Treadwell, the son of a preacher, leaves the righteous path - claiming he's a financial wizard...
Episode 3: The Prisoner of Wall Street
Perry Griggs ran an investment fraud claiming to sell coffee futures, when all he did was keep inves...
Episode 4: Deadly Payout
A trio of Texas con men scores $100 million, telling investors there's big money in the "life settle...
Episode 5: Wild West Rip-Off
With a 30 year career in real estate, many thought broker Doug Vaughan was a man to be trusted. His...
Episode 6: Union Bu$ter/The Fool's Gold
The Sandhogs Local 147, a New York City construction union, whose workers build tunnels and undergro...
Episode 7: Windy City Wipeout/Miami Burn
In Chicago, Jack Walsh and Charles Martin appear to be getting very rich running a foreign currency...
Episode 8: Dealing in Deceit
San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel "Mouli" Cohen starts an internet music company and fraudulently ta...
Episode 9: Talk Radio Takedown
Trevor Cook appears to be a local boy made good in Minneapolis, where he runs an investment fund cal...
Episode 10: Brooklyn's Madoff/ Corrupted Software
Philip Barry runs his scam from Bay Ridge, a solid working-class neighborhood where families go back...
Episode 11: Greedy Groovy Guru/Doomsday Profit
A New Age evangelist becomes a greedy, groovy, guru telling Florida investors that positive thinking...
Episode 12: The Lady Killer
A Florida man hits it big when he takes home almost $13 million in a Florida lottery jackpot. Instea...
Episode 13: Rapper$ Delight/Grapes of Greed
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael McCant is a former bank robber who says he's gone "legit," an...
Episode 1: Murder in Memphis
A wife finds out her insurance agent husband Joe Caronna has been stealing money from their friends...
Episode 2: Young Lust Gone Bust
Middle-aged commercial real estate investor Ed Okun is in love with a boat show model almost half hi...
Episode 3: The Cunning Cowgirl Crook / Dollars for Dumps
(1) A small-town comptroller steals $53 million to fund a horse-breeding empire. (2) A crooked real...
Episode 4: $udden Death / Hip Hop Hustle
(1) Feds investigate financial advisor J.D. Salinas and discover a $39 million scam. (2) A Chicago-a...
Episode 5: Make Me Rich or Die / Kids For Cash
(1) A man threatens investment professionals to make him rich. (2) Two judges get rich off a secret...
Episode 6: Detroit 'Crime Boss' Mayor
A former Detroit mayor and his friends extort city contractors, abuse public funds and turn the mayo...
Episode 7: The Falcon and the Con Man
A man attempts to commit suicide and confesses to an extraordinary fraud that he perpetrated for the...
Episode 8: Extreme Home Ripoffs / 'Greedings' From Florida
(1) Two brothers ripped off millions from homeowners in a remodeling scheme. (2) A serial scam artis...
Episode 9: Insider Trading Trio / Cocaine Cash Cleaner
(1) Three friends go to New York to realize their dreams, which quickly turn criminal. (2) A money t...
Episode 10: Lights! Camera! Fraud!
An independent film spins out of control when a filmmaker's silent partner and spiritual guru helps...
Episode 11: The Car Con
Brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson start a business selling vehicle service contracts, but the warran...
Episode 12: A Wolf in Priest's Clothing
A man concocts a $50 million phony international real estate scheme spending millions on his own lav...
Episode 13: The Home Invaders / Nashville's Predator
(1) Rivertown Financial, a home's equity and owners becoming homeless. (2) A financial planner reaps...
Episode 14: Hail to the Thief
A former Army intelligence officer known as "Mr. X" stole millions through a fake veterans' charity...
Episode 1: A Con Man's Deadly Revenge
A coin collector and his brother start mail order coin businesses. They go bankrupt in 2008. After t...
Episode 2: The Playboy of Indiana
A multimillion-dollar yacht, 80 sports cars, a Playboy centerfold girlfriend. Tim Durham is the pict...
Episode 3: Ea$y Being Green / Burglar To The Stars
(1) Con man Rodney Hailey runs a fake green energy business and collects millions by scamming major...
Episode 4: A Widow's Web
Rich husband, beautiful wife, perfect life. Pamela Phillips and Gary Triano are Tucson's golden coup...
Episode 5: The Cash King
No investment idea is too exotic for visionary entrepreneur James “The Cash King” Duncan. He sets hi...
Episode 6: The Dirtiest Con
Sixteen-year-old Barry Minkow starts ZZZZ Best Carpet Cleaners and quickly realizes there's more cas...
Episode 7: Charity Begins at Home
Claudio Osorio casts himself as a brilliant international business tycoon to scam big money and big...
Episode 8: The Real Wolf of Wall Street
Stockbroker Jordan Belfort runs a sex, drugs and rock 'n’ roll brokerage firm. He pleads guilty to f...
Episode 9: Kevin Trudeau’s Secrets / Remington Steal
(1) The infomercial pitchman who claimed he was broke and could not pay a $37.6 million fine imposed...
Episode 10: Fake It to Make It / Kill the Witnesses
Case 1: “Ferrari” Mike Banuelos steals musical artists’ money and their dreams. His Ferrari lifestyl...
Episode 11: Vintage Wine Fraud
Counterfeit wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan dominates the fine wine scene, making millions selling his ch...
Episode 12: In Harm’s Way
A US military contractor loots his company of $190 million and goes on a wild spending spree.
Episode 13: The Lawyer Lies / Black Gold Bust
(1) Indiana personal injury lawyer William Conour helps himself to desperate clients’ settlement mon...
Episode 14: Friends Without Benefits
Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from aids patients, the chronically ill, and seniors an...
Episode 15: The Spy Who Scammed Me
A private security contractor is a James Bond wannabe who spins lies to desperate clients.
Episode 16: The Sky's the Limit
Ross Mandell’s company Sky Capital has hundreds of employees and investors and he’s living like a ki...
Episode 1: Ray Nagin - New Orleans Shakedown
Disgraced former mayor exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina to pocket bribes and live large.
Episode 2: The Surfer Slayer?
Jason Derek Brown looks like a wealthy mellow surfer dude, but he's allegedly a stone-cold killer wh...
Episode 3: A Mother's Costly Revenge
When fraudster Paul Kruse propositions his assistant's teenage daughter, the angry mom gets him behi...
Episode 4: Vanity and Greed: Deadly Beauty
"Nurse” Tracy Lynn Garner gives illegal silicone injections to enhance clients’ curves. When one pat...
Episode 5: Psychic Fiend’s Network
A wealthy timber baron is rolled by a phony psychic for $15 million while her daughter pretends to b...
Episode 6: The Bar Girls Trap
Beautiful women with looks that kill are controlled by Russian gangsters to seduce amorous men in ni...
Episode 7: Sick Profits / Hollywood Swinging
In Brooklyn, a mother and son score $50 million in the Bay Medical Clinic scam that kicks back big b...
Episode 8: Capturing The Fugitives
Criminals featured on the show are apprehended by law enforcement with the help of vigilant viewers.
Episode 9: Six Feet Plunder
Doug Cassity sells fake prearranged funeral contracts, amounting to $500 million, with the help of s...
Episode 10: Hack Me If You Can / Goodfella Gone Bad
A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. gover...
Episode 11: Sticky Fingers; Life in the Fraud Lane
A famous Texas fruitcake bakery's accountant conducts a check writing scam; a self-proclaimed financ...
Episode 12: Jamaican Lottery Scam
U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jama...
Episode 13: The Bad Neighbors
A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in a major case o...
Episode 14: The Phantom Fraudster Of Broadway
The Broadway premiere of "Rebecca" implodes thanks to New York stockbroker Mark Hotton, who allegedl...
Episode 15: Medical Gloves With Holes
A fraudster in California promises to build a medical glove factory in the U.S. and steals millions...
Episode 16: Hack Me If You Can / Goodfella Gone Bad
A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. gover...
Episode 17: Seattle Roasted / The Stealing Socialite
Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a la...
Episode 18: Diagnosis: Blood Money / Chicago Jailbreak
A Michigan doctor treats cancer-free patients with poisonous chemotherapy while taking millions in p...
Episode 19: Family Feud Fortune
A once $100 million publishing fortune creates tension between mother and son when he's accused of s...
Episode 20: Silk Road / Digital Drug Dealers
Federal agents seek to unmask the anonymous mastermind of the world's largest online and underground...
Episode 1: Deadly Gold Digger
Sexy femme fatale Nanette Johnston Packard has a way of getting men to do what she wants. She even p...
Episode 2: The Real 'War Dogs'
Miami party boys turned arms dealers bid on government contracts worth millions to fight the war on...
Episode 3: Badge of Dishonor
Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz’s shooting death in the woods in Fox Lake, IL, sparks a massive manhunt to...
Episode 4: Billionaires Boys Bust
Flashy former cop John Bravata is a corrupt real estate dealer who uses his company to steal $50 mil...
Episode 5: Clean Teeth, Dirty Money/Comic Book Murder
A sex trafficking ring, comprised of violent pimps who exploit women, enlists a Chicago dentist to l...
Episode 6: Sticky Fingers; Life in the Fraud Lane
A famous Texas fruitcake bakery's accountant conducts a check writing scam; a self-proclaimed financ...
Episode 7: Making A Killing / Doctor Drug Dealer
Con man/motivational speaker Gary Shawkey needs cash for his wild scams and he’s not afraid to murde...
Episode 8: Rumeal Robinson
A former champion basketball player’s schemes land him in prison and his mother kicked out of her ho...
Episode 9: Recipe for Murder
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.
Episode 10: Junk In A Box; Been Caught Stealing
Cancer charities that raise millions but gives only three percent to patients and families; a family...
Episode 11: From Peanuts to Sick Millions
A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands.
Episode 12: A Glamorous Showbiz Lie
A man convinces people that he is a movie producer and money management professional while collectin...
Episode 13: Deadly Black Gold Riches
A man schemes to strike it rich in the North Dakota oil fields and he lets no one get in his way.
Episode 14: Art Schlichter: All-American fraud
Former football star Art Schlichter cons friends and acquaintances to feed his gambling addiction
Episode 15: Red Carpet Rip-Off
Musician Donald "Ski" Johnson uses his Jazz for Life foundation to make empty promises that leaves g...
Episode 16: Wine, Women and Fraud
A man steals millions from rich wine clients, and spends the money on fast cars and faster hookups,...
Episode 17: Neighborhood Inferno
Scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but end up engulfing dozens of homes in flames and kil...
Episode 18: Fraud Collectors
Sports memorabilia titan Bill Mastro rigs his auctions to scam both those who buy from him and consi...
Episode 19: Lesson In Greed/Soldier Scam
A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officia...
Episode 20: Top Gun Of Fraud
A man burns through $52 million from a trust he was hired to protect, buying helicopters, fighter je...
Episode 1: The Most Hated Man in America?
Businessman Martin Shkreli raises the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent, but it's his shady...
Episode 2: Deadly Opioids, Dirty Doctors
Two doctors illegally prescribe opioids while destroying lives and pocketing millions.
Episode 3: Murderous Plot Meets Reality TV
When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off...
Episode 4: The Polka King Con
Polka band leader Jan Lewan rips off his adoring fans with false promises of sizable investment retu...
Episode 5: Stolen Valor Scam
Idaho Guardsman Darryl Wright claims he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his service...
Episode 6: Conn's Job
Superstar disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offers guaranteed client wins by cheating, scoring a massiv...
Episode 7: Blood Relatives; End of Life Scam
A thieving shopaholic son murders his family to cash in on the family's wealth; a Chicago health fac...
Episode 8: Dangerous Luxury
Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in B...
Episode 9: Billion Dollar Fraud Goes Viral
Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill promise enormous returns on a "work from home" plot selling phone...
Episode 10: Florida Rehab Gone Wild
Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities, stealing millions by keeping insured a...
Episode 11: Operation Crook, Line and Stinker
A crooked New York police officer cashes in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homeowners and b...
Episode 12: Artistic License to Steal
A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 millio...
Episode 13: The Fake Housewife of Orange County
In sunny Laguna Beach, social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses,...
Episode 14: Online Dating Trap
Daylon Pierce is a ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women th...
Episode 15: An Ungodly Scammer
Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars an...
Episode 16: Just a Dollar and a Scheme; Lousy Landlord
An Iowa man rigs a $16.5 million lottery jackpot, triggering the biggest lottery scam in American hi...
Episode 17: Something's Fishy: The Codfather
Carlos Rafael makes millions as the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses on the...
Episode 18: Scams on Film; God and Gold
Fraudster John Rogers builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world until his partne...
Episode 19: Baby-Faced Drug Lords
Florida teenagers cash in on the opioid crisis, then they expand their operation, jeopardizing their...
Episode 20: From Bouncer to Millionaire Fraudster
Bars, strip clubs and nightlife venues shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a forme...
Episode 1: The College Admissions Scandal
College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite...
Episode 2: The Fyre Festival
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music fe...
Episode 3: Paul Manafort
From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his influence to...
Episode 4: Prophets of Greed
Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into w...
Episode 5: Black Market Dirty Gold
Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from So...
Episode 6: The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster
Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoen...
Episode 7: The Fake Prince's Royal Scam
An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions, promising them a...
Episode 8: Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam
Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and ex...
Episode 9: The Fast and the Fraudulent
Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his con...
Episode 10: Painful Greed Turns Deadly
Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug...
Episode 11: Starstruck Studio Swindle
Carissa Carpenter is an aspiring movie mogul who plans to construct a major movie studio in Northern...
Episode 12: The Luxury Curse Scam
From penthouse apartments to a $10 million stadium luxury box, financial advisor Dawn Bennett orches...
Episode 13: Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino
Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but when it comes to payi...
Episode 14: Fake Heiress Cons High Society
An artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in Downtown New York's social scene, but she's re...
Episode 15: All-Star Sports Scam
Well-heeled financial advisor Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients and a personal fo...
Episode 16: Judgment of Terror
When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene Onyeri, an aspiring H...
Episode 1: The Trials of Michael Avenatti
Michael Avenatti makes a splash as the litigator representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her disput...
Episode 2: Nightmare at NXIVM
Keith Raniere is a god-like figure in his mysterious organization NXIVM. Using his powers of persuas...
Episode 3: The Real Dr. Death
A delusional, debt-ridden, and allegedly drug-dabbling spine surgeon maims and even kills patients i...

Episode 4: The Fall Of An Opioid Mogul
As the opioid epidemic destroys the lives of millions of Americans, billionaire drug mogul John Kapo...
Episode 5: A Family Vanishes
When all four members of the McStay family seemingly vanish into thin air, a yearslong quest for ans...
Episode 6: Social Media Scam Artists
Crowdfunded charities are supposed to raise funds for good causes, but some are actually scams.
Episode 7: Inside El Chapo's Empire
Tells the story of the twins who helped land El Chapo in custody.Tells the story of the twins who he...
Episode 8: The "Con" In Congress
Episode 9: Confessions of a Scam Artist
Episode 10: The Imposter
Episode 11: Burned by Greed
Episode 12: A Father's Fraud
Episode 1: The Life & Crimes of Joel Greenberg
Joel Greenberg is a privileged millennial from a rich Florida family who one day decides to run for...
Episode 2: Theranos CEO on Trial
Theranos, now back in the news with the blockbuster trial of founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes...
Episode 3: How WeWork Went Wild
Inside the rise and near-collapse of WeWork, the startup co-founded by its former CEO, Adam Neumann,...
Episode 4: Boeing’s Deadly Design
Two new Boeing 737 Max jets fall out of the sky five months apart, killing 346 people; investigators...
Episode 5: The Biggest Theft of All Time?
Jho Low is accused of being one of the biggest thieves the world has ever seen; authorities say he’s...
Episode 6: The Kingpin Next Door
The story of a suburban Eagle Scout turned Dark Web drug lord; Aaron Shamo launches a new type of Am...
Episode 7: The Polygamist & The Bio Fuel Baron
CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah’s fledgling biofuel industry, until a member...
Episode 8: Chasing Tesla
Serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton founds the electric vehicle company Nikola, which suggests it will...
Episode 9: COVID Cons
While an estimated $100 billion in COVID relief funds is stolen, this seasoned family of fraudsters...
Episode 10: The Accused Crypto Couple
In February 2022, the Justice Department announced charges against Heather Rhiannon Morgan and her h...
Episode 11: Financial Infidelity
Purported entrepreneur Antonio Mariot Wilson changes his name, pitch, and act to play a series of ro...
Episode 12: The Spy Who Conned Me
This installment discusses Garrison Courtney, who infiltrated Washington DC's intelligence circles....
Episode 13: Million Dollar Prison Kickback
Chris Epps charms his way from prison guard to the top post of Mississippi Department of Corrections...
Episode 14: California Schemin’
In sunny San Diego, entrepreneur and real estate developer Gina Champion-Cain lures in investors wit...
Episode 15: Streaming and Scheming
Zachary Horwitz has dreams of making it big in Hollywood; while his onscreen career never quite flou...
Episode 16: The Decline of a Dynasty
American Greed Murdaugh Saga, Part 1: Alex Murdaugh, a well-respected lawyer from a prominent family...
Episode 17: A Legacy of Fraud
American Greed Murdaugh Saga, Part 2: Alex Murdaugh, a well-respected lawyer from a prominent family...
Episode 18: The Busted Mogul
Lobsang Dargey escapes from Tibet, makes his way to the United States, marries into a sports superst...
Episode 19: Follow the Juul Money
When an epidemic of teenage nicotine addiction breaks out across the country, some people ask whethe...
Episode 20: VIP Schemers
Convicted fraudster and identity thief Tracii Show Hutsona is once again up on federal charges after...
Episode 21: Preaching Pyramid Schemes
Marlon and LaShonda Moore are accused of exploiting vulnerable people during the pandemic and convin...
Episode 22: Drunk with Power
With his long white beard, ponytail and ubiquitous advertising, a former police officer who is now a...
Episode 23: Fame, Fortune & Fraud
Covers a film financier company's $68M scheme, involving bank fraud, wire fraud, and spanning eight...
Episode 24: Lawyers, Lies, and a Housewife
Personal injury attorney Tom Girardi posits himself as a champion for the little guy, but jilted cli...
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