American Greed
This true-crime series explores real cases of fraud and financial deception, showing how far some people will go to chase wealth and status. Each episode breaks down schemes like identity theft, counterfeiting, credit card scams, and Ponzi operations, with perspectives from those affected and those investigating the crimes.
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Season 13
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E1
The College Admissions Scandal
College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges.
Aug 12, 2019 · 42m -
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E2
The Fyre Festival
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.
Aug 19, 2019 · 43m -
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E3
Paul Manafort
From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.
Aug 26, 2019 -
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E4
Prophets of Greed
Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into welfare fraud.
Sep 2, 2019 -
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E5
Black Market Dirty Gold
Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from South America.
Sep 9, 2019 -
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E6
The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster
Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoenix, then his money lender discovers that Menaged is a fraud, and the consequences are deadly.
Sep 16, 2019 · 43m -
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E7
The Fake Prince's Royal Scam
An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions, promising them access to Arabian oil stock.
Jan 6, 2020 · 43m -
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E8
Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam
Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel; she takes investors for millions of dollars with a can't miss bid to secure a medical money-making technology that never materializes.
Jan 13, 2020 -
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E9
The Fast and the Fraudulent
Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his race car team dreams.
Jan 20, 2020 · 43m -
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E10
Painful Greed Turns Deadly
Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center where mold and bacteria thrive.
Jan 27, 2020 -
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E11
Starstruck Studio Swindle
Carissa Carpenter is an aspiring movie mogul who plans to construct a major movie studio in Northern California. But the feds say that investors end up bankrolling her big-budget lifestyle.
Feb 3, 2020 · 43m -
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E12
The Luxury Curse Scam
From penthouse apartments to a $10 million stadium luxury box, financial advisor Dawn Bennett orchestrates a $20-million-scheme and conjures spells to silence investigators.
Feb 10, 2020 -
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E13
Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino
Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but when it comes to paying his taxes, he’d rather play than pay.
Feb 17, 2020 -
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E14
Fake Heiress Cons High Society
An artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in Downtown New York's social scene, but she's really a Russian-born con artist who's trying to swindle $23 million from banks while dodging unpaid bills.
Feb 24, 2020 -
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E15
All-Star Sports Scam
Well-heeled financial advisor Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients and a personal fortune by convincing A-list players like Dennis Rodman that she’s in their corner.
Mar 2, 2020 -
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E16
Judgment of Terror
When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene Onyeri, an aspiring Houston rap artist facing prison after his crooked plots are exposed.
Mar 9, 2020