American Greed

2007
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Episodis de: Temporada 12 (20)

1 The Most Hated Man in America?
26/2/18
Martin Shkreli jacks the price of a life-saving drug 5000%, but it's his shady accounting and internet trolling that lands the 'Pharma Bro' in hot water.
2 Deadly Opioids, Dirty Doctors
5/3/18
Two Doctors run their Alabama pain clinics like heartless pill mills-illegally prescribing opiods while destroying lives and pocketing millions.
3 Murderous Plot meets Reality TV
12/3/18
When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan is all caught on tape.
4 The Polka King Con
19/3/18
Jan Lewan is a flashy showman, but when his finances hit a sour note, he rips off adoring fans with false promises of big investment returns. When Hollywood calls, can he stage a comeback?
5 Stolen Valor Scam
26/3/18
Purple Heart veteran Darryl Wright claims he suffers debilitating PTSD from his service in Iraq, but his story is an elaborate scam that allows him to live large without working, and steal valuable resources from veterans who truly need help.
6 Conn's Job
2/4/18
How does superstar disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offer guaranteed client wins? He cheats, scoring a massive Social Security fraud, then vanishes.
7 Blood Relatives/ End of Life Scam
9/4/18
A thieving shopaholic son murders his family to cash in on the family's wealth. Then, a Chicago health facility owner uses an inflated billing scheme in a $20 million rip-off.
8 Dangerous Luxury
18/6/18
Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knockoff eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn. When customers complain, instead of getting refunds, many are threatened with violence, even murder.
9 Billion Dollar Fraud Goes Viral
25/6/18
By promising enormous returns on a "work from home" plot selling TelexFree phone service, Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill entice nearly one million people in an extraordinary $1.7 billion internet scam.
10 Florida Rehab Gone Wild
2/7/18
Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities in South Florida stealing millions by keeping insured addicts hooked on drugs. His sick plans include turning patients into prostitutes and sober homes into drug-fueled brothels.
11 Operation Crook, Line and Stinker
13/8/18
A crooked New York City cop protects and serves himself, cashing in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homes and businesses.
12 Artistic License to Steal
20/8/18
A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions.
13 The Fake Housewife of Orange County
27/8/18
In sunny Laguna Beach social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses, and ocean-view real estate worth millions by swindling her best friends.
14 Online Dating Trap
3/9/18
Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites. But when they hand over millions of dollars to this lying "investment expert," he robs them blind, parties his way through their money and breaks their hearts.
15 An Ungodly Scammer
10/9/18
Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet, fleecing victims out of millions and pumping cash into flashy living and his wife's hip-hop career.
16 Just a Dollar and a Scheme / Lousy Landlord
17/9/18
An Iowa man rigs a $16.5 million lottery jackpot, triggering the biggest lotto scam in American history. Then, notorious NYC landlord Steven Croman finds a new home for a year, jail.
17 Something's Fishy: The Codfather
24/9/18
Carlos Rafael makes millions as the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses on the east coast but will his big mouth get him hooked in an undercover IRS sting with agents posing as Russian mobsters?
18 Scams on Film / God and Gold
1/10/18
John Rogers criminally builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world. When his partner rats him out, victims find out they've been burned. Then, Larry Bates may preach about salvation through precious metals in the coming financial apocalypse, but in the end, his clients are investing in "fool's gold."
19 Baby-Faced Drug Lords
8/10/18
Florida teens cash in on the opioid explosion. But when these young adults expand the operation, it puts their lives of sex, drugs, and money in danger.
20 From Bar Bouncer to Millionaire Fraudster
22/10/18
Bars, strip clubs, and nightlife venues shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a former bouncer. But the Feds say the company isn't what it appears to be—and are stunned by what they discover, including a $25,000 sniper rifle.

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This series takes an in-depth look at the masterminds behind medical scams, international art heists, bank robberies, identity theft, religious scams, and pyramid schemes. Probing investigations reveal the mechanics of the actual scams as well as offer insight into the psychology that drives certain men and women to swindle unsuspecting marks for millions. American Greed is a fascinating study into the American Dream gone sour, as the ambition and desire for wealth turns the enterprising into criminals and fugitives from justice.

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