American Greed

13,11

2007

7.9 / 10

Episodes

EP 1: The College Admissions Scandal

College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges....

EP 2: The Fyre Festival

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music festival in the Bahamas....

EP 3: Paul Manafort

From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mo...

EP 4: Prophets of Greed

Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into welfare fraud....

EP 5: Black Market Dirty Gold

Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from South America....

EP 6: 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 disc...

EP 7: 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....

EP 8: Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam

Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel; she takes investo...

EP 9: The Fast and the Fraudulent

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business a...

EP 10: Painful Greed Turns Deadly

Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center where mold ...

EP 12: The Luxury Curse Scam

From penthouse apartments to a $10 million stadium luxury box, financial advisor Dawn Bennett orchestrates a $20-million-scheme an...

EP 13: 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...

EP 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 really a Russian-born con artist...

EP 15: 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 pla...

EP 16: 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 priso...

Overview

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.

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  • Documentary, Crime,

Episodes >>

The College Admissions Scandal

Episode 1

College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their ki...

The Fyre Festival

Episode 2

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand a...

Paul Manafort

Episode 3

From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider u...

Prophets of Greed

Episode 4

Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers...

Black Market Dirty Gold

Episode 5

Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the pr...

The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster

Episode 6

Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of f...

The Fake Prince's Royal Scam

Episode 7

An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millio...

Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam

Episode 8

Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste fo...

The Fast and the Fraudulent

Episode 9

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped bo...

Painful Greed Turns Deadly

Episode 10

Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety w...

Starstruck Studio Swindle

Episode 11

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The Luxury Curse Scam

Episode 12

From penthouse apartments to a $10 million stadium luxury box, financial advisor...

Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino

Episode 13

Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but w...

Fake Heiress Cons High Society

Episode 14

An artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in Downtown New York's social...

All-Star Sports Scam

Episode 15

Well-heeled financial advisor Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clien...

Judgment of Terror

Episode 16

When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene O...