American Greed

7,1

2007

7.9 / 10

Episodes

EP 2: The Wealth Builder Club

Randy Treadwell, the son of a preacher, leaves the righteous path - claiming he's a financial wizard, but all he does is take inve...

EP 3: The Prisoner of Wall Street

Perry Griggs ran an investment fraud claiming to sell coffee futures, when all he did was keep investor money. He was convicted of...

EP 4: Deadly Payout

A trio of Texas con men scores $100 million, telling investors there's big money in the "life settlement" insurance biz. When the ...

EP 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 charisma helped make him a for...

EP 6: Union Bu$ter/The Fool's Gold

The Sandhogs Local 147, a New York City construction union, whose workers build tunnels and underground passageways, entrusts Meli...

EP 7: Windy City Wipeout/Miami Burn

In Chicago, Jack Walsh and Charles Martin appear to be getting very rich running a foreign currency trading brokerage. But is the ...

EP 8: Dealing in Deceit

San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel "Mouli" Cohen starts an internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebr...

EP 9: Talk Radio Takedown

Trevor Cook appears to be a local boy made good in Minneapolis, where he runs an investment fund called the Oxford Group. Along wi...

EP 10: Brooklyn's Madoff/ Corrupted Software

Philip Barry runs his scam from Bay Ridge, a solid working-class neighborhood where families go back generations. Through local co...

EP 11: Greedy Groovy Guru/Doomsday Profit

A New Age evangelist becomes a greedy, groovy, guru telling Florida investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns ...

EP 12: The Lady Killer

A Florida man hits it big when he takes home almost $13 million in a Florida lottery jackpot. Instead of living large, Abraham Sha...

EP 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," and is now making millions by pr...

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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