Stacy Keach
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Greed (2007)
Season 13
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.
Released June 21, 2007
Episode 43 min
14+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.greed, imdb.ponzi-scheme, imdb.white-collar-crime, imdb.financial-fraud, imdb.investment-fraud, imdb.financial-exploitation, imdb.wall-street + 9 more, imdb.embezzlement, imdb.wire-fraud, imdb.mail-fraud, imdb.scam, imdb.hedge-fund, imdb.boiler-room, imdb.money-laundering, imdb.insider-trading, imdb.episodic
Watch Providers: Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Spectrum On Demand
Production Companies: Kurtis Productions
Network: CNBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S13E1 - The College Admissions Scandal
College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges.
Aug. 12, 2019, midnight
S13E2 - 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, midnight
S13E3 - 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, midnight
S13E4 - Prophets of Greed
Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into welfare fraud.
Sept. 2, 2019, midnight
S13E5 - Black Market Dirty Gold
Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from South America.
Sept. 9, 2019, midnight
S13E6 - 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.
Sept. 16, 2019, midnight
S13E7 - 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, midnight
S13E8 - 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, midnight
S13E9 - 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, midnight
S13E10 - 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, midnight
S13E11 - 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, midnight
S13E12 - 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, midnight
S13E13 - 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, midnight
S13E14 - 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, midnight
S13E15 - 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.
March 2, 2020, midnight
S13E16 - 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.
March 9, 2020, midnight
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43 min/ep
9582 min
June 21, 2007
March 1, 2023, midnight
Returning Series
TV-14 / 14+
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