American Greed

Rita Crundwell is a small town comptroller, but in her private time she builds an American quarter horse breeding empire that is the envy of the horse showing world.

To the Houston community J. David Salinas has it all. He�s a successful financial advisor rubbing shoulders with famous NCAA basketball coaches. But when a loyal lieutenant betrays him to save his own skin, Salinas� world crumbles under the weight of a $39 million scam.

Flashy former Michigan cop John Bravata is a corrupt real estate dealer who uses his company BBC, nicknamed the Billionaire Boys Club, to steal $50 million from 440 middle-class investors.

A sex trafficking ring comprised of violent pimps who exploit women enlists a Chicago dentist to launder their money. Then, a plot to steal a valuable comic book collection ends in murder.

Arson meets murder when scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but it goes horrifically wrong, sending dozens of homes up in flames and leaving a young couple dead.

An enigmatic hedge fund manager desperate to succeed... and the scam that bilked investors out of $300 million! Sam Israel lived through the most decadent era in human history.

A story of deception. They appear to be two �grannies� helping men who are down on their luck - offering food, shelter and clothing. But Helen Golay and her friend Olga Rutterschmidt are ruthless con artists.

Raffaello Follieri is young, handsome and at the top of his game. He makes millions with a successful real estate business. He hobnobs with world leaders. And, he�s found love with a Hollywood A-Lister, Anne Hathaway.

Anthony Elgindy. He's young, self-assured... and loaded. He claims to be a crusader, fighting fraud on Wall Street. But, this so-called good guy is running an insider trading scam... and his partner is a crooked FBI agent.

Marcus Schrenker makes millions. He�s a Wall Street money manager and a stunt pilot. But clients say he�s a con man who had the country wondering for days whether he was dead or alive.

Sholam Weiss is a bold and brazen dealmaker. He�s a consultant to con men and the brains behind one of the largest insurance scams in history. But Weiss doesn�t hide in the shadows.

One man�s bold scheme to get rich quick. Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation�s oldest crimes � making counterfeit money.

A would-be marketing mogul relies on investor trust and faith. Jeanetta Standefor convinces clients their cash is rescuing homeowners from foreclosure.

�Sexual Performance Pill� Steven Warshak is persuasive. He makes millions by selling a product to enhance the sex lives of men. Enzyte appears to be the herbal answer to Viagra.

Fen-Phen, the miracle weight loss drug of the 90�s, turns out to have a serious side effect. When the story breaks, ambulance chasing lawyers rush in. They exploit the tragedy and pilfer their clients� money.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dr. Robert Stokes runs a thriving dermatology practice. He�s making millions. But Dr. Stokes has a dark secret. He�s stealing patient�s money. He reuses medical supplies and endangers patients.

Max Butler is "Iceman." He oversaw an underground Internet crime spree. Mysterious thugs steal information and access your financial life story. Billions are at stake.

Stephen Trantel is a husband, a father...and a bank robber. He was once a broker making hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Manhattan trading pits. Unemployed, Trantel embarks on a new career�one of crime.

His pitch is irresistible: Troy Titus promises to make you rich. The self-proclaimed real estate guru travels the seminar circuit. Thousands attend his lectures, buy his DVDs and invest with the man who portrays himself as a moneymaking magician.

He�s a philanthropist, a diplomat, and an international man of mystery. Dr. Henry Jones promises to get investors in on a secret gold deal. But Dr. Jones is leading a double life---a life unknown even to his partners in crime.

A mysterious ring of social outcasts. Albert Gonzalez leads a gang with an insatiable appetite for sex, drugs...and your encrypted information. They steal credit card numbers and make a fortune by selling them on the black market.

He�s a trusted advisor. A philanthropist. Bob McLean runs a successful investment firm and donates millions to his favorite causes. But McLean has a dark, devastating secret.

Scott Rothstein is a Ft. Lauderdale attorney making millions. He�s the life of the party, a guy who wants the world to love him. But Rothstein is secretly a criminal mastermind.

They�re called The Bling Ring. A fast crowd of celebrity wannabes. This gang of teenagers rob celebrity homes and steal millions in jewellery, clothing and artwork. How far will they go to be like their favourite Hollywood stars?

Albert Vilar funds symphonies and operas around the world. But it�s curtains for Vilar when he scams the mother of a Hollywood star.

A tough guy from Chicago�s South Side finds his way off the streets and into a lucrative life in counterfeiting. Art Williams Jr. prints millions in fake dollars.

Larry Salander is one of the biggest names in New York�s art world. But collectors see red when he swipes more than $100 million from their pockets.

Marc Dreier is a high-powered lawyer with celebrity clients. But Dreier is a conman and steals more than $700 million from hedge funds.

Arthur Nadel conjures a $330 million hedge fund. In the blink of an eye, he disappears and leaves clients without their life savings.

Dr. Mark Weinberger�a self-proclaimed �nose doctor��has it all and isn�t afraid to flaunt it. But inside The Weinberger Sinus Clinic, all is not what it seems.

Kenneth Ira Starr is a money manager. He courts celebrity client�Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurman, and Wesley Snipes. But Starr doesn�t stop there. He steals $30 million to buy his way onto Hollywood�s A-list and live a life of luxury.

Carlos Perez-Olivo is a successful lawyer with a silver tongue and solid gold taste. But when he�s disbarred for fleecing desperate clients, he finds another way to make money... and proves how greed really is a deadly sin.

Nevin Shapiro is the conman at the center of a college football scandal. Who is this man who jeopardized the future of the University of Miami�s football team, and how did he steal the millions that made it all possible?

Kevin Cohen is an attorney who says he can make dreams come true for couples desperate for children. He promises babies... for a hefty price. But unknown to his trusting clients, Cohen is exploiting their hopes and dreams.

Billionaire Tom Petters was a respected CEO for more than a decade. His companies included iconic American brands like Polaroid, Sun Country Airlines, and Fingerhut. But these legitimate businesses were purchased with dirty money...

One of the biggest cases of insider trading in history. Raj Rajaratnam had it all. A successful hedge fund, billions in the bank, and the respect of Wall Street. But behind closed doors, he was gaming the system to the tune of $75 million-dollars!

A televised art auction appears to showcase masterpieces. It�s billed as your chance to own a Rembrandt, Chagall, or Dali. A rare Picasso sells for $500. Too good to be true?

In a mountain retreat, a con man stalked his prey. The targets were wealthy investors. Norman Schmidt spent a lifetime moving from one get-quick-rich scheme to the next.

One of the nation�s top homebuilders runs a multimillion-dollar scam that wreaks financial havoc on homebuyers, subcontractors, and banks. Nearly 300 homeowners face the threat of foreclosure.

He�s dubbed Long Island, New York�s �Mini-Madoff.� Nicholas Cosmo promised huge returns on booming real estate opportunities. He brought white-collar crime to blue-collar Americans and scammed thousands of trusting investors.

Michael Lock was a man driven by ambition. He was a Milwaukee crime boss with a business model that took him from cocaine dealing to bank fraud... American Greed takes you inside a deadly tale of greed.

Van Thu Tran is a sexy Vietnamese-American who knows how to beat the odds. She makes millions in casinos using one of the oldest tricks in the book...with a new high-tech twist.

Shawn Merriman was a bishop in the Mormon Church, a family man and the head of a thriving investment business pulling in millions. But unknown to investors, Merriman was living a lie and ripping off his neighbors, friends...even his own mother.

In the city of brotherly love, car wrecks piled up, and auto insurance policies were treated like ATM machines. American Greed takes you inside a Philadelphia car insurance fraud ring where everybody got a piece of the action.

Lee Farkas was a mortgage mogul, a millionaire and chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker. But unbeknownst to his clients, Farkas made his fortune by peddling fake mortgages and looting his company.

Solomon Dwek was a real estate mogul, philanthropist...and an expert flimflammer. He was the mastermind behind a multi-million dollar real estate scam and bank fraud.

Allen Stanford was once one of the richest men in America. The Stanford Financial Group, made its name selling what�s usually a safe bet for investors�certificates of deposits. But Stanford was eventually convicted of running an international $7 billion Ponzi scheme!

From spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on clothes and cars to leaving thousand-dollar tips at local bars, Michael Vorce is a twenty-something playboy living it up in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Randy Treadwell is the son of a preacher but leaves the righteous path. Claiming he�s a financial wizard, he uses his Southern charm to bilk believers out of nearly $65 million. See how the FBI finally brings him to justice.

Perry Griggs ran an investment fraud claiming to sell coffee futures when all he did was keep investors' money. He was convicted of securities fraud and sentenced to eight years in federal prison. While in prison, he starts yet another scam.

A trio of Texas conmen scores $100 million, telling investors there's big money in the "life settlement" insurance biz. They claim policy holders can cash out before they die, and investors can double their money.

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 fortune in New Mexico real estate. But it was all lies. He funded his luxurious lifestyle with $75 million of investors� money.

The Sandhogs Local 147, an NYC construction union whose workers build tunnels and underground passageways, entrusts Melissa King with overseeing union benefits to ensure their retirements. King uses the workers funds to cut herself checks to the tune of $42 million.

In the North Shore of Chicago, business partners Jack Walsh and Charles Martin appear to be getting very rich running a foreign currency trading brokerage, One World Capital. But is the money really coming from savvy trades?

San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel "Mouli" Cohen starts an internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors, and a charity dedicated to help the poor.

Trevor Cook appears to be a local boy made good in Minneapolis, where he runs an investment fund called the Oxford Group. The investors think their money is going into securities, but they�ll be shocked to see how Trevor and his boys blow their hard-earned savings.

A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest-running Ponzi scheme in history. Philip Barry runs his scam from Bay Ridge. Through local connections, Barry pulls more than 800 investors into a $40 million scheme.

A New Age evangelist becomes a greedy, groovy guru, telling Florida investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns in her auto financing business. But this false prophet is returning nothing but false profits in her $113 million scam.

A Florida man wins a $13 million Lottery payout and gives away much of it to strangers in need. After businesswoman Dee Dee Moore takes over his finances to protect his wealth, the millionaire disappears.

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 promoting up-and-coming rap musicians. McCant solicits money from investors, promising 30% returns on investment in his promotion business.

Joe and Tina Caronna are living the good life. But while Tina has earned her money as a financial executive, Joe's life as an insurance agent isn't exactly legit. For years, Joe has been stealing money from their friends by selling bogus annuities.

Commercial real estate investor Ed Okun is in love. To fund his love-induced, multimillion-dollar spending spree, Okun reaches into the accounts of clients who think that he is protecting their money.

A California fraudster scams investors, stealing millions and falsely promising to build a factory in the USA to make medical gloves that will provide high-paying jobs.

Daniel Rigmaiden is a 28-year-old hacker who steals millions from the U.S. government. And, wanna-be wise guy Dom Rabuffo enters witness protection only to start a new life of crime in mortgage fraud.

With two yachts, his own private jet, and a lakeside mega-mansion, Darren Berg scams some of Seattle�s savviest investors. And, NY socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions.

Michigan doctor Farid Fata pumps poisonous chemotherapy into cancer-free patients and pockets $17 million in fraudulent payments. And, two Chicago-area bank robbers escape the Metropolitan Correctional Center repelling 17 stories to freedom.

A once-$100 million publishing fortune pits mother against son when he's accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds, and fraud.

The anonymous mastermind of the world�s biggest online and underground drug bazaar calls himself the "Dread Pirate Roberts." But in unmasking this criminal, will federal agents find that some of their own have been corrupted by greed?

Femme fatale Nanette Johnston Packard gets men to do what she wants. She even places a personal ad looking for rich men saying, "If you take care of me, I�ll take care of you.

Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz�s shooting death in the woods sparks a massive manhunt to find his killers. But "GI Joe," as local people call him, is no hero.

John Fox steals millions from rich wine clients, and blows the money on fast cars and faster hookups�until he falls prey to a sextortion scheme.

Arson meets murder when scammers blow up a house for insurance money, but it goes horrifically wrong, sending dozens of homes up in flames and leaving a young couple dead.

Memorabilia legend Bill Mastro helps turn a childhood hobby into a billion-dollar business and rigs bids to scam collectors and sellers.

A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools enlisting shady school officials. Then, heartless crooks use photos of military men to lure women into sending love and money.

Mark Avery burns though $52 million from a foundation he�s trusted to protect. He buys fighter jets and a fleet of WWII bombers to feed his fantasy of running "black ops" for the CIA.

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.

Two Doctors run their Alabama pain clinics like heartless pill mills�illegally prescribing opioids while destroying lives and pocketing millions.

When a sexy former escort in Florida 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.

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?

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.

How does superstar disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offer guaranteed client wins? He cheats, scoring a massive Social Security fraud, then vanishes.

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.

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling knockoff designer eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn. When customers complain, many are threatened with violence, rape, even murder.

Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrrill entice nearly one million people in an extraordinary $1.7 billion internet scam by promising enormous returns on a "work from home" scheme.

Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities in South Florida, stealing millions by keeping insured addicts hooked on drugs.

A crooked New York City cop protects and serves himself, cashing in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homes and businesses.

A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions.

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.

Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites.

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.

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.

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?

John Rogers criminally builds an impressive photo archive but his partner rats him out. Then, Larry Bates preaches about salvation through precious metals in the coming financial apocalypse.

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.

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.

College admissions coach Rick Singer rakes in $25 million from rich parents who pay big bucks to rig their kids� admission into elite colleges.

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a music festival in the Bahamas, selling thousands of tickets on the strength of a social media pitch.

The hard-charging political insider takes a fall. From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, he uses his power and influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.

Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand "Perfect Obedience" from followers, luring them into welfare fraud and stealing millions of dollars from American tax payers.

Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions' worth of the precious metal from South America. But their business plan falls apart when authorities connect the gold to drug cartels.

Scott Menaged is a trash-talking reality TV house flipper buying up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoenix. But when his moneylender discovers that Menaged is a fraud, consequences are deadly.

From his penthouse on Miami's exclusive Fisher Island, an outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions by promising them access to Arabian oil stock.

�Entrepreneur" Keisha Williams lures investors into pouring millions of dollars into a can�t-miss bid to secure a medical moneymaking technology that never materializes.

Scott Tucker swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers in a payday loan scam with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his racecar team dreams.

Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding centre where mould and bacteria thrive.

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.

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.

On MTV�s �Jersey Shore,� Mike �The Situation� Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image. But when it comes to his taxes, he�d rather play than pay. So it�s GTL: Gym-Tan-Lock-up.

Artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in New York�s social scene, but she�s really a Russian-born con artist trying to swindle $23 million from banks while dodging unpaid bills.

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.

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 card-skimming plots are exposed.

Michael Avenatti bursts on the scene as the flashy litigator representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her dispute with President Trump. Soon, news of his own legal troubles begin to surface.

Keith Raniere is a god-like figure in his mysterious organization NXIVM. Using his powers of persuasion along with classic multilevel marketing techniques, he amasses thousands of followers.

A delusional, debt-ridden, and allegedly drug-dabbling spine surgeon maims and even kills patients in one botched surgery after another. It falls to two colleagues to step in to stop him.

As the opioid epidemic destroys the lives of millions of Americans, billionaire drug mogul John Kapoor of Insys looks to cash in with his company's own brand of potentially deadly fentanyl.

Crowdfunded charities are a modern way to raise funds for a good cause, but do you know where the money really goes?

Everyone knows �El Chapo,� aka Joaquin Guzman Loera, billionaire drug lord and for years the world�s most wanted man. But few are familiar with the twins who helped land him in US custody.

California Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife Margaret look like the perfect political power couple. But instead of serving the public, these partners in life become partners in crime.

T.R. Wright�the architect of what�s been called �the wildest insurance fraud scheme Texas has ever seen��shares his almost-too-crazy-to-be-true story with American Greed.

Ed Shin is an entrepreneur, churchgoer, family man: the very picture of success. But when his business partner suddenly vanishes, a private eye uncovers shocking secrets in Shin's past.

How does multibillion-dollar company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) come to repeatedly kill its customers? By putting profits over safety, critics allege.

Karl Karlsen is a hardworking man with what seems to be a terrible streak of bad luck. But Karl has a secret: family deaths and other "tragedies" have been fattening his bank account.