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.
Showing Season 13 of 17
Season 13
2019
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01. The College Admissions Scandal
2019-08-12
College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges.
02. The Fyre Festival
2019-08-19
Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.
03. Paul Manafort
2019-08-26
From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.
04. Prophets of Greed
2019-09-02
Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into welfare fraud.
05. Black Market Dirty Gold
2019-09-09
Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from South America.
06. The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster
2019-09-16
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.
07. The Fake Prince's Royal Scam
2020-01-06
An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions, promising them access to Arabian oil stock.
08. Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam
2020-01-13
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.
09. The Fast and the Fraudulent
2020-01-20
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.
10. Painful Greed Turns Deadly
2020-01-27
Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center where mold and bacteria thrive.
11. Starstruck Studio Swindle
2020-02-03
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.
12. The Luxury Curse Scam
2020-02-10
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.
13. Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino
2020-02-17
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.
14. Fake Heiress Cons High Society
2020-02-24
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.
15. All-Star Sports Scam
2020-03-02
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.
16. Judgment of Terror
2020-03-09
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.
