Episodes (16)

Art Heist: Fine Arts Express; Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez
S03E01 · Art Heist: Fine Arts Express; Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez

Sep 21, 2008

Co-workers steal more than $4 million in fine art; a doctor's fraud, amounting to millions of dollars, turns deadly.

Meth Identity Thieves/The Wheaton Bandit
S03E02 · Meth Identity Thieves/The Wheaton Bandit

Sep 28, 2008

STORY 1: Meth Identity Thieves and ID Theft -- A crime is committed by criminals who are high on illegal methamphetamine drugs. The victim's wallets are stolen. But the thief takes more than just money. The victim's identity is stolen, too. Identity thieves fueled by the illegal stimulants are running rampant across America's West. STORY 2: The Wheaton Bandit -- The Wheaton Bandit is an unidentified bank robber suspected to be responsible for as many as 16 armed robberies around Wheaton, Illinois from 2002 to 2006. He appeared to be 25 to 35 years old at the time of ...

Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos
S03E03 · Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos

Jul 19, 2007

A charitable foundation run by the U.S.' largest Protestant denomination collapses in 1999 after years of hiding bad loans with new investors' money; the chief witness against a doctor accused of fraudulent billing is murdered days before his trial.

Diluted Trust: Robert Courtney
S03E04 · Diluted Trust: Robert Courtney

Nov 16, 2008

Robert Ray Courtney (born September 15, 1952) is an American former pharmacist from Kansas City, Missouri. In 2002, after initially being caught diluting several doses of chemotherapy drugs, he pleaded guilty to intentionally diluting 98,000 prescriptions involving multiple types of drugs, which were given to 4,200 patients, and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

Worldcom/Joseph Medawar Television Scam
S03E05 · Worldcom/Joseph Medawar Television Scam

Nov 23, 2008

STORY 1: WorldCom -- The WorldCom scandal was a major accounting scandal that came to light in the summer of 2002 at WorldCom, the USA's second-largest long-distance telephone company at the time. From 1999 to 2002, senior executives at WorldCom led by founder and CEO Bernard Ebbers orchestrated a scheme to inflate earnings in order to maintain WorldCom's stock price. The fraud was uncovered in June 2002 when the company's internal audit unit, led by unit vice president Cynthia Cooper, discovered over $3.8 billion of fraudulent balance sheet entries. Eventually, ...

The Bonnie and Clyde of Mortgage Fraud
S03E06 · The Bonnie and Clyde of Mortgage Fraud

Jan 08, 2009

In a tell-all exclusive interview, Matt Cox and Rebecca Hauck explain how lust and greed are a hot combination for fraud.

Boy Band Bandit: Lou Pearlman's $500 Million Ponzi
S03E07 · Boy Band Bandit: Lou Pearlman's $500 Million Ponzi

Jan 14, 2009

A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.

Hazardous Healthcare
S03E08 · Hazardous Healthcare

Jan 21, 2009

Hazardous Healthcare: A Wall Street Wonder Takes a Fall -- Richard Marin Scrushy (born August 1952) is an American businessman and convicted felon. He is the founder of HealthSouth Corporation, a global healthcare company based in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2004, following an investigation by the FBI, Scrushy was criminally charged by the U.S. SEC. He was charged with 36 of the original 85 counts but was acquitted of all charges on June 28, 2005, after a jury trial in Birmingham. Four months after his acquittal in Birmingham, on October 28, 2005, Scrushy was indicted by ...

Two Brothers, Two Murders: The Kissel Case
S03E09 · Two Brothers, Two Murders: The Kissel Case

Jan 28, 2009

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Greater Ministries International/It Takes a Thief
S03E10 · Greater Ministries International/It Takes a Thief

Feb 01, 2009

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Skin Doctor Takes His Cut/Revolutionary Guru of Greed
S03E11 · Skin Doctor Takes His Cut/Revolutionary Guru of Greed

Feb 04, 2009

Dermatologist Michael Rosin took his cut on dozens of mostly elderly patients, performing unnecessary and invasive skin cancer surgeries.

A Scam Exposed: Strippers and Insider Trading/Economan: Superthief
S03E12 · A Scam Exposed: Strippers and Insider Trading/Economan: Superthief

Feb 11, 2009

American Greed profiles one of the biggest insider trading rings in history.

The Mustang Ranch: Money, Women and Murder
S03E13 · The Mustang Ranch: Money, Women and Murder

Feb 18, 2009

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Gardner Museum Theft/Abraham Kennard
S03E14 · Gardner Museum Theft/Abraham Kennard

Feb 22, 2009

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The Body Snatcher: Michael Mastromarino
S03E15 · The Body Snatcher: Michael Mastromarino

Feb 25, 2009

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Sotheby's-Christie's/First International Bank
S03E16 · Sotheby's-Christie's/First International Bank

Apr 12, 2009

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American Greed Season 3 (2008) is released on Sep 21, 2008 and the latest season 15 of American Greed is released in 2022. Watch American Greed online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. American Greed is directed by Greg Gricus,Mike West,Brendan Walsh and created by Valerie Chu with Stacy Keach and David Marchant.

Documentary series portrayed through reenactments, and retold through interviews of the individuals from in law enforcement, to the victims, even the criminals themselves relaying their involvement in some of history's largest financial crimes ranging from Ponzi schemes to murder, card counting, generating fake currency and goods, extortion, online dating, armed robbery to unarmed robbery, identity theft, legal and illegal drug distribution, and insider trading. Narrated by veteran actor Stacy Keach.

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American Greed, American Greed - Die Gier nach Geld, Amerika legkapzsibb bűnözői, Codicia estadounidense: Mortíferamente ricos

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Kurtis Productions, CNBC

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YouTube

Taglines:

Some people will do anything for money

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