American Greed - Season 12 (2018)

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?

Among the most egregious cases in recent years involved former Idaho National Guard Lt. Darryl Wright, who admitted in 2016 to scamming state and federal governments out of more than $700,000 in benefits - not to mention a Purple Heart - by lying about injuries he claimed to have suffered while serving in Iraq.

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

1. Blood Relatives: Teenager Alan Hruby loves the thrill of shopping for expensive things. But who pays the price? He swindles his grandmother for money but when his parents find out about his lies, his family faces a horrifying fate. 2. End of Life Scam: Seth Gillman owns a large hospice company offering compassionate care to patients but he is using patients to prop up a $20-million dollar phony billing scam.

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

Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill promise enormous financial returns on a "work from home" plot selling phone service, and entice nearly one million people in a $1.7 billion Internet scam.

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

Rafael Astacio was a former detective with the New York City Police Department. Between 2010 and 2012, Rafael Astacio was a member of a burglary crew that committed approximately three dozen commercial burglaries and ten residential burglaries in the Eastern District of New York stealing approximately $8,000,000 in cash and property. Astacio personally participated in six of the commercial burglaries and five residential burglaries stealing more than $5.3 million in cash and property. The crew used traditional burglary tools, such as blow torches, crowbars, wire ...

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 ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through Internet dating sites. But when they hand over millions of dollars to this "investment expert," he robs them blind, parties his way through their money and breaks their hearts.

Ephren Taylor moves his way through the Bible belt promoting his new book on his "building wealth" tour. He was on 20/20 and the Today show. He visited Churches and offered them great investments.

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 his big mouth gets him hooked in an undercover IRS sting with agents posing as Russian mobsters.

John Rogers criminally builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world. When his partner rats him out, victims find out they've been burned. Then, Larry Bates may preach about salvation through precious metals in the coming financial apocalypse, but in the end, his clients are investing in "fool's gold."

Florida teens cash in on the opioid explosion then expand their operation, putting their lives in danger.

Bars, strip clubs and nightlife venues shell out millions to an insurance company, Indemnity Insurance Corp., founded by Jeffrey B. Cohen, a former bouncer. However, federal agents say the company isn't what it appears to be, and they make stunning discoveries, including a $25,000 sniper rifle.