American Greed
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Docudrama
Crime
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.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, March 20
The Trials of Michael Avenatti
Season 14 • Episode 1
Attorney Michael Avenatti represents Stormy Daniels in her dispute with President Donald Trump.
Friday, March 21
Shawn Merriman: The Mormon Madoff
Season 6 • Episode 13
Shawn Merriman pleads guilty to mail fraud and is sentenced to more than 12 years in prison.
Friday, March 21
Medical Gloves With Holes
Season 10 • Episode 15
A fraudster in promises to build a medical glove factory and steals millions from investors.
Friday, March 21
Hack Me if You Can; Goodfella Gone Bad
Season 10 • Episode 16
A hacker allegedly steals millions from the government; a wise-guy wannabe creates a mortgage scam.
Friday, March 21
Seattle Roasted; The Stealing Socialite
Season 10 • Episode 17
A Seattle man scams several investors; a New York socialite executes a grey market selling scam.
Friday, March 21
Nightmare at NXIVM
Season 14 • Episode 2
Using powers of persuasion, along with classic multilevel marketing techniques.
Friday, March 21
Burned by Greed
Season 14 • Episode 11
How multibillion-dollar company Pacific Gas & Electric comes to repeatedly kill its customers.
Saturday, March 22
Florida Rehab Gone Wild
Season 12 • Episode 10
Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities in South Florida.
Saturday, March 22
Danny Pang and the Bling Ring
Season 5 • Episode 7
A group of wannabe-celebs make off with millions from Hollywood's rich and famous.
Saturday, March 22
Crash for Cash
Season 6 • Episode 14
A Philadelphia con man gets four years in prison for leading a massive auto insurance fraud scheme.
Saturday, March 22
Murder in Memphis
Season 8 • Episode 1
A wife finds out her insurance agent husband has been selling bogus annuities.
Saturday, March 22
Pain Killer Profits
Season 10 • Episode 11
Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics.
Saturday, March 22
The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster
Season 13 • Episode 6
Reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") turns out to be a con artist.
Saturday, March 22
A Family Vanishes
Season 14 • Episode 5
All four members of the McStay family vanish, launching a yearslong investigation.
Saturday, March 22
Fame, Fortune & Fraud
Season 15 • Episode 23
Jason Van Eman is a B-list actor from Oklahoma who decides to become a Hollywood producer.
Sunday, March 23
The Phantom Fraudster of Broadway
Season 10 • Episode 14
New York stockbroker Mark Hotton allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors.
Sunday, March 23
Loan Scam: Money for Nothing; Hawaiian Punched: Fraud in Paradise
Season 6 • Episode 8
A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a con man puts $30 million in his own pocket.
Sunday, March 23
Lee Farkas/Taylor Bean & Whitaker: Financial Home Invasion
Season 6 • Episode 15
Lee Farkas invents fake loans and funnels millions in a scam that leaves thousands jobless.
Sunday, March 23
Solomon Dwek: The Jersey Score
Season 6 • Episode 16
Solomon Dwek becomes an informant for the FBI in the biggest case of corruption in New Jersey.
Tuesday, March 25
Windy City Wipeout; Miami Burn
Season 7 • Episode 7
Chicago business partners steal millions; an investment scheme that causes financial ruin.
Wednesday, March 26
The Fast and the Fraudulent
Season 13 • Episode 9
Scott Tucker swindles millions with his online loan business, using profits to fuel a race car team.
Thursday, March 27
Painful Greed Turns Deadly
Season 13 • Episode 10
Pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center.
Friday, March 28
Theranos CEO on Trial
Season 15 • Episode 2
Insights into Theranos' leadership and the relationship between Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani.
Friday, March 28
Black Market Dirty Gold
Season 13 • Episode 5
Miami salesmen import billions of dollars' worth of gold from South America.
Friday, March 28
From Bouncer to Millionaire Fraudster
Season 12 •
Bars, strip clubs and nightclubs shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a bouncer.
Friday, March 28
Judgment of Terror
Season 13 • Episode 16
When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene Onyeri.
Friday, March 28
The Accused Crypto Couple
Season 15 • Episode 10
Heather Morgan stands accused of laundering 4.5 billion dollars worth of stolen bitcoin.
Friday, March 28
The Biggest Theft of All Time?
Season 15 • Episode 5
Authorities say Jho Low is behind a scheme to steal over $4 billion from the Malaysian government.
Saturday, March 29
Junk in a Box; Been Caught Stealing
Season 11 • Episode 10
Cancer charities that give back little; a family brings in millions by shoplifting.
Saturday, March 29
"Vintage" Wine Fraud
Season 9 • Episode 11
A counterfeit wine dealer dominates the fine wine scene, making millions selling his cheap blends.
Saturday, March 29
Allen Stanford: The Dark Knight
Season 6 • Episode 17
Allen Stanford is sentenced to 110 years in prison for running a 20-year Ponzi scheme.
Saturday, March 29
Conn's Job
Season 12 • Episode 6
Disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offers guaranteed client wins by cheating the system then vanishes.
Saturday, March 29
Scams on Film; God and Gold
Season 12 • Episode 18
Fraudster John Rogers builds a photo archive; Larry Bates' clients invest in "fool's gold."
Saturday, March 29
The Busted Mogul
Season 15 • Episode 18
Rich with ambition, Lobsang Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development.
Saturday, March 29
Murderous Plot Meets Reality TV
Season 12 • Episode 3
A sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life.
Sunday, March 30
Fake It to Make It; Kill the Witnesses
Season 9 • Episode 10
A promoter steals musical artists' money; an ex-IRS agent is caught in an accounting fraud.
Sunday, March 30
The Dirtiest Con
Season 9 • Episode 6
A man claims to be reformed after serving seven years in prison for a multimillion-dollar scam.
Sunday, March 30
Shipwrecked
Season 7 • Episode 1
A clever con man scams millions using a wet and wild fraud in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Monday, March 31
The Wealth Builder Club
Season 7 • Episode 2
The son of a preacher bilks believers out of nearly $65 million promising huge returns.
Wednesday, April 2
All-Star Sports Scam
Season 13 • Episode 15
Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients by convincing them that she's in their corner.
Thursday, April 3
The Real Wolf of Wall Street
Season 9 • Episode 8
Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.
Friday, April 4
The Polka King Con
Season 12 • Episode 4
Polka band leader Jan Lewan rips off his fans with false promises of sizable investment returns.
Friday, April 4
Prophets of Greed
Season 13 • Episode 4
Leaders of a polygamous religious sect lure followers into welfare fraud.
Friday, April 4
A Mother's Costly Revenge
Season 10 • Episode 3
A financial fraudster seeks revenge after being jailed for propositioning his assistant's daughter.
Friday, April 4
Online Dating Trap
Season 12 • Episode 14
Claiming to be a stockbroker, Daylon Pierce woos women through dating sites and robs them blind.
Friday, April 4
Recipe for Murder
Season 11 • Episode 9
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.
Friday, April 4
The Real "War Dogs"
Season 11 • Episode 2
Miami party boys turned arms dealers bid on government contracts worth millions.
Saturday, April 5
Family Fortune Feud
Season 10 • Episode 19
Tension arises when a son is accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds and fraud.
Saturday, April 5
Vanity and Greed: Deadly Beauty
Season 10 • Episode 4
Authorities charge a nurse with murder after an illegal silicone injection leads to death.
Saturday, April 5
All-Star Sports Scam
Season 13 • Episode 15
Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients by convincing them that she's in their corner.
Saturday, April 5
Nevin Shapiro: Major League Fraud
Season 6 • Episode 3
Nevin Shapiro, a football booster and a fixture on the Miami social scene, creates a Ponzi scheme.
Saturday, April 5
Paul Manafort
Season 13 • Episode 3
A political insider who uses his power to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.
Saturday, April 5
Chasing Tesla
Season 15 • Episode 8
Serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton founds the electric vehicle company Nikola.
Saturday, April 5
The Bad Neighbors
Season 10 • Episode 13
A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in fraud.
Saturday, April 5
Sick Profits; Hollywood Swinging
Season 10 • Episode 7
The Bay Medical Clinic scam; fraud operation Gigapix collects millions from would-be film producers.
Sunday, April 6
In Harm's Way
Season 9 • Episode 12
A US Military contractor loots his company of $190 million and goes on a wild spending spree.
Sunday, April 6
Inside Trading Trio; Cocaine Cash Cleaner
Season 8 • Episode 89
Three friends go to New York to realize their dreams, which quickly turns criminal.
Sunday, April 6
The Prisoner of Wall Street
Season 7 • Episode 3
A man is convicted of wire fraud and money laundering after claiming to sell coffee futures.
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