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American Greed

Season 13 2018 - 2020
TV-14

  • 2019-08-13T02:00:00Z on CNBC
  • 45m
  • 11h 28m (16 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Crime
The program focuses on the stories behind some of the biggest corporate and white collar crimes in the United States such as WorldCom, HealthSouth and Tyco. In addition, stories about more common crimes such as insurance fraud, murder, embezzlement, art theft, Ponzi schemes, credit card fraud, bank robbery, money laundering, identity theft, and medical fraud are also featured. Other topics have included the story behind the famous Mustang Ranch in Nevada and the rise and fall of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman. American Greed is narrated by veteran actor Stacey Keach.

16 episodes

Season Premiere

2019-08-13T02:00:00Z

13x01 The College Admissions Scandal

Season Premiere

13x01 The College Admissions Scandal

  • 2019-08-13T02:00:00Z43m

College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges.

2019-08-20T02:00:00Z

13x02 The Fyre Festival

13x02 The Fyre Festival

  • 2019-08-20T02:00:00Z43m

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.

2019-08-27T02:00:00Z

13x03 Paul Manafort

13x03 Paul Manafort

  • 2019-08-27T02:00:00Z43m

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

2019-09-03T02:00:00Z

13x04 Prophets of Greed

13x04 Prophets of Greed

  • 2019-09-03T02:00:00Z43m

Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand perfect obedience from followers, luring them into welfare fraud and stealing more than $2 million from American tax payers.

2019-09-10T02:00:00Z

13x05 Black Market Dirty Gold

13x05 Black Market Dirty Gold

  • 2019-09-10T02:00:00Z43m

Three Miami salesmen import billions of dollars worth of the precious metal from South America then later learn the gold has connections to drug cartels and organized crime.

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.

An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions by promising them access to Arabian oil stock; from his penthouse on Fisher Island, phony sultan Khalid Bin Al-Saud lures victims with dreams of untold riches.

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.

DescriptionPayday 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.

Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center where mold 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.

2020-02-11T03:00:00Z

13x12 The Luxury Curse Scam

13x12 The Luxury Curse Scam

  • 2020-02-11T03:00:00Z43m

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.

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.

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.

2020-03-03T03:00:00Z

13x15 All-Star Sports Scam

13x15 All-Star Sports Scam

  • 2020-03-03T03:00:00Z43m

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.

Season Finale

2020-03-10T02:00:00Z

13x16 Judgment of Terror

Season Finale

13x16 Judgment of Terror

  • 2020-03-10T02:00:00Z43m

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.

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