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11 Episodes 2010 - 2012
Episode 1
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
The Rise and Fall of a real New Jersey Mob Family. The DeCavalcante Family.
Episode 2
Wed, Feb 10, 201044 mins
Con artists Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt appear to be two grannies helping men who are down on their luck by offering food, shelter and clothing. They befriend, insure, then murder men for money, until their web of deceit unravels.
Episode 3
Wed, Mar 10, 201044 mins
The Mad Max of Wall Street: Anthony Elgindy claims to be a former fraudster gone straight. He once worked for a notorious boiler room doing pump and dump schemes. Now he's on a mission to fight fraud. He is a crusader against crime, a crusading trader. Elgindy claims to expose over-hyped companies. He launches a website and shares his expertise with the online investing community. Elgindy becomes an Internet celebrity. He's riding high and traders love him. But companies fear him. His brash, caustic comments can send a stock tumbling down. Investors take notice. In a twist of fate, a good guy turns bad. A rogue FBI agent becomes Elgindy's partner in crime. Together they begin an insider trading scam - an $1.5 million conspiracy.
Episode 5
Wed, Mar 17, 201044 mins
High-flying financier fakes death in a plane crash while under investigation for securities fraud.
Episode 6
Wed, Mar 24, 201044 mins
Sholam Weiss, a former Rabbi, is a bold and brazen dealmaker. He's a consultant to con men and the brains behind one of the largest insurance scams in history.
Episode 7
Wed, Mar 31, 201044 mins
Six small time hustlers, including Albert Talton, have a simple plan: to make millions in counterfeit money.
Episode 8
Wed, Apr 7, 2010
STORY 1: Pfizer designs Bextra, a painkiller, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the use of Bextra. Pfizer, using shady and strong-arm tactics, distribute the pill outside of FDA regulations -- and the law. STORY 2. Jeanetta Standefor offers a way to help troubled homeowners, and make some extra money for herself on the side. In truth, she is just using new investor money to pay off older investors, and pocketing what's left for herself. A classic Ponzi scheme.
Episode 9
Wed, Apr 14, 201044 mins
Steven Warshak makes millions by selling an erectile dysfunction drug racking up illegal credit card charges on thousands of customers; and a financial advisor to pro sports stars multi-million dollar scam ends in his own death.
Episode 10
Wed, Apr 21, 201044 mins
Money for victims stolen by lawyers who exploit the tragedy and pilfer their clients' money. How much they steal will shock you.
Episode 11
Wed, Apr 28, 201044 mins
Darlene and Charlene Shuler discover a loophole in the Department of Defense's automated payment system and steal millions from U.S. tax payers. Also on this episode of American Greed: Dr. Stokes is performing unnecessary surgeries and cutting corners.
Episode 12
Tue, Sep 4, 201244 mins
American Greed profiles high-stakes cybercrime: Computer Hacker Max Ray Butler, also known as Max Ray Vision, or his nickname Iceman, had an audacious plan to rule the illegal black market in stolen credit card numbers. As part of the scheme, Butler hacked into financial institutions, credit card processing centers, and other secure computers in order to acquire credit card account information and other personal identification information. He then created actual plastic credit cards with the stolen numbers. Many of these cards were provided to an accomplice, Christopher Aragon, based in the Los Angeles area, who used the cards and a team of associates to buy merchandise for sale. Butler sold the rest of the card numbers outright over the Internet. But angry hackers and pesky Federal agents were looking for him while he led the Federal Government on a year-long chase. The heat was on -- literally. The temperature in Max Butler's safe house was so high it was nearly unbearable. It was the equipment's fault. Butler had crammed several servers and laptops into the studio apartment high above San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, and the mass of processors and displays produced a sweltering heat that pulsed through the room. Butler brought in some fans, but they didn't provide much relief. The electric bill was so high that the apartment manager suspected Butler of operating a hydroponic dope farm. In the end, Max Butler was caught and convicted. On September 5, 2007 in San Francisco, Butler was arrested by the United States Secret Service. On February 12, 2010, Butler was sentenced to 13 years in prison, followed by five years supervised release, and was ordered to pay $27.5 million in restitution on his conviction on wire fraud charges.