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American Greed Season 5 Episodes

14 Episodes 2011 - 2012

Episode 1

Bank Robbing Broker

Wed, Jan 19, 201144 mins

Stephen Trantel is a husband, a father...and a bank robber. He was once a broker making hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Manhattan trading pits. Unemployed, Trantel embarks on a new career - one of crime. His life - and the lives of those who love him - are changed forever.

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Episode 2

Financial Guru Gone Bad

Wed, Jan 26, 201144 mins

His pitch is irresistible: Troy Titus promises to make you rich. The self-proclaimed real estate guru travels the seminar circuit. Thousands attend his lectures, buy his DVDs and invest with the man who portrays himself as a moneymaking magician. It's true to an extent...Titus makes money disappear in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme!

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Episode 3

Fool's Gold

Wed, Feb 2, 201144 mins

In "Union Bu$ter," a shady benefits administrator embezzles $42 million from a New York City union to fund her outrageous lifestyle. Then, a creative conman sells barrels of "gold concentrate" that turn out to be dirt in "The Fool's Gold." Can the FBI catch him in the act?

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Episode 4

Hackers: Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Wed, Feb 9, 201144 mins

A mysterious ring of social outcasts. Albert Gonzalez leads a gang with an insatiable appetite for sex, drugs...and your encrypted information. They steal credit card numbers and make a fortune by selling them on the black market. But the multi-million dollar scam has deadly consequences.

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Episode 5

A Most Generous Criminal

Wed, Feb 16, 201144 mins

He's a trusted advisor. A philanthropist. Bob McLean runs a successful investment firm and donates millions to his favorite causes. But McLean has a dark, devastating secret.

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Episode 6

$1.2 Billion Scam: Ft. Frauderdale

Tue, Sep 25, 201244 mins

Scott Rothstein was CEO of a law firm with 70 lawyers and 150 employees that had a client list which included many corporations, but he was paying their salaries with the proceeds of a $1.8 billion Ponzi scheme involving bogus structured settlements.

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Episode 7

The Bling Ring & Danny Pang

Wed, Mar 9, 201143 mins

The Bling Ring - They're called The Bling Ring - a fast crowd of celebrity wannabes. This gang of teenagers robs celebrity homes. How far will they go to be like their favorite stars? The Fraudster, The Ex-Stripper and The Missing Millions - Danny Pang is a high-rolling financier who makes millions betting on when people will die. But Pang has a shady past, a gambling habit and a murdered wife.

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Episode 8

Fraudster of the Opera & Frozen Assets - The Ice Capers

Wed, Mar 16, 201144 mins

Fraudster of the Opera - Albert Vilar funds symphonies and operas around the world. But it's curtains for Vilar when he scams the mother of a Hollywood star. Frozen Assets: The Ice Capers - William "Boots" Del Biaggio III is a hockey team owner skating on thin ice. His insatiable desire to be a sports mogul drives him to commit a multimillion-dollar fraud.

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Episode 9

Sholom Rubashkin

Wed, Mar 23, 201143 mins

An ultra-Orthodox Jew running the U.S.' largest kosher slaughterhouse is convicted of 86 counts of fraud, including a scam in which he faked invoices from meat sellers to convince the bank that loaned him $35 million his company was worth more.

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Episode 10

The Royal Scam: Kings of Counterfeit

Wed, Mar 30, 201144 mins

A tough guy from Chicago's South Side finds his way off the streets and into a lucrative life in counterfeiting. Art Williams Jr. prints millions in fake dollars.

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Episode 11

The Art of the Steal and the Folsom Felon

Wed, Apr 6, 201144 mins

The Art of the Steal - Larry Salander is one of the biggest names in New York's art world. But collectors see red when he swipes more than $100 million from their pockets. The Folsom Felon - Stefan Wilson says his investment fund is a sure-fire winner. Investors even mortgage their homes to join his fund. But business with Wilson comes at a very high price.

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Episode 12

Hedge Fund Imposter

Wed, Apr 13, 201144 mins

Marc Dreier is a high-powered lawyer with celebrity clients. But Dreier is a conman and steals more than $700 million from hedge funds.

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Episode 13

The Wizard of Sarasota

Wed, Apr 27, 201144 mins

Arthur Nadel conjures a $330 million hedge fund. In the blink of an eye, he disappears and leaves clients without their life savings.

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Episode 14

Nose No Bounds

Wed, Apr 27, 201144 mins

Dr. Mark Weinberger-a self-proclaimed "nose doctor" - has it all and isn't afraid to flaunt it. But inside The Weinberger Sinus Clinic, all is not what it seems.

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