American Greed

Bars, strip clubs, and nightlife venues shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a former bouncer. But the Feds say the company isn’t what it appears to be.

Florida teens cash in on the opioid explosion. But when these young adults expand the operation, it puts their lives of sex, drugs, and money in danger.

John Rogers criminally builds an impressive photo archive but his partner rats him out. Then, Larry Bates preaches about salvation through precious metals in the coming financial apocalypse.

Carlos Rafael makes millions as the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses on the east coast but will his big mouth get him hooked in an undercover IRS sting?

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.

Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet, fleecing victims out of millions and pumping cash into flashy living.

Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites.

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.

A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions.

A crooked New York City cop protects and serves himself, cashing in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homes and businesses.

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

By promising enormous returns on a "work from home" plot selling TelexFree phone service, Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill entice nearly one million people in an extraordinary $1.7 billion internet scam.

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knockoff eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn.

A thieving shopaholic son murders his family to cash in on the family’s wealth. Then, a Chicago health facility owner uses an inflated billing scheme in a $20 million rip-off.

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

Purple Heart veteran Darryl Wright claims he suffers debilitating PTSD from his service in Iraq, but his story is an elaborate scam that allows him to live large without working.

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?

When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan is all caught on tape.

Two Doctors run their Alabama pain clinics like heartless pill mills-illegally prescribing opiods while destroying lives and pocketing millions.

Martin Shkreli jacks the price of a life-saving drug 5000%, but it's his shady accounting and internet trolling that lands the 'Pharma Bro' in hot water.