Capturing The Fugitives
Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers. (Original air date: 6/9/2016)
Mar 26, 2024•41 min
American Greed Podcast
CNBC's longest-running primetime original series, "American Greed" takes you inside the amazing real-life stories of how some people will do anything for money. The award-winning series is narrated by legendary actor Stacy Keach.
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Episodes
Sick Profits
A mother and son score millions in the Bay Medical Clinic scam. (Original air date: 5/26/2016)
Mar 12, 2024•19 min
Deadly Beauty
Four people become paralyzed after receiving knockoff Botox Cosmetic injections to treat wrinkles. The poisonous potion is sold as a cheaper alternative to pump up profits. (Original air date: 4/28/2016)
Feb 27, 2024•18 min
Vanity and Greed
"Nurse" Tracey Lynn Garner gives illegal silicone injections to enhance clients' curves. When one patient dies, she's charged with murder facing life in prison. (Original air date: 4/28/2016)
Feb 13, 2024•24 min
Baby-Faced Drug Lords
Florida teenagers cash in on the opioid crisis, then they expand their operation, jeopardizing their lives of sex, drugs and money. (Original air date: 10/8/2018)
Jan 30, 2024•41 min
Artistic License to Steal
A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions. (Original air date: 8/20/2018)
Jan 16, 2024•41 min
From Peanuts to Sick Millions
A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands. (Original air date: 7/3/2017)
Jan 02, 2024•41 min
Been Caught Stealing
A family brings in millions shoplifting in a nationwide crime spree caught on camera. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)
Dec 19, 2023•14 min
The Stealing Socialite
New York socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions in a grey market selling scheme. (Original air date: 9/8/16)
Dec 05, 2023•20 min
Seattle Roasted
Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a lakeside mansion. (Original air date: 9/8/16)
Nov 21, 2023•21 min
Hack Me if You Can
Daniel Rigmaiden is a young hacker who steals millions from the government. (Original air date: 8/25/16)
Nov 07, 2023•20 min
Hollywood Swinging
Gigapix collects millions from would-be movie producers before being revealed as a fraud. (Original air date: 5/26/16)
Oct 24, 2023•22 min
Jamaican Lottery Scam
Criminals use call centres in Jamaica to flood the US with lies about millions won by unsuspecting victims. U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to try to shut them down. (Original air date: 7/14/16)
Oct 10, 2023•40 min
Psychic Fiend's Network
A phony psychic scams a wealthy but lonely timber baron out of millions while her devious daughter pretends to be in love with him. (Original air date: 5/12/16)
Sep 26, 2023•40 min
The Bar Girls Trap
Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry. (Original air date: 5/19/16)
Sep 12, 2023•41 min
A Mother's Costly Revenge
A financial fraudster seeks deadly revenge after being placed behind bars for propositioning his assistant's daughter. (Original air date: 4/21/2016)
Aug 29, 2023•40 min
The Surfer Slayer
A man, appearing to be nothing more than a wealthy surfer, allegedly commits murder and robs an armored car, leading the FBI on a chase spanning multiple states. (Original air date: 4/7/2016)
Aug 15, 2023•40 min
Black Gold Bust
Phony oil tycoon Gary Milby guarantees gushers of money to investors from his Kentucky oil wells. (Original air date 7/31/2015)
Aug 01, 2023•20 min
The Lawyer Lies
An Indianapolis attorney helps desperate families recover money after serious injuries cost them dearly, but pockets the winnings of widows and orphans. (Original air date 7/31/2015)
Jul 18, 2023•21 min
In Harm's Way
A US Military contractor loots his company of $190 million and goes on a wild spending spree, including a reported $10 million party for his teenage daughter and a $100,000 diamond-encrusted belt buckle. (Original air date 7/31/15)
Jul 04, 2023•41 min
Kill the Witnesses
An ex-IRS agent is caught in a $13 million accounting fraud and uses taxpayer money plotting to murder those who know too much. (Original air date: 7/17/15)
Jun 20, 2023•18 min
Fake It to Make It
A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams. (Original airdate 7/17/15)
Jun 06, 2023•22 min
Charity Begins at Home
An international crook steals more than 40 million dollars from investors and the US government through a sham computer company and bogus plots to build homes for the poor. (Original air date 2/26/15)
May 23, 2023•41 min
Ray Nagin: New Orleans Shakedown
The former New Orleans Mayor exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina by accepting bribes and corrupting the rebuilding process. (Original airdate 3/31/16 )
May 09, 2023•40 min
Social Media Scam Artists: Mother's Cancer
Crowdfunded charities are a modern way to raise funds for a good cause, but do you know where the money really goes? (Original television broadcast: 02-22-2021) Want to binge watch your Greed? The latest episodes at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/
Apr 25, 2023•10 min
The Sky's the Limit
A brash New York stock broker gets sober and re-invents himself as an international power player. (Original television broadcast: 11-06-2015) Want to binge watch your Greed? The latest episodes at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/
Apr 11, 2023•40 min
The Spy Who Scammed Me
A private security contractor promises to help win the freedom of detained oil executives and claims he can find out who abducted Madeleine McCann. (Original television broadcast: 10-30-2015) Want to binge watch your Greed? The latest episodes at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/
Mar 28, 2023•40 min
Lawyers, Lies, and a Housewife
Personal injury attorney Tom Girardi is a legal legend and courtroom shark. He claims he’s a champion for the little guy, winning hundreds of millions in settlements for widows, orphans, and scores of vulnerable victims. But jilted clients and co-counsel cry foul when they discover that he’s stiffing them for millions in settlement money. Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits for fraud, Girardi’s famous namesake law firm goes bankrupt and the disgraced and recently disbarred Girardi...
Mar 14, 2023•40 min
Fame, Fortune & Fraud
Jason Van Eman is a b-list actor from Oklahoma who decides to seek fame and fortune as a Hollywood producer. When he teams up with a Miami financier named Benjamin McConley, the partners build an impressive roster of credits in the indie film world. But when they sign on to fund and produce the movie INSIDE GAME, the secret to their success is revealed - a corrupt banker who turns out to be enabling their fraudulent scheme. (Original air date 2/28/23)
Mar 07, 2023•40 min
Drunk with Power
With his long beard, ponytail, and ubiquitous advertising, Jamie Balagia — AKA “The DWI Dude” — is well-known in Texas as flamboyant defense attorney who can get drunk driving defendants out of a jam. But when he makes a fraudulent promise, telling the biggest and most dangerous cocaine cartel in Colombia that he can pay off U.S. judges for a cool $1.5 million, making their cases disappear, the FBI is recording with a hidden camera. And “The Dude" is about to go down for money laundering and obs...
Feb 28, 2023•41 min
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