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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A fraudster in promises to build a medical glove factory and steals millions from investors. (Original air date: 8/18/2016)By CNBC
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New York stockbroker Mark Hotton allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors. (Original air date: 8/11/2016)By CNBC
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A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in fraud. (Original air date: 8/4/2016)By CNBC
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Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)By CNBC
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A luxury car salesman faces accusations of pocketing car loans and selling cars he doesn't own. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)By CNBC
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Doug Cassity sells fake prearranged funeral contracts, amounting to $500 million, with the help of sexy saleswomen. (Original air date: 6/23/2016)By CNBC
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Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers. (Original air date: 6/9/2016)By CNBC
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A mother and son score millions in the Bay Medical Clinic scam. (Original air date: 5/26/2016)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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"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)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands. (Original air date: 7/3/2017)By CNBC
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A family brings in millions shoplifting in a nationwide crime spree caught on camera. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)By CNBC
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New York socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions in a grey market selling scheme. (Original air date: 9/8/16)By CNBC
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Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a lakeside mansion. (Original air date: 9/8/16)By CNBC
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Daniel Rigmaiden is a young hacker who steals millions from the government. (Original air date: 8/25/16)By CNBC
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Gigapix collects millions from would-be movie producers before being revealed as a fraud. (Original air date: 5/26/16)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry. (Original air date: 5/19/16)By CNBC
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A financial fraudster seeks deadly revenge after being placed behind bars for propositioning his assistant's daughter. (Original air date: 4/21/2016)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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Phony oil tycoon Gary Milby guarantees gushers of money to investors from his Kentucky oil wells. (Original air date 7/31/2015)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams. (Original airdate 7/17/15)By CNBC
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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)By CNBC
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The former New Orleans Mayor exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina by accepting bribes and corrupting the rebuilding process. (Original airdate 3/31/16 )By CNBC
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Social Media Scam Artists: Mother's Cancer
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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/By CNBC
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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/By CNBC
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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/By CNBC
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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 hu…
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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 reve…
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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 …
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Sneak Peek: Introducing Letters from Sing Sing
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As a bonus for American Greed listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of Letters from Sing Sing, a new original podcast from NBC News Studios. Letters from Sing Sing tells the story of a man convicted of murder, his fight for justice, and how the letters he sent NBC News producer Dan Slepian sparked a 20-year investigation that changed both of t…
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Reality show couple Marlon and LaShonda Moore are accused of exploiting vulnerable people during the pandemic and convinced thousands of their fans to invest in their illegal gifting pyramid scheme “Blessings in No Time,” aka “BINT.” Preaching BINT investment returns of 800 percent, regulators claim the Moore’s “blessed” themselves to the tune of t…
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Inside the Episode: "VIP Schemers" with Joumana Kidd
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Joumana Kidd and DJ Sixsmith discuss the American Greed episode called “VIP Schemers” where influencer Tracii Hutstona, a convicted fraudster and identity thief, stole thousands of dollars after being hired as a nanny.By CNBC
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Influencer Tracii Show Hutstona, was all over social media, sporting towering heels and clingy couture, living the lux life with her former football pro husband. In hundreds of posts and on her own Youtube reality series, she plugged their chain of restaurants and VIP client services. But when one high profile client discovers more than a million d…
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Adam Bowen and James Monsees are two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who say they want to save millions of smokers’ lives with their “safe” e-cigarette JUUL. But when an epidemic of teenage nicotine addiction breaks out across the country, some people ask, are JUUL’s founders intent on saving lives or greedy enough to make a killing by targeting the …
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The Voice of "Greed": One-on-One with Stacy Keach
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Stacy Keach has been the voice of American Greed since its beginning. The legendary actor joins CNBC's DJ Sixsmith for a special edition of American Greed to discuss Greed and his career.By CNBC
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Lobsang Dargey, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, escapes Chinese oppression and claws his way to freedom in the U.S. Uneducated and broke, but rich with ambition, Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development. He collects millions from investors for a Seattle skyscraper, but then violates his Buddhist principles —and the law— by misappropriatin…
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A sprawling investigation into the prominent and powerful Murdaugh family uncovers years of unchecked power and privilege that has allegedly resulted in years of fraud, conspiracy, corruption and even murder. As the investigators dig deeper, Alex Murdaugh’s secrets are exposed and he is now being investigated for a web of complex criminal charges. …
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A well-respected lawyer from a prominent family is accused of stealing millions from the suffering clients who turn to him for help. The family secrets all start to unravel when a deadly boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s son threatens to upend the alleged schemes and places scrutiny on his family’s powerful legacy. The disgraced patriarch is now…
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Zachary Horwitz dreams of making it big in Hollywood. While he never quite hits it big onscreen, Horwitz acts his way into raising more than $600 million for a bogus investment opportunity. (Original airdate 11/29/22)By CNBC
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In sunny San Diego, entrepreneur and real estate developer Gina Champion-Cain lures in investors with a glamorous image and promises of sky-high returns on short-term liquor license loans. (Original airdate 11/22/2022)By CNBC
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Chris Epps charms his way up the ladder, from prison guard to the top post of Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner. Once in office, he and his businessman buddy, Cecil McCrory set up shop, siphoning kickbacks and bribes from nearly a billion-dollars’ worth of prison contracts. (Original airdate 11/15/22)…
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced today to more than 11 years in prison for fraud. Earlier this year, American Greed revealed fresh details about one of the most infamous corporate fraud cases of the 21st century: Theranos, with former insiders providing new insights. (Original airdate: 01/12/22)…
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A former weatherman claiming to be an undercover spy infiltrates Washington's intelligence circles where he collects millions with his tales of running a top-secret national security operation for the CIA. (Original airdate 11/1/22)By CNBC
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