This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC, I'm Stacey Keach.

In this episode of American Greed, the promise of green energy gone bad.

Welcome to Nikola in Phoenix, Arizona.

Let's get you guys...

The founder of Nikola Motors, Trevor Milton, is front and center with flashy promotions

that put him in the crosshairs of prosecutors.

And Winnie unveils his all-electric truck.

All that thing is so awesome.

Milton says it will change the world.

His message was, we are the future.

We're targeting the second largest polluting industry in the world, the trucking industry.

American Greed goes inside, but prosecutors' alleged is a crime that happens in plain sight.

Tesla is just really just all in our footsteps.

Trevor Milton targets young naive investors who are looking for the next clean energy guru.

Your stock price is moving really fast.

I mean, the idea is that, you know, I don't really look...

That's why I didn't even know the number.

I don't even really watch the stock price that much.

He looked like the next Elon Musk at an earlier stage where I could jump in at an early stage.

But does Milton have the goods?

You're going to see that this is a real truck.

This is not a pusher.

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