Overview
156 Episodes
Update: On Friday, March 28th, 2025, the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump has pardoned Trevor Milton, founder of the electric vehicle startup Nikola. Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison for overstating his company's technology, could now avoid paying hundreds of millions in restitution to defrauded investors due to the pardon. According to the Federal Election Commission, Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to a Trump re-election campaign fund less than a month before the November election. Original Episode Description: Serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton founds the electric vehicle company Nikola, which suggests it will be the next Tesla, but for long-haul trucks. (Original airdate 10/04/2022)
Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025
A man claims to own half of Facebook and says he has the contract to prove it. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025
Bars, strip clubs and nightclubs shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a bouncer. (Original air date: 10/22/2018)
Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025
Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet. (Original air date: 9/10/2018)
Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025
Vitaly Borker sells designer knock-off eyewear as genuine; complaining customers are threatened. (Original air date: 6/18/2018)
Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2025
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 gets caught on tape. (Original air date: 3/12/2018)
Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2025
A man burns through $52 million from a trust he was hired to protect, buying helicopters, fighter jets, rocket launchers, and a fleet of WWII bombers to feed his fantasy of running "black ops" for the CIA. (Original air date: 9/4/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2024
Heartless crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money. (Original air date: 8/28/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2024
A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials. (Original air date: 8/28/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2024
Memorabilia legend Bill Mastro rigs bids to scam collectors and sellers. (Original air date: 8/21/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2024
A man steals millions from rich wine clients, and spends the money on fast cars and faster hookups. (Original air date: 8/7/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 29 October 2024
Musician Donald "Ski" Johnson uses his Jazz for Life foundation to make empty promises to donors. (Original air date: 7/31/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 15 October 2024
Former OSU quarterback Art Schlichter's gambling addiction turns him into a con artist. (Original air date: 7/24/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2024
A man convinces people that he is a movie producer and money management professional while collecting millions to promote his own image. (Original air date: 7/10/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2024
Cancer charities that raise millions but gives only three percent to patients and families. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 10 September 2024
A femme fatale with a way of getting men to do what she wants sets a trap for a multi-millionaire divorcee. (Original air date: 1/23/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 27 August 2024
Hosted by CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers, this is the secret story of a young Russian oligarch who hacked his way to an illicit $93 million fortune...and the FBI team who finally brought him to justice. For generations, insider trading on Wall Street has been a crime of the American rich: the stereotype of corporate executives passing stock tips at country clubs was not far off. But new cyberwarfare techniques, and an aggressive anti-Western Putin regime in Moscow have turned this kind of insider corruption into an attack from the outside on the American economy itself, with profound implications for all of us who have retirement accounts, investments, or work in corporate America. Follow and listen to "The Crimes of Putin's Trader" wherever you get your podcasts or by visiting https://link.chtbl.com/greedputinstrader
Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2024
A once $100 million publishing fortune creates tension between mother and son when he's accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds, and fraud. (Original air date: 9/22/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 13 August 2024
Wanna-be wise guy Dom Rabuffo enters witness protection only to start a new life of crime in mortgage fraud. (Original air date: 8/25/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2024
A fraudster in promises to build a medical glove factory and steals millions from investors. (Original air date: 8/18/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 18 June 2024
New York stockbroker Mark Hotton allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors. (Original air date: 8/11/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 4 June 2024
A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in fraud. (Original air date: 8/4/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2024
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)
Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2024
A luxury car salesman faces accusations of pocketing car loans and selling cars he doesn't own. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2024
Doug Cassity sells fake prearranged funeral contracts, amounting to $500 million, with the help of sexy saleswomen. (Original air date: 6/23/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2024
Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers. (Original air date: 6/9/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2024
A mother and son score millions in the Bay Medical Clinic scam. (Original air date: 5/26/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2024
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)
Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2024
"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)
Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2024
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)
Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2024
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)
Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2024
A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands. (Original air date: 7/3/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2024
A family brings in millions shoplifting in a nationwide crime spree caught on camera. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)
Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2023
New York socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions in a grey market selling scheme. (Original air date: 9/8/16)
Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2023
Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a lakeside mansion. (Original air date: 9/8/16)
Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2023
Daniel Rigmaiden is a young hacker who steals millions from the government. (Original air date: 8/25/16)
Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2023
Gigapix collects millions from would-be movie producers before being revealed as a fraud. (Original air date: 5/26/16)
Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 26 September 2023
Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry. (Original air date: 5/19/16)
Transcribed - Published: 12 September 2023
A financial fraudster seeks deadly revenge after being placed behind bars for propositioning his assistant's daughter. (Original air date: 4/21/2016)
Transcribed - Published: 29 August 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2023
Phony oil tycoon Gary Milby guarantees gushers of money to investors from his Kentucky oil wells. (Original air date 7/31/2015)
Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 18 July 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 4 July 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2023
A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams. (Original airdate 7/17/15)
Transcribed - Published: 6 June 2023
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)
Transcribed - Published: 23 May 2023
The former New Orleans Mayor exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina by accepting bribes and corrupting the rebuilding process. (Original airdate 3/31/16 )
Transcribed - Published: 9 May 2023
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/
Transcribed - Published: 25 April 2023
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