American Greed

Seasons

2007

8.3

TV-PG

Documentary series focusing on history's largest financial crimes ranging from Ponzi schemes, murder, card counting, generating fake currency and goods, extortion, online dating, identity theft, drug distribution, and insider trading.

Episode List

Hook, Line and Sucker/Maxfield Parish Art Heist

S1 • E1

Hook, Line and Sucker/Maxfield Parish Art Heist

In this episode of American Greed, see the detailed profile of a successful con artist and the investors he left with empty bank accounts. Then go inside a $4 million dollar art heist of Maxfield Parrish masterpieces.

The Imposter: Dr. Barnes/Interstate Bank Mart Bandit

S1 • E2

The Imposter: Dr. Barnes/Interstate Bank Mart Bandit

Investigators discover that a doctor named Gerald Barnes is a phony; meanwhile, a man responsible for 43 robberies is tracked down.

S1 • E3

The Wheaton Bandit

It's a new crime wave: thieves committing identity theft to fund their raging meth addictions. Then, see how a serial bank robber, armed and dangerous, terrorizes the town of Wheaton, a quiet, affluent Chicago suburb.

Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos

S1 • E4

Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona: Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos

First case: The Baptist Foundation of Arizona invests and loses millions entrusted by churchgoers, and its mission ends in scandal. Then, learn how Dr. Mikos, a charming doctor with a lucrative practice, turns out to be a con artist defrauding Medicare.

Religious Prey; Greater Ministries International; It Takes a Thief

S1 • E5

Religious Prey; Greater Ministries International; It Takes a Thief

Church founder Gerald Payne called it "divine inspiration," a way for the faithful to reap what they sow. Instead, he built a $500 million pyramid scheme. Profiled in Case 2: By day, he's a property manager-by night, a daring cat burglar.