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Ended · 2007–2023

American Greed

Crime

Enter a world where crime pays well--until you get caught. CNBC's unprecedented original primetime series, American Greed takes you inside the scams, schemes and broken dreams…revealing the amazing real-life stories of how some people will do anything for money.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 6 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Hook, Line and Sucker / Maxfield Parish Art Heist
  2. S01 E02 · The Imposter: Dr. Barnes / Interstate Bank Mart Bandit
  3. S01 E03 · Art Heist: Fine Arts Express / Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez
  4. S01 E04 · Meth Identity Thieves / The Wheaton Bandit
  5. S01 E05 · Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona / Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos
  6. S01 E06 · Religious Prey: Greater Ministries Int'l / It Takes a Thief
Season 2 · 10 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · The Martin Frankel Case
  2. S02 E02 · When Greed and Giving Collide / Confessions of a Con Man
  3. S02 E03 · Unsolved: $300 Million Art Heist / Preying on Faith
  4. S02 E04 · Stealing $$$ from Scientologists / The Art of Fraud
  5. S02 E05 · Deadly RX for Greed
  6. S02 E06 · Inside the WorldCom Scam / DHS: Department of Hollywood Scams
  7. S02 E07 · Fraud in Cyberspace
  8. S02 E08 · Party's Over: Tyco's Kozlowski
  9. S02 E09 · Driven by Greed / Conned in the Caribbean
  10. S02 E10 · Robbing Hollywood's A-List / Soaking the Rich at Auction
Season 3 · 8 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · The Bonnie and Clyde of Mortgage Fraud
  2. S03 E02 · Boy Band Mogul
  3. S03 E03 · A Wall Street Wonder Takes a Fall
  4. S03 E04 · Two Brothers, Two Murders
  5. S03 E05 · Skin Doctor Takes His Cut / Revolutionary Guru of Greed
  6. S03 E06 · A Scam Exposed: Strippers and Insider Trading / Economan: Superthief
  7. S03 E07 · The Mustang Ranch: Money, Women and Murder
  8. S03 E08 · The Body Snatcher
Season 4 · 12 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Suicide is Painless: Sam Israel III
  2. S04 E02 · The Black Widows: Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt
  3. S04 E03 · Raffaello Follieri
  4. S04 E04 · The Mad Max of Wall Street
  5. S04 E05 · Crash and Burn
  6. S04 E06 · Sholam Weiss
  7. S04 E07 · Funny Money
  8. S04 E08 · Flipping Frenzy Scam
  9. S04 E09 · Sexual Performance Pill / Kirk Wright
  10. S04 E10 · Kentucky Fen-Phen Attorneys
  11. S04 E11 · Dr. Stokes / C & D Distributors
  12. S04 E12 · Computer Hacker Masterminds
Season 5 · 14 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Bank Robbing Broker
  2. S05 E02 · Financial Guru Gone Bad
  3. S05 E03 · Fool's Gold
  4. S05 E04 · Hackers: Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin'
  5. S05 E05 · A More Generous Criminal
  6. S05 E06 · $1.2 Billion Scam: Ft. Frauderdale
  7. S05 E07 · The Bling Ring / The Fraudster / The Ex-Stripper and the Missing Millions
  8. S05 E08 · Fraudster of the Opera / Frozen Assets - The Ice Capers
  9. S05 E09 · The Slaughterhouse
  10. S05 E10 · The Royal Scam: Kings of Counterfeit
  11. S05 E11 · The Art of the Steal / The Folsom Felon
  12. S05 E12 · Hedge Fund Imposter
  13. S05 E13 · The Wizard of Sarasota
  14. S05 E14 · Mark Weinberger: Nose No Bounds
Season 6 · 17 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · Celebrity Scam Artist
  2. S06 E02 · Master of Deadly Deceit
  3. S06 E03 · Major League Fraud
  4. S06 E04 · Baby Broker Scam
  5. S06 E05 · Tom Petters Generous with Other Peoples Money
  6. S06 E06 · Galleon Group: The Insider - Raj Rajaratnam
  7. S06 E07 · Fine Art: Portrait of a Fraud
  8. S06 E08 · Loan Scam Money for Nothing
  9. S06 E09 · William Erpenbeck Real Estate Home Wrecker
  10. S06 E10 · Nicholas Cosmo: All Interest, No Return
  11. S06 E11 · Michael Lock Pimp Preachers Profiteer
  12. S06 E12 · The Tran Organization: Blackjack Cheaters
  13. S06 E13 · The Mormon Madoff
  14. S06 E14 · Crash for Cash
  15. S06 E15 · Financial Home Invasion
  16. S06 E16 · The Jersey Score
  17. S06 E17 · Allen Stanford: The Dark Knight
Season 7 · 13 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Shipwrecked
  2. S07 E02 · The Wealth Builder Club
  3. S07 E03 · The Prisoner of Wall Street
  4. S07 E04 · Deadly Payout
  5. S07 E05 · Wild West Rip-Off
  6. S07 E06 · Union Bu$ter / The Fool's Gold
  7. S07 E07 · Windy City Wipeout / Miami Burn
  8. S07 E08 · Dealing in Deceit
  9. S07 E09 · Talk Radio Takedown
  10. S07 E10 · Brooklyn's Madoff / Corrupted Software
  11. S07 E11 · Greedy Groovy Guru / Doomsday Profit
  12. S07 E12 · The Lady Killer
  13. S07 E13 · Rapper$ Delight / Grapes of Greed
Season 8 · 14 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · Murder in Memphis
  2. S08 E02 · Young Lust Gone Bust
  3. S08 E03 · The Cunning Cowgirl Crook / Dollars for Dumps
  4. S08 E04 · Sudden Death / Hip Hop Hustle
  5. S08 E05 · Make Me Rich or Die / Kids for Cash
  6. S08 E06 · Detroit 'Crime Boss' Mayor
  7. S08 E07 · The Falcon and the Con Man
  8. S08 E08 · Extreme Home Ripoffs / Greedings from Florida
  9. S08 E09 · Insider Trading Trio / Cocaine Cash Cleaner
  10. S08 E10 · Lights! Camera! Fraud!
  11. S08 E11 · The Car Con
  12. S08 E12 · A Wolf in Priest's Clothing
  13. S08 E13 · The Home Invaders / Nashville's Predator
  14. S08 E14 · Hail to the Thief
Season 9 · 16 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · A Con Man's Deadly Revenge
  2. S09 E02 · The Playboy of Indiana
  3. S09 E03 · Ea$y Being Green / Burglar to the Stars
  4. S09 E04 · A Widow's Web
  5. S09 E05 · The Cash King
  6. S09 E06 · The Dirtiest Con
  7. S09 E07 · Charity Begins at Home
  8. S09 E08 · The Real Wolf of Wall Street
  9. S09 E09 · Kevin Trudeau's Secrets / Remington Steal
  10. S09 E10 · Fake It to Make It / Kill the Witnesses
  11. S09 E11 · "Vintage" Wine Fraud
  12. S09 E12 · In Harm's Way
  13. S09 E13 · The Lawyer Lies / Black Gold Bust
  14. S09 E14 · Friends Without Benefits
  15. S09 E15 · The Spy Who Scammed Me
  16. S09 E16 · The Sky's the Limit
Season 10 · 20 episodes
  1. S10 E01 · Ray Nagin: New Orleans Shakedown
  2. S10 E02 · The Surfer Slayer?
  3. S10 E03 · A Mother's Costly Revenge
  4. S10 E04 · Vanity and Greed: Deadly Beauty
  5. S10 E05 · Psychic Fiend's Network
  6. S10 E06 · The Bar Girls Trap
  7. S10 E07 · Sick Profits / Hollywood Swinging
  8. S10 E08 · Capturing the Fugitives
  9. S10 E09 · Six Feet Plunder
  10. S10 E10 · Jersey Car Stealer Dealer / Facebook Face-Off
  11. S10 E11 · Pain Killer Profits
  12. S10 E12 · Jamaican Lottery Scam
  13. S10 E13 · The Bad Neighbors
  14. S10 E14 · The Phantom Fraudster of Broadway
  15. S10 E15 · Medical Gloves with Holes
  16. S10 E16 · Hack Me If You Can / Goodfella Gone Bad
  17. S10 E17 · Seattle Roasted / The Stealing Socialite
  18. S10 E18 · Diagnosis: Blood Money / Chicago Jailbrake
  19. S10 E19 · Family Fortune Feud
  20. S10 E20 · Silk Road: Digital Drug Dealers
Season 11 · 20 episodes
  1. S11 E01 · Deadly Gold Digger
  2. S11 E02 · The Real "War Dogs"
  3. S11 E03 · Badge of Dishonor
  4. S11 E04 · Billionaire Boys Bust
  5. S11 E05 · Clean Teeth, Dirty Money / Comic Book Murder
  6. S11 E06 · Sticky Fingers / Life in the Fraud Lane
  7. S11 E07 · Making a Killing / Doctor Drug Dealer
  8. S11 E08 · Fouled Out / Rumeal Robinson
  9. S11 E09 · Recipe for Murder
  10. S11 E10 · Junk in a Box / Been Caught Stealing
  11. S11 E11 · From Peanuts to Sick Millions
  12. S11 E12 · A Glamorous Showbiz Lie
  13. S11 E13 · Deadly Black Gold Riches
  14. S11 E14 · Art Schlichter: All-American Fraud
  15. S11 E15 · Red Carpet Rip-Off
  16. S11 E16 · Wine, Women and Fraud
  17. S11 E17 · Neighborhood Inferno
  18. S11 E18 · Fraud Collectors
  19. S11 E19 · Lesson in Greed/Soldier Scam
  20. S11 E20 · Top Gun of Fraud
Season 12 · 20 episodes
  1. S12 E01 · The Most Hated Man in America
  2. S12 E02 · Deadly Opioids, Dirty Doctors
  3. S12 E03 · Murderous Plot Meets Reality TV
  4. S12 E04 · The Polka King Con
  5. S12 E05 · Stolen Valor Scam
  6. S12 E06 · Conn's Job
  7. S12 E07 · Blood Relatives / End of Life Scam
  8. S12 E08 · Dangerous Luxury
  9. S12 E09 · Billion Dollar Fraud Goes Viral
  10. S12 E10 · Florida Rehab Gone Wild
  11. S12 E11 · Operation Crook, Line and Stinker
  12. S12 E12 · Artistic License to Steal
  13. S12 E13 · The Fake Housewife of Orange County
  14. S12 E14 · Online Dating Trap
  15. S12 E15 · An Ungodly Scammer
  16. S12 E16 · Just a Dollar and a Scheme / Lousy Landlord
  17. S12 E17 · Something's Fishy: The Codfather
  18. S12 E18 · Scams on Film / God and Gold
  19. S12 E19 · Baby-Faced Drug Lords
  20. S12 E20 · From Bouncer to Millionaire Fraudster
Season 13 · 16 episodes
  1. S13 E01 · The College Admissions Scandal
  2. S13 E02 · The Fyre Festival
  3. S13 E03 · Paul Manafort
  4. S13 E04 · Prophets of Greed
  5. S13 E05 · Black Market Dirty Gold
  6. S13 E06 · The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster
  7. S13 E07 · The Fake Prince's Royal Scam
  8. S13 E08 · Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam
  9. S13 E09 · The Fast and the Fraudulent
  10. S13 E10 · Painful Greed Turns Deadly
  11. S13 E11 · Starstruck Studio Swindle
  12. S13 E12 · The Luxury Curse Scam
  13. S13 E13 · Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino
  14. S13 E14 · Fake Heiress Cons High Society
  15. S13 E15 · All-Star Sports Scam
  16. S13 E16 · Judgment of Terror
Season 14 · 12 episodes
  1. S14 E01 · The Trials of Michael Avenatti
  2. S14 E02 · Nightmare at NXIVM
  3. S14 E03 · The Real Dr. Death
  4. S14 E04 · The Fall of an Opioid Mogul
  5. S14 E05 · A Family Vanishes
  6. S14 E06 · Social Media Scam Artists
  7. S14 E07 · Inside El Chapo's Empire
  8. S14 E08 · The 'Con' In Congress
  9. S14 E09 · Confessions of a Scam Artist
  10. S14 E10 · The Imposter
  11. S14 E11 · Burned By Greed
  12. S14 E12 · A Father's Fraud
Season 15 · 24 episodes
  1. S15 E01 · The Life & Crimes of Joel Greenberg
  2. S15 E02 · Theranos CEO on Trial
  3. S15 E03 · How WeWork Went Wild
  4. S15 E04 · Boeing's Deadly Design
  5. S15 E05 · The Biggest Theft of All Time?
  6. S15 E06 · The Kingpin Next Door
  7. S15 E07 · The Polygamist & The Bio Fuel Baron
  8. S15 E08 · Chasing Tesla
  9. S15 E09 · COVID Cons
  10. S15 E10 · The Accused Crypto Couple
  11. S15 E11 · Financial Infidelity
  12. S15 E12 · The Spy Who Conned Me
  13. S15 E13 · Million Dollar Prison Kickback
  14. S15 E14 · California Schemin'
  15. S15 E15 · Streaming and Scheming
  16. S15 E16 · The Decline of a Dynasty
  17. S15 E17 · A Legacy of Fraud
  18. S15 E18 · The Busted Mogul
  19. S15 E19 · Follow the Juul Money
  20. S15 E20 · VIP Schemers
  21. S15 E21 · Preaching Pyramid Schemes
  22. S15 E22 · Drunk with Power
  23. S15 E23 · Fame, Fortune & Fraud
  24. S15 E24 · Lawyers, Lies, And A Housewife

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