American Greed is an hour-long American television show that currently airs on CNBC and Escape (TV network). The show profiles various cases involving corporate fraud and white collar crimes. Some of the episodes profile two of these cases in a single episode.
The show has been on the air since June 21, 2007 and was renewed for its 11th season which started airing at the end of Jan 2017. Stacy Keach is the narrator for these episodes.
Case 1: The Sandhogs Local 147, a New York City construction union, whose workers build tunnels and underground passageways, entrusts Melissa King for overseeing union benefits to ensure their retirements. Instead, King uses the workers funds to cut herself checks to the tune of $42 million.
Case 1: Business partners Jack Walsh and Charles Martin appear to be getting very rich running a foreign currency trading brokerage, One World Capital. But in 2007, a routine audit reveals that One World has been pilfering clients' accounts, to the tune of $10 million.
Case 1: In Brooklyn, Phillip Barry runs a $40 million Ponzi Scheme that ensnares over 800 investors. After being caught, he is convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Case 1: The case of New Age evangelist Lydia Cladek who scams nearly 2000 investors out of $113 million in bogus auto financing deals.
Case 1: After getting out of prison, former bank robber Michael McCant turns to white collar crime.
Case 1: A small-town comptroller steals $53 million to fund a horse-breeding empire.
Case 1: Feds investigate financial advisor J.D. Salinas and discover a $39 million scam.
Case 1: A man threatens investment professionals to make him rich.
Case 1: Two brothers ripped off millions from homeowners in a remodeling scheme.
Case 1: Three friends go to New York to realize their dreams, which quickly turn criminal.
Case 1: Kevin Trudeau, an infomercial pitchman who claimed he was broke and could not pay a $37.6 million fine imposed by the Federal Trade Commission, is chronicled.
Case 1: “Ferrari” Mike Banuelos steals musical artists’ money and their dreams. His Ferrari lifestyle drives them in the fast lane, but his promotional acumen leaves his investors to crash and burn.