2012

Summary White-collar crime can destroy companies, cost investors billions, devastate families and wipe out a person's entire life savings. CNBC's new series "American Greed: The Fugitives" goes inside the world of active white-collar crime cases, telling never-before-heard stories. Each episode features interviews with law enforcement, prosecutors, and investor-victims, all sharing the goal of bringing these fugitives to face justice. Investment schemes are more sophisticated than ever before and the accused con-artists who orchestrate these scams use every tool at their disposal to dupe investors and evade capture. "American Greed: The Fugitives" takes viewers on the hunt to catch the most wanted white-collar fugitives. View more details

Documentary

2012

American Greed, the Fugitives

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Stacy Keach

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 31, 2012

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Kurtis Productions

Documentary

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jul 31, 2012

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Kurtis Productions

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Episode 1 • Jul 31, 2012

John & Julieanne Dimitrion and Spiro Germenis

John and Julieanne Dimitrion convince distressed homeowners to relinquish their homes under the premise of improving their financial position, but the couple uses the money to fund their lavish lifestyle while families lose their homes. And Spiro Germenis is wanted for allegedly scamming more than 25 victims in a massive investment fraud scheme where many lose their entire life savings.

Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969

Main Street Double Cross

Eric Bartoli founded Cyprus Funds, which raised approximately $65 million from an estimated 1,000 investors across the U.S. and Latin America. But law enforcement alleges that the money was used to fund his lavish lifestyle. An investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation results in an indictment, but Bartoli is nowhere to be found.

Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969

The Contractor from Hell/The Check's in the Mail

Contractor Craig Oliver promises to turn their houses into dream homes. But once he pockets hefty down payments, he leaves homes and lives in disarray, showing no sympathy even to a homeowner dying of cancer. Roland Okuomose seems like your average small business owner, running a currency exchange in Canada. But his real business is an international lottery scam, preying on unsuspecting victims.

Episode 4 • Aug 21, 2012

Raiders of the Lost Retirement and Deceitful Dad and the Missing Millions

In Lexington, KY, Jim Hammes plays his role as the hard-working family man perfectly. But he is accused of pocketing millions from his employers. Now Jim Hammes is missing, and the question is...what other secrets does he keep? Joe McCool was a man with big promises...and plans for other people's life savings. He is accused of targeting retirees, and when the money runs out, McCool slips out of town.

Episode 5 • Aug 28, 2012

Phoney Phone Calls/Heavy Metal Fraud

Slobodan Lunic leads the life of a king, but he builds his fortune one quarter at a time operating payphones. Luis Ferreira claims to be selling an opportunity for financial security - could this be a golden parachute in a falling economy?

Episode 6 • Sep 04, 2012

Living The American Scheme: The Prison Escape

Farhad "Fred" Monem takes bribes and receives all-expenses paid luxury trips while working for the State of Oregon. And Harold Rangel and his father run a scheme that rakes in more than $35 million, leaving many middle-class families homeless.

Episode 7 • Sep 11, 2012

Bank Robbing Babe: The Vanishing Internet Millionaire

Street criminals turn to white-collar crime...a young woman teams up with her gangster boyfriend and orchestrates a nationwide credit card scheme. When the law closes in, the alleged mastermind hits the road. During the heady, get-rich-quick days of the dot-com boom, an online video startup has a famous pitchman who exudes trust. But the website is a sham, bilking investors of millions.

Episode 8 • Oct 02, 2013

From Russia With Lies

Victor and Natalia Wolf live like Russian rock stars in Miami. They throw lavish parties on yachts, and drive a $325,000 Maybach. But the good times are financed in part by a multi-million dollar real estate fraud.

Episode 9 • Oct 09, 2013

Signed, Sealed & Stolen; Miami Medi-$cam

A computer nerd and his unemployed buddy pull off a $350 million dollar bank fraud by impersonating executives at Philip Morris. And Ramon Fonseca is a fugitive who allegedly participated in a scheme to loot the U.S. government of $100 million dollars. U.S. Marshals and a dogged bounty hunter are on his trail.

Episode 10 • Oct 16, 2013

The Gone In The Gulf; Anti-Social Network

Aubrey Lee Price is a financial advisor who sponsors missionary work in Central and South America. But his real mission is wasting away forty-million dollars of his investors' money. He leaves a trail of clues for authorities to believe he met his end in a watery grave, but was his suicide story just a ruse to keep them off his trail?

Episode 11 • Nov 06, 2013

The Money Mules/The Sweet Stink Of Success

Hackers in Eastern Europe enlist the help of students in New York to pull off a huge cyber-crime heist. And an alleged chameleon conman goes by many names, but cops say his M.O.stays the same - take the money and run.

Episode 12 • Nov 13, 2013

Hard-Rocking Fraudster; Refi's In Ruin

High-flying concert promoter Jack Utsick crashes back to earth when the SEC accuses him of running a $300 million dollar investment fraud. And 29-year- old David Kaup is a serial predator running three separate loan scams, ripping off millions from victims around the country. Now he's on the run and some suspect he's hiding in plain sight.

Episode 13 • Nov 20, 2013

Diamond's Aren't Forever; Cover Your Assets

Michael Mastro has a sterling reputation as a financier and real estate developer until he ends up in bankruptcy court. The fugitive skips town and more than 100 million in debt owed to unsecured "Friends and Family" investors. And Tomo Razmilovic is a fugitive and an accused leader in accounting frauds that inflate company financials and his pockets while holding the position of CEO and President of Symbol Technologies.

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