Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina by accepting bribes and corrupting the rebuilding efforts in the Big Easy. Nagin is accused of bilking the devastated city out of an estimated $500,000, taking expensive trips in private jets for him and his family, and orchestrating an exclusive granite contract for his son's company. He is convicted and is serving 10 years in federal prison.
Jason Derek Brown looks like a wealthy mellow surfer dude, but he's allegedly a stone-cold killer who shoots a security guard five times in the head to steal $56,000 in cash. Authorities say Brown robs an armored car guard to fuel his corrupt playboy lifestyle. This serial con artist leads the FBI on a heart-pumping chase over several western states, and lands on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
When financial fraudster Paul Kruse propositions his assistant's teenage daughter, this angry mom gets revenge and him behind bars. But will this whistle blower survive Kruse's sinister murder-for-hire plot?
"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. And, 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.
An Indianapolis attorney diverts settlement money that is supposed to go to his clients into a lavish lifestyle filled with fancy cars and houses. A Kentucky oil scam falls apart.
Beautiful women with looks that kill are controlled by Russian gangsters to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of money and jewelry. It's a super expensive hangover.
A clinic in Brooklyn pays kickbacks to "patients" for fake treatments and procedures, defrauding Medicare of $71M. And, Claiming to be the next Pixar, Gigapix lies to shareholders about $22.6M in raised funds.
Luxury car salesman and reality TV star Bobby Khan is accused of pocketing car loans and selling cars that aren't his. And Paul Ceglia, who once hired Mark Zuckerberg, claims to own half of Facebook and says he has the contract to prove it. But is it legitimate?
Twin Brothers Chris and Jeffrey George make $40 million from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics. When patients start dying, their pill mills get unwanted attention from the Feds.
A California fraudster scams investors, stealing millions and falsely promising to build a factory in the USA to make medical gloves that will provide high-paying jobs.
Daniel Rigmaiden is a 28-year-old hacker who steals millions from the U.S. government. And, ex-Goodfella Dom Rabuffo enters witness protection only to start a new life of crime in mortgage fraud.
A doctor bilks the government by treating healthy "cancer" patients/"The Second Hand Bandit" and his cellmate plan a daring escape from Chicago's Metropolitan Correctional Center.
The anonymous mastermind of the world's biggest online and underground drug bazaar calls himself the "Dread Pirate Roberts." But in unmasking this criminal, will federal agents find that some of their own have been corrupted by greed?
Ex New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina by accepting bribes and corrupting the rebuilding efforts in the Big Easy. Nagin is accused of bilking the devastated city out of an estimated $500,000, taking expensive trips in private jets for him and his family, and orchestrating an exclusive granite contract.
"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. And, 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.
A wealthy but lonely timber baron is rolled by a phony psychic for $15 million, while her devious daughter pretends to be in love with him. Ralph Raines Jr. is felled by the sweetheart swindle.
David Kaup, Aubrey Lee Price, Neisha Jackson, Jack Utsick, and James Hammes appeared on "American Greed: The Fugitives," and afterwards, many people thought that they would never be seen again. But these five fugitives have been CAUGHT.
With two yachts, his own private jet, and lakeside mega-mansion, Darren Berg scams some of Seattle's savviest investors. And, New York socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions in a grey market selling scheme.