2007

S7.E1 ∙ Shipwrecked!

Wed, Feb 20, 2013

From spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on clothes and cars to leaving thousand-dollar tips at bars, Michael Vorce is a twenty-something playboy living it up. By all appearances he makes millions selling and buying luxury yachts, which allows him to borrow millions from banks. But when the loans come due, questions float to the surface - where are all the yachts? And where is all the money?

6.4 /10

S7.E2 ∙ The Prisoner of Wall Street

Wed, Mar 06, 2013

Perry Griggs runs an investment fraud claiming to sell coffee futures when all he did was keep investor money. While in prison for his conviction, he starts another scam where the victims are fellow prisoners and their families, many of whom took second mortgages on their homes to fund Griggs' fraud.

7 /10

S7.E4 ∙ Deadly Payout

Wed, Mar 13, 2013

A trio of Texas conmen scores $100 million, telling investors there's big money in the "life settlement" insurance biz. They claim policy holders can cash out before they die and investors can double their money. When the fraudsters fail to pay returns and keep the money for themselves, it all comes crashing down, leaving investors' finances in critical condition.

7.2 /10

S7.E5 ∙ Melissa King and Carl L. Estep

Wed, Apr 10, 2013

Melissa King is entrusted with overseeing union benefits and uses workers' retirement funds to cut herself checks. And smooth-talking ladies-man Carl Estep looks for love and money to fund his phony gold scheme.

0 /10

S7.E6 ∙ One World and Juan Rodriguez

Wed, Apr 17, 2013

Jack Walsh and Charles Martin appear to be getting very rich running a Chicago currency trading brokerage. But an audit reveals that they've been pilfering clients' accounts to the tune of $10 million. Their outrageous spending even included $1 million at a single strip club. Then, in "Miami Burn"...a trusted tax advisor lures his best friends into an investment scheme that bleeds them dry.

6.4 /10

S7.E7 ∙ Dealing in Deceit

Wed, May 01, 2013

Samuel "Mouli" Cohen starts an internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors, and a charity dedicated to help the poor.

7.8 /10

S7.E8 ∙ Trevor Cook

Wed, May 08, 2013

Trevor Cook seems to be a local boy made good in Minneapolis, running an investment fund. Cook and his cohorts solicit $190 million from 700 investors, many of whom were swayed by a talk radio star. The investors think the money is going into foreign currency securities but will be shocked to see how Trevor and his boys blow their hard-earned savings...turning a historic mansion into a den of debauchery.

0 /10

S7.E9 ∙ Brooklyn's Madoff; Corrupted Software

Wed, May 15, 2013

Brooklyn investment manager Philip Barry starts the longest-running Ponzi scheme in history. And Kevin Carney says his stock trading program delivers an incredible 20 percent return, but it turns out to be a $19 million scam.

6.4 /10

S7.E10 ∙ Greedy, Groovy Guru; Doomsday Profit

Wed, Jun 19, 2013

First, a New Age evangelist becomes a greedy, groovy, guru, telling investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns. But this false prophet is returning nothing but false profits in her $113 million scam. Then...civilization is on the verge of collapse, Ronnie Gene Wilson tells his followers, and the only path to a secure future is investing in precious metals.

0 /10

S7.E11 ∙ The Lady Killer

Wed, Jun 12, 2013

A Florida man hits it big with a $13-million lottery jackpot and, when Dee Dee Moore offers to help manage his winnings, he ends up paying a deadly price.

7.1 /10

S7.E12 ∙ Rapper$ Delight; The Grapes of Greed

Wed, Jun 26, 2013

Michael McCant is a former bank robber who says he's gone "legit" and is now making millions by promoting up-and-coming rap musicians. McCant solicits money from individual investors, promising 30% returns on investment in his concert promotion business. Some investors give McCant their entire nest eggs but learn the hard way that this former convict is too illegit to quit...his life of crime.

7.8 /10