2012

S1.E1 ∙ John & Julieanne Dimitrion and Spiro Germenis

Tue, Jul 31, 2012

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.

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S1.E2 ∙ Main Street Double Cross

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

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.

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S1.E3 ∙ The Contractor from Hell/The Check's in the Mail

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

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.

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S1.E4 ∙ Raiders of the Lost Retirement and Deceitful Dad and the Missing Millions

Tue, Aug 21, 2012

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.

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S1.E5 ∙ Phoney Phone Calls/Heavy Metal Fraud

Tue, Aug 28, 2012

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?

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S1.E6 ∙ Living The American Scheme: The Prison Escape

Tue, Sep 04, 2012

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.

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S1.E7 ∙ Bank Robbing Babe: The Vanishing Internet Millionaire

Tue, Sep 11, 2012

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.

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S1.E8 ∙ From Russia With Lies

Wed, Oct 02, 2013

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.

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S1.E9 ∙ Signed, Sealed & Stolen; Miami Medi-$cam

Wed, Oct 09, 2013

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.

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S1.E10 ∙ The Gone In The Gulf; Anti-Social Network

Wed, Oct 16, 2013

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?

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S1.E11 ∙ The Money Mules/The Sweet Stink Of Success

Wed, Nov 06, 2013

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.

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S1.E12 ∙ Hard-Rocking Fraudster; Refi's In Ruin

Wed, Nov 13, 2013

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.

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S1.E13 ∙ Diamond's Aren't Forever; Cover Your Assets

Wed, Nov 20, 2013

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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