A once-$100 million publishing fortune pits mother against son when he’s accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds, and fraud. cnbc IMDB (unrated)
American Greed
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Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from aids patients, the chronically ill, and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients. When medical advances help patients live longer, Mutual Benefits collects new investor money to pay returns. 30,000 people get caught in the $1.25 billion ponzi scheme. cnbc IMDB (8.2) US […]
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A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government. A wise-guy wannabe in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam. tv-episodes.prettyfamous.com IMDB (8.2)
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Rivertown Financial’s leaseback plan to keep distressed homeowners in their homes was a scam leaving owners foreclosed on and homeless, while the criminals pocketed millions. And an ego driven financial planner reaped millions from clients’ accounts and even approached an NHL team in Nashville to buy the naming rights of the arena. cnbc IMDB […]
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A slaughterhouse employs hundreds of workers in a small Iowa town. But there are whispers of threats, extortion and shocking child labor abuses. Sholom Rubashkin runs the family business. Is he a dutiful son or a corporate crook? imdb Sholom Rubashkin @ Wikipedia
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The anonymous mastermind of the world’s biggest online and underground dark web 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? cnbc IMDB (unrated) | Silk Road @ Wikipedia
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This Episode: A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in a major case of fraud. American Greed is an hour-long American television show that currently airs on CNBC. The show profiles various cases involving corporate fraud and white collar crimes. Some of the episodes profile two of these […]
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Brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson start US FIDELIS, a business selling vehicle service contracts. But when the cars break down those “warranties” prove worthless while the brothers pocket millions and live it up. cnbc IMDB (8.2)
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Hawaii residents whose financial lives were turned upside down by convicted scam artist Perry Griggs tearfully spoke at his sentencing at US District Court in Honolulu Monday. “I came here just to have closure. That’s why I came,” Nanifay Paglinawan, fraud victim, said. “I didn’t want to keep hanging on to the pain, the […]
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The pitch could have been barked by any of the “motivational-training” snake-oil salesmen who ply their wares in the corporate sector. But the man behind this particular “sales and persuasion” one-day course in Australia last year thought himself special enough to demand a US$5,000 entrance fee. The inflated price tag may have been something […]
