American Greed

A man and his brothers run a massive $40 million rare coin con until they're caught and embark on a grisly revenge plan.

Tim Durham lives in a 30,000-square-foot Shangri La on the outskirts of Indianapolis, has a $6 million yacht and parties with Playboy models. He claims to have made his fortune as a king of the leveraged buyout, with his company Obsidian Enterprises buying stakes in struggling manufacturing compa...

At the helm of a company called Clean Green Fuel, Rodney Hailey claims to make biodiesel from recycled restaurant grease and takes part in an Environmental Protection Agency program meant to boost the production of renewable fuel and cut the U.S.'s dependence on foreign oil. And it pays well. He ...

After golf, millionaire Gary Triano puts the keys into the ignition and is killed instantly by a car bomb, uncovering a bizarre murder-for-hire plot hatched by his ex-wife and her lover that's revealed in a series of recorded conversations.

A man sets his sights on strip clubs, real estate, Iraqi currency, diamonds and even mind control technology.

A man claims to be reformed after serving seven years in prison for turning his carpet cleaning company into a multimillion-dollar scam.

An international crook steals more than 40 million dollars from investors and the US government through a sham computer company and bogus plots to build homes for the poor.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

When the FTC fines Infomercial kingpin Kevin Trudeau $37.6 million for all of his get-rich-quick schemes, he claims he's flat broke; Remington Financial Group's "advance fee" scam has cost small business owners their dreams and millions of dollars.

A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams; an ex-IRS agent is caught in a $13 million accounting fraud and uses taxpayer money plotting to murder those who know too much.

A counterfeit wine dealer dominates the fine wine scene, making millions selling his cheap basement blends through elite auction houses.

A US Military contractor loots his company of $190 million and goes on a wild spending spree, including a reported $10 million party for his teenage daughter and a $100,000 diamond-encrusted belt buckle.

An Indianapolis attorney helps desperate families recover money after serious injuries cost them dearly, but pockets the winnings of widows and orphans.

Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from AIDS patients, the chronically ill and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients.

A private security contractor promises to help win the freedom of detained oil executives and claims he can find out who abducted Madeleine McCann.

A brash New York stock broker gets sober and re-invents himself as an international power player.