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7.9/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 95 First episode date 21 June 2007 Genre Documentary film | 8.2/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 10 Producer(s) Kurtis Productions Narrated by Stacy Keach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Executive producer(s) Sharon Barrett Charles Schaffer Writers Heidi Zersen, Daniel Freed, Mike West Awards Telly Award for TV Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces Film/Video - Editing Similar Secret Lives of the Super Rich, American Greed: The Fugitives, Blue Collar Millionaires, Snapped, Dominick Dunne's Power - Pr Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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American Greed, also called American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels, And Suckers and American Greed: Scams, Schemes, And Broken Dreams, is a weekly American "true crime" television documentary series aired on CNBC. The program is narrated by Stacy Keach Jr. and produced by Kurtis Productions.
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- Greed report where the money is american greed cnbc prime
- Bernie madoff scamming of america the 50 billion ponzi scheme
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Bernie madoff scamming of america the 50 billion ponzi scheme
Subjects
The program focuses on the stories behind some of the biggest corporate and white collar crimes in recent U.S. history; examples include WorldCom, HealthSouth and Tyco International. In addition, stories about common financial crimes that affect scores of everyday citizens (Ponzi schemes, real estate and other investment frauds; bank robbery, identity theft, medical fraud, embezzlement, insurance fraud, murder-for-hire, art theft, credit card fraud, money laundering, and crimes committed by elected officials) are also featured.
Other topics have included the story behind Nevada's infamous Mustang Ranch, and rise-and-fall pieces on such highly successful, high-profile businesspeople as boy band impresario Lou Pearlman and Mark Dreier. The series has also produced specials on subjects like Bernie Madoff's life behind bars, 9-11 fraudsters, and how organized crime groups (including the Italian-American Mafia) earn money. In season four, the show covered stories including high-profile cases such as Raffaello Follieri, Marcus Schrenker, and Sholam Weiss.
Episodes
The show began airing its tenth season in 2016.
It has also created a spin-off series called American Greed: The Fugitives; this focuses on white-collar criminals who have not been brought to justice yet.
Criticisms
The show has been criticized for overestimating law enforcement's interest and involvement in combating fraud, as many frauds are discovered only after a number of people have been victimized and the largest fraud, Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, ended only after he confessed. In civil fraud claims, courts require that the fraud be pleaded with specificity and the proponent provide documentation corroborating the claim. In the Madoff case, an early administrative complaint was dismissed for lack of evidence, with the claim of a Ponzi scheme deemed speculative and unsubstantiated using essentially the same standard federal courts employ in evaluating civil fraud claims.