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5 unusual facts about American Greed


American Greed

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; and, money laundering) are also featured.

In season four, the show covered stories including high-profile cases such as Raffaello Follieri, Marcus Schrenker, and Sholam Weiss.

Reed Slatkin

In February 2008, the television show American Greed featured the Slatkin case, which it titled "Stealing $$$ from Scientologists".

Robert Courtney

In 2008, an episode of American Greed, entitled "Deadly Rx For Greed", recounted Courtney's crimes, trial and conviction.

Tri Energy

CNBC covered the history of the scheme in Episode 3 of Year 5 of its investigative program American Greed.



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