American Greed - Season 1

American Greed - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes6
DatesJun 21, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007
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Episodes

Hook, Line and Sucker / Maxfield Parish Art Heist
Season 1Episode 160 min

Hook, Line and Sucker / Maxfield Parish Art Heist

In this episode of American Greed, see the detailed profile of a successful con artist & the investors he left with empty bank accounts.

Case 1 profiles Barry Hunt, a successful con artist who deceived investors throughout the United States. Case 2 follows the robbery of two paintings by famed American artist Maxfield Parrish. In a night-time heist, a hole is expertly cut in the roof and the paintings disappear even as an alarm goes off.

Jun 21, 2007
The Imposter: Dr. Barnes / Interstate Bank Mart Bandit
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Imposter: Dr. Barnes / Interstate Bank Mart Bandit

In case 1, for twenty years, Gerald Barnes faked being a doctor. He founded a successful practice that specialized in "executive" medical exams, earning a six-figure salary, despite not being the real Dr. Gerald Barnes. In case 2, the Interstate Bank Mart Bandit defrauded people out of their bank accounts, committing 43 robberies in 20 months with the same modus operandi and no evidence left behind.

Jun 28, 2007
Art Heist: Fine Arts Express / Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez
Season 1Episode 360 min

Art Heist: Fine Arts Express / Medical Scams: Dr. Martinez

In case 1, two men working at Fine Arts Express conspire to steal museum quality pieces by Picasso, Matisse, and Rothko, totaling more than $4 million.  

In case 2, Dr. Jorge Martinez routinely gives his patients expensive, painful and unnecessary shots as part of a multi-million-dollar billing scheme.

Jul 5, 2007
Meth Identity Thieves / The Wheaton Bandit
Season 1Episode 460 min

Meth Identity Thieves / The Wheaton Bandit

In case 1, in the west, there is a trend for thieves to use identity theft to fund meth addictions, with the victims also robbed. In case 2, in the affluent Chicago suburb Wheaton, Illinois, a serial bank robber is armed and prepared to fight.

Jul 12, 2007
Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona / Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos
Season 1Episode 560 min

Religious Prey: Baptist Foundation of Arizona / Medical Scams: Dr. Mikos

In case 1, the Baptist Foundation of Arizona is a non-profit fundraiser dedicated to the religious community, losing millions of dollars of investors' money in a Ponzi scheme. Case 2 follows a murderous Chicago doctor with a good bedside manner and lucrative practice, who conned Medicare and played the system to secure over a million dollars.

Jul 19, 2007
Religious Prey: Greater Ministries Int'l / It Takes a Thief
Season 1Episode 660 min

Religious Prey: Greater Ministries Int'l / It Takes a Thief

Case 1 follows one of the most lucrative pyramid schemes in history. Greater Ministries International founder Gerald Payne told the religious community that they could double their money if they donated to the church, securing $500 million dollars.Case 2 follows a cat burglar who works as a property manager by day and pulls off a number of daring jewel heists by night.

Jul 26, 2007

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