American Greed

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14x1
The Trials of Michael Avenatti
Episode overview
Michael Avenatti makes a splash as the litigator representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her dispute with Donald Trump...but it’s soon revealed that he has legal troubles of his own brewing.
14x2
Nightmare at NXIVM
Episode overview
Keith Raniere is a god-like figure in his mysterious organization NXIVM. Using his powers of persuasion along with classic multilevel marketing techniques, he amasses thousands of followers.
14x3
The Real Dr. Death
Episode overview
A delusional, debt-ridden, and allegedly drug-dabbling spine surgeon maims and even kills patients in one botched surgery after another. It falls to two colleagues to step in where others won’t.
14x4
The Fall Of An Opioid Mogul
Episode overview
As the opioid epidemic destroys the lives of millions of Americans, billionaire drug mogul John Kapoor looks to cash in. His company, Insys, has its own brand of potentially deadly fentanyl.
14x5
A Family Vanishes
Episode overview
When all four members of the McStay family seemingly vanish into thin air, a yearslong quest for answers begins; a biker in the Mojave Desert finds the family members' bodies in shallow graves; a close friend of the family falls under suspicion.
14x6
Social Media Scam Artists
Episode overview
Crowdfunded charities are supposed raise funds for good causes, but some are actually scams.
14x7
Episode 7
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14x7
Inside El Chapo's Empire
Episode overview
Few are familiar with the betrayal that helped land Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, billionaire drug lord and for years the world's most wanted man, in prison; the Flores twins earned El Chapo's trust and then helped the Feds put him away for life.
14x8
The Con in Congress
Episode overview
California Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, looked like the perfect political power couple but instead of serving the public these partners in life conspired to help themselves to hundreds of thousands in campaign dollars.
14x9
Confessions of a Scam Artist
Episode overview
T.R. Wright -- the architect of what's been called the wildest insurance fraud scheme Texas has ever seen -- shares his almost-too-crazy-to-be-true story with American Greed.
14x10
The Imposter
Episode overview
Ed Shin is an entrepreneur, churchgoer and family man; when his business partner suddenly vanishes, prompting the family to seek answers, a private eye digs into Shin's past and finds something horrifying.
14x11
Burned by Greed
Episode overview
How multibillion-dollar company Pacific Gas & Electric comes to repeatedly kill its customers by putting profits over safety as alleged by critics.
14x12
A Father's Fraud
Episode overview
Karl Karlsen is a hardworking man with what seems to be a terrible streak of bad luck, as his wife and son both die in accidents nearly 20 years apart; Karl has a secret: their suspicious deaths have been keeping his bank account full.

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