American Greed Podcast

Update: On Friday, March 28th, 2025, the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump has pardoned Trevor Milton, founder of the electric vehicle startup Nikola. Milton, who was sentenced to four years in prison for overstating his company's technology, could now avoid paying hundreds of millions in restitution to defrauded investors due to the pardon. According to the Federal Election Commission, Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to a Trump re-election campaign fund less than a month before the November election. Original Episode Description: Serial entrepreneur Trevor Milton founds the electric vehicle company Nikola, which suggests it will be the next Tesla, but for long-haul trucks. (Original airdate 10/04/2022)

A man claims to own half of Facebook and says he has the contract to prove it. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)

Bars, strip clubs and nightclubs shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a bouncer. (Original air date: 10/22/2018)

Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet. (Original air date: 9/10/2018)

Vitaly Borker sells designer knock-off eyewear as genuine; complaining customers are threatened. (Original air date: 6/18/2018)

When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan gets caught on tape. (Original air date: 3/12/2018)

A man burns through $52 million from a trust he was hired to protect, buying helicopters, fighter jets, rocket launchers, and a fleet of WWII bombers to feed his fantasy of running "black ops" for the CIA. (Original air date: 9/4/2017)

Heartless crooks use photos of real military men to lure women into sending them love and money. (Original air date: 8/28/2017)

A school supply vendor steals millions from Detroit public schools by enlisting shady school officials. (Original air date: 8/28/2017)

Memorabilia legend Bill Mastro rigs bids to scam collectors and sellers. (Original air date: 8/21/2017)

A man steals millions from rich wine clients, and spends the money on fast cars and faster hookups. (Original air date: 8/7/2017)

Musician Donald "Ski" Johnson uses his Jazz for Life foundation to make empty promises to donors. (Original air date: 7/31/2017)

Former OSU quarterback Art Schlichter's gambling addiction turns him into a con artist. (Original air date: 7/24/2017)

A man convinces people that he is a movie producer and money management professional while collecting millions to promote his own image. (Original air date: 7/10/2017)

Cancer charities that raise millions but gives only three percent to patients and families. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)

A femme fatale with a way of getting men to do what she wants sets a trap for a multi-millionaire divorcee. (Original air date: 1/23/2017)

Hosted by CNBC Senior Washington Correspondent Eamon Javers, this is the secret story of a young Russian oligarch who hacked his way to an illicit $93 million fortune...and the FBI team who finally brought him to justice. For generations, insider trading on Wall Street has been a crime of the American rich: the stereotype of corporate executives passing stock tips at country clubs was not far off. But new cyberwarfare techniques, and an aggressive anti-Western Putin regime in Moscow have turned this kind of insider corruption into an attack from the outside on the American economy itself, with profound implications for all of us who have retirement accounts, investments, or work in corporate America. Follow and listen to "The Crimes of Putin's Trader" wherever you get your podcasts  or by visiting https://link.chtbl.com/greedputinstrader.

A once $100 million publishing fortune creates tension between mother and son when he's accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds, and fraud. (Original air date: 9/22/2016)

Two Chicago-area bank robbers repel 17 stories to escape the Metropolitan Correctional Center. (Original air date: 9/8/2016)

A Michigan doctor treats cancer-free patients with poisonous chemotherapy while taking millions in payment. (Original air date: 9/8/2016)

Wanna-be wise guy Dom Rabuffo enters witness protection only to start a new life of crime in mortgage fraud. (Original air date: 8/25/2016)

A fraudster in promises to build a medical glove factory and steals millions from investors. (Original air date: 8/18/2016)

New York stockbroker Mark Hotton allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors. (Original air date: 8/11/2016)

A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in fraud. (Original air date: 8/4/2016)

Twin brothers make millions from the illicit sale of oxycodone and other drugs out of their South Florida pain clinics. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)

A luxury car salesman faces accusations of pocketing car loans and selling cars he doesn't own. (Original air date: 6/30/2016)

Doug Cassity sells fake prearranged funeral contracts, amounting to $500 million, with the help of sexy saleswomen. (Original air date: 6/23/2016)

Law enforcement apprehends criminals featured on the show with the help of vigilant viewers. (Original air date: 6/9/2016)

A mother and son score millions in the Bay Medical Clinic scam. (Original air date: 5/26/2016)

Four people become paralyzed after receiving knockoff Botox Cosmetic injections to treat wrinkles. The poisonous potion is sold as a cheaper alternative to pump up profits. (Original air date: 4/28/2016)

"Nurse" Tracey Lynn Garner gives illegal silicone injections to enhance clients' curves. When one patient dies, she's charged with murder facing life in prison. (Original air date: 4/28/2016)

Florida teenagers cash in on the opioid crisis, then they expand their operation, jeopardizing their lives of sex, drugs and money. (Original air date: 10/8/2018)

A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions. (Original air date: 8/20/2018)

A CEO knowingly ships peanut products tainted with salmonella, killing nine and sickening thousands. (Original air date: 7/3/2017)

A family brings in millions shoplifting in a nationwide crime spree caught on camera. (Original air date: 6/26/2017)

New York socialite Dina Wein Reis bilks companies out of millions in a grey market selling scheme. (Original air date: 9/8/16)

Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a lakeside mansion. (Original air date: 9/8/16)

Daniel Rigmaiden is a young hacker who steals millions from the government. (Original air date: 8/25/16)

Gigapix collects millions from would-be movie producers before being revealed as a fraud. (Original air date: 5/26/16)

Criminals use call centres in Jamaica to flood the US with lies about millions won by unsuspecting victims. U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to try to shut them down. (Original air date: 7/14/16)

A phony psychic scams a wealthy but lonely timber baron out of millions while her devious daughter pretends to be in love with him. (Original air date: 5/12/16)

Russian gangsters use beautiful women to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry. (Original air date: 5/19/16)