American Greed (2007)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

15 seasons, 222 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series looks at real white collar crimes like Ponzi schemes and embezzlement. Each episode follows the investigation and interviews victims and sometimes the criminals themselves.

suspensefulinformativeseriousjournalistictenseedge-of-your-seatcautionarymatter-of-fact

What happens

American Greed (also known as American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels and Scandals and as American Greed: Scams, Schemes and Broken Dreams) is an American documentary television series on CNBC. The series focuses on cases of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and other white collar crimes and features interviews with police investigators, fraud victims and sometimes fraudsters. It was initially created by Mark Hoffman, the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Directors of CNBC, and it is produced by Bill Kurtis' Kurtis Productions. The program is narrated by Stacy Keach Jr., who was recruited because Kurtis himself was unavailable for that purpose. It premiered on June 21, 2007. As of July 2024 the series is currently on a hiatus, but has not been cancelled. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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