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First Aired: June 21st, 2007

Network: CNBC

Summary: A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, identity theft, counterfeiting and Ponzi schemes.

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Season 10

Episode 1: Ray Nagin - New Orleans Shakedown

Air Date: March 31st, 2016

Summary: Disgraced former mayor exploits the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina to pocket bribes and live large.

Episode 2: The Surfer Slayer?

Air Date: April 7th, 2016

Summary: Jason Derek Brown looks like a wealthy mellow surfer dude, but he's allegedly a stone-cold killer who shoots a security guard five times in the head to steal $56,000 in cash. Authorities say Brown robs an armored car guard to fuel his corrupt playboy lifestyle. This serial con artist leads the FBI on a heart-pumping chase over several western states, and lands on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

Episode 3: A Mother's Costly Revenge

Air Date: April 14th, 2016

Summary: When fraudster Paul Kruse propositions his assistant's teenage daughter, the angry mom gets him behind bars

Episode 4: Vanity and Greed: Deadly Beauty

Air Date: April 28th, 2016

Summary: "Nurse” Tracy Lynn Garner gives illegal silicone injections to enhance clients’ curves. When one patient dies, she’s charged with murder.

Episode 5: Psychic Fiend’s Network

Air Date: May 12nd, 2016

Summary: A wealthy timber baron is rolled by a phony psychic for $15 million while her daughter pretends to be in love with him.

Episode 6: The Bar Girls Trap

Air Date: May 19th, 2016

Summary: Beautiful women with looks that kill are controlled by Russian gangsters to seduce amorous men in nightclubs out of their money and jewelry. It's a super expensive hangover.

Episode 7: Sick Profits / Hollywood Swinging

Air Date: May 26th, 2016

Summary: In Brooklyn, a mother and son score $50 million in the Bay Medical Clinic scam that kicks back big bucks to patients; and a new studio called Gigapix collects millions from would-be movie producers but it's all a fraud.

Episode 8: Capturing The Fugitives

Air Date: June 9th, 2016

Summary: Criminals featured on the show are apprehended by law enforcement with the help of vigilant viewers.

Episode 9: Six Feet Plunder

Air Date: June 23rd, 2016

Summary: Doug Cassity sells fake prearranged funeral contracts, amounting to $500 million, with the help of sexy saleswomen.

Episode 10: Hack Me If You Can / Goodfella Gone Bad

Air Date: August 25th, 2016

Summary: A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government; a wise-guy wannabe in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam.

Episode 11: Sticky Fingers; Life in the Fraud Lane

Air Date: August 23rd, 2016

Summary: A famous Texas fruitcake bakery's accountant conducts a check writing scam; a self-proclaimed financial wiz rips off investors while he funds a professional race team with money stolen from his church.

Episode 12: Jamaican Lottery Scam

Air Date: July 14th, 2016

Summary: U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jamaica to flood the U.S. with lies about lottery millions won by unsuspecting victims.

Episode 13: The Bad Neighbors

Air Date: August 4th, 2016

Summary: A neighborhood ice cream parlor in West Roxbury, Mass., lands the Palladino family in a major case of fraud.

Episode 14: The Phantom Fraudster Of Broadway

Air Date: August 11st, 2016

Summary: The Broadway premiere of "Rebecca" implodes thanks to New York stockbroker Mark Hotton, who allegedly swindles millions of dollars from investors.

Episode 15: Medical Gloves With Holes

Air Date: August 18th, 2016

Summary: A fraudster in California promises to build a medical glove factory in the U.S. and steals millions of dollars from investors.

Episode 16: Hack Me If You Can / Goodfella Gone Bad

Air Date: August 25th, 2016

Summary: A 28-year-old hacker named Daniel Rigmaiden allegedly steals millions of dollars from the U.S. government; a wise-guy wannabe in witness protection creates a mortgage fraud scam.

Episode 17: Seattle Roasted / The Stealing Socialite

Air Date: September 8th, 2016

Summary: Darren Berg of Seattle scams several investors, procuring himself two yachts, a private jet and a lakeside mansion; New York socialite Dina Wein Reis executes a grey market selling scam.

Episode 18: Diagnosis: Blood Money / Chicago Jailbreak

Air Date: September 15th, 2016

Summary: A Michigan doctor treats cancer-free patients with poisonous chemotherapy while taking millions in payment; two Chicago-area bank robbers repel 17 stories to escape the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Episode 19: Family Feud Fortune

Air Date: September 22nd, 2016

Summary: A once $100 million publishing fortune creates tension between mother and son when he's accused of squandering millions on sex, diamonds, and fraud.

Episode 20: Silk Road / Digital Drug Dealers

Air Date: September 29th, 2016

Summary: Federal agents seek to unmask the anonymous mastermind of the world's largest online and underground drug bazaar, despite potential corruption in their own ranks.

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