American Greed - Season 8

First aired: 3/19/2014 14 episodes
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Episodes

1. Murder in Memphis

Aired: 3/19/2014

A wife finds out her insurance agent husband Joe Caronna has been stealing money from their friends by selling bogus annuities.

2. Young Lust Gone Bust

Aired: 3/26/2014

Middle-aged commercial real estate investor Ed Okun is in love with a boat show model almost half his age. He showers her with jewels, cars, even a helicopter. To fund his hormone-induced multimillion dollar spending spree, Okun steals client money to live large and impress his new bride.

3. The Cunning Cowgirl Crook / Dollars for Dumps

Aired: 4/2/2014

(1) A small-town comptroller steals $53 million to fund a horse-breeding empire. (2) A crooked real estate developer lures victims to his phony residential oasis.

4. $udden Death / Hip Hop Hustle

Aired: 4/9/2014

(1) Feds investigate financial advisor J.D. Salinas and discover a $39 million scam. (2) A Chicago-area rapper convinces a local businessman that he's got a new gig that doesn't exist.

5. Make Me Rich or Die / Kids For Cash

Aired: 4/16/2014

(1) A man threatens investment professionals to make him rich. (2) Two judges get rich off a secret deal to build juvenile detention centers.

6. Detroit 'Crime Boss' Mayor

Aired: 4/23/2014

A former Detroit mayor and his friends extort city contractors, abuse public funds and turn the mayor's office into their own cash-making machine.

7. The Falcon and the Con Man

Aired: 4/30/2014

A man attempts to commit suicide and confesses to an extraordinary fraud that he perpetrated for the past two decades at a leading commodity futures brokerage.

8. Extreme Home Ripoffs / 'Greedings' From Florida

Aired: 6/18/2014

(1) Two brothers ripped off millions from homeowners in a remodeling scheme. (2) A serial scam artist tricks Florida retirees into fake New York real estate investments.

9. Insider Trading Trio / Cocaine Cash Cleaner

Aired: 6/25/2014

(1) Three friends go to New York to realize their dreams, which quickly turn criminal. (2) A money trail from drug traffickers leads to a suburban dad and firefighter.

10. Lights! Camera! Fraud!

Aired: 7/16/2014

An independent film spins out of control when a filmmaker's silent partner and spiritual guru helps himself to investor funds.

11. The Car Con

Aired: 7/23/2014

Brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson start a business selling vehicle service contracts, but the warranties prove worthless and the brothers pocket millions.

12. A Wolf in Priest's Clothing

Aired: 7/30/2014

A man concocts a $50 million phony international real estate scheme spending millions on his own lavish lifestyle.

13. The Home Invaders / Nashville's Predator

Aired: 8/6/2014

(1) Rivertown Financial, a home's equity and owners becoming homeless. (2) A financial planner reaps millions from client accounts, including the 401k of workers at a camp for seriously ill children.

14. Hail to the Thief

Aired: 8/13/2014

A former Army intelligence officer known as "Mr. X" stole millions through a fake veterans' charity and eluded authorities by using an array of false identities.