American Greed - Season 13

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The College Admissions Scandal

1 - The College Admissions Scandal

Air Date: August 12, 2019

College admissions coach Rick Singer accepts money from parents to have their kids admitted to elite colleges.

The Fyre Festival

2 - The Fyre Festival

Air Date: August 19, 2019

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland uses fraud to launch his brand and a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.

Paul Manafort

3 - Paul Manafort

Air Date: August 26, 2019

From luxury properties to an ostrich coat, the hard charging political insider uses his influence to fuel a multimillion-dollar mortgage and tax fraud.

Prophets of Greed

4 - Prophets of Greed

Air Date: September 2, 2019

Leaders of a polygamous religious sect demand “Perfect Obedience” from followers, luring them into welfare fraud.

Black Market Dirty Gold

5 - Black Market Dirty Gold

Air Date: September 9, 2019

Three Miami salesmen with gold fever import billions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal from South America.

The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster

6 - The House Flipping Reality Star Fraudster

Air Date: September 16, 2019

Trash-talking reality star Scott Menaged ("Property Wars") buys up hundreds of foreclosures in Phoenix, then his money lender discovers that Menaged is a fraud, and the consequences are deadly.

The Fake Prince's Royal Scam

7 - The Fake Prince's Royal Scam

Air Date: January 6, 2020

An outlandish con artist poses as a Saudi royal to cheat investors out of millions, promising them access to Arabian oil stock.

Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam

8 - Diagnosis: Temptress Health Scam

Air Date: January 13, 2020

Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel; she takes investors for millions of dollars with a can't miss bid to secure a medical money-making technology that never materializes.

The Fast and the Fraudulent

9 - The Fast and the Fraudulent

Air Date: January 20, 2020

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his race car team dreams.

Painful Greed Turns Deadly

10 - Painful Greed Turns Deadly

Air Date: January 27, 2020

Healing turns harmful when pharmacist Barry Cadden chooses profits over safety while running a drug compounding center where mold and bacteria thrive.

Starstruck Studio Swindle

11 - Starstruck Studio Swindle

Air Date: February 3, 2020

Carissa Carpenter is an aspiring movie mogul who plans to construct a major movie studio in Northern California. But the feds say that investors end up bankrolling her big-budget lifestyle.

The Luxury Curse Scam

12 - The Luxury Curse Scam

Air Date: February 10, 2020

From penthouse apartments to a $10 million stadium luxury box, financial advisor Dawn Bennett orchestrates a $20-million-scheme and conjures spells to silence investigators.

Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino

13 - Mike “the Situation” Sorrentino

Air Date: February 17, 2020

Mike The Situation Sorrentino flaunts washboard abs and a party boy image, but when it comes to paying his taxes, he’d rather play than pay.

Fake Heiress Cons High Society

14 - Fake Heiress Cons High Society

Air Date: February 24, 2020

An artsy German heiress Anna Delvey makes a splash in Downtown New York's social scene, but she's really a Russian-born con artist who's trying to swindle $23 million from banks while dodging unpaid bills.

All-Star Sports Scam

15 - All-Star Sports Scam

Air Date: March 2, 2020

Well-heeled financial advisor Peggy Ann Fulford builds a cache of all-star clients and a personal fortune by convincing A-list players like Dennis Rodman that she’s in their corner.

Judgment of Terror

16 - Judgment of Terror

Air Date: March 9, 2020

When a judge in Texas is shot four times, a tip leads investigators to Chimene Onyeri, an aspiring Houston rap artist facing prison after his crooked plots are exposed.