American Greed: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of American Greed Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Celebrity Scam Artist
Jan 25, 2012 · 43 min
Kenneth Ira Starr is a money manager. He courts celebrity clients…Sylvester Stallone, Uma Thurman and Wesley Snipes. But Starr doesn’t stop there. He steals $30 million to buy his
Master of Deadly Deceit
Feb 1, 2012 · 43 min
Carlos Perez-Olivo is a successful lawyer with a silver tongue and solid gold taste. But when he’s disbarred for fleecing desperate clients, he finds another way to make money…and
Major League Fraud
Feb 8, 2012 · 43 min
Nevin Shapiro is the conman at the center of a college football scandal. He kicked off the controversy with stunning stories of gifts to players and allegations of broken NCAA rule
Baby Broker Scam
Feb 15, 2012 · 43 min
Kevin Cohen is an attorney who says he can make dreams come true for couples wanting children. He promises babies … for a hefty price. But unknown to his trusting clients, Cohen is
Tom Petters Generous With Other Peoples Money
Feb 22, 2012 · 43 min
A Minneapolis businessman buys big companies and makes himself rich in the process
The Insider
Feb 29, 2012 · 43 min
It’s one of the biggest cases of insider trading in history. Raj Rajaratnam had it all…a wildly successful hedge fund, billions in the bank and the respect of Wall Street. But behi
Fine Art: Portrait of a Fraud
Mar 14, 2012 · 43 min
A televised art auction appears to showcase masterpieces. It’s billed as your chance to own a Rembrandt, Chagall or Dali. A rare Picasso sells for $500. Too good to be true? Ameri
Loan Scam Money For Nothing
Mar 21, 2012 · 43 min
A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a charismatic con man uses the promise of huge returns to put $30 million in his own pocket.
William Erpenbeck Real Estate Home Wrecker
Apr 4, 2012 · 43 min
The collapse of Erpenbeck wreaks financial havoc for area home buyers, subcontractors and banks with three company employees pleading guilty to bank fraud.
Nicholas Cosmo All Interest No Return
May 2, 2012 · 43 min
Nicholas Cosmo pleads guilty to federal mail fraud and wire fraud in 2009 for his involvement in a Ponzi scheme that resulted in losses of more than $195 million.
Michael Lock Pimp Preachers Profiteer
May 9, 2012 · 43 min
Michael Lock was a man driven by ambition. He was a Milwaukee crime boss with a business model that took him from cocaine dealing to bank fraud … and Lock had a surefire way to bea
The Tran Organization Blackjack Cheaters
May 30, 2012 · 43 min
Van Thu Tran and her crime ring steal millions by cheating casinos.
The Mormon Madoff
Jun 20, 2012 · 43 min
Shawn Merriman was a bishop in the Mormon Church, a family man and the head of a thriving investment business pulling in millions. But unknown to investors, Merriman was living a l
Crash for Cash
Jun 27, 2012 · 43 min
In the city of brotherly love, car wrecks piled up and auto insurance policies were treated like ATM machines. American Greed takes you inside a Philadelphia car insurance fraud ri
Financial Home Invasion
Jul 11, 2012 · 43 min
Lee Farkas was a mortgage mogul, a millionaire and chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker. But unknown to his clients, Farkas made his fortune by peddling fake mortgages and looting h
The Jersey Score
Jul 25, 2012 · 43 min
Solomon Dwek was a real estate mogul, philanthropist … and an expert flimflammer. He was the mastermind behind a multi-million dollar real estate scam and bank fraud. But when Dwek
Allen Stanford: The Dark Knight
Aug 1, 2012 · 43 min
Sir Allen Stanford was once one of the richest men in America. He lived and loved the high life - cruising around the world on private jets and helicopters and bouncing between mul