Prison is an underground economy, where some deals are signed in ink and others are signed in blood a rare look at the schemes, hustles and extortions conducted behind prison walls and the consequences they carry.
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The son of a preacher bilks believers out of nearly $65 million promising huge returns for short-term investments.
Florida teenagers cash in on the opioid crisis, then they expand their operation, jeopardizing their lives of sex, drugs and money.
Fraudster John Rogers builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world until his partner rats him out while Larry Bates preaches about salvation through precious metals, his clients wind up investing in "fool's gold."
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a serial grifter who poisons her for money.
Personal injury attorney Tom Girardi posits himself as a champion for the little guy, but jilted clients cry foul when they discover him cheating them out of millions in settlement money as his wife flaunts her wealth on reality television.
A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest running Ponzi scheme in history a stock trading computer program which is supposed to deliver an incredible return.
Trevor Cook runs an investment fund and solicits $190 million from U.S. investors that heard his message through talk radio.
San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel Mouli Cohen starts an Internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors and a charity dedicated to help the poor.
Chicago business partners steal millions an investment scheme that causes financial ruin.
Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y. when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.
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.
Multimillion-dollar settlement for ailing Fen-phen users hijacked by their attorneys.
Personal injury attorney Tom Girardi posits himself as a champion for the little guy, but jilted clients cry foul when they discover him cheating them out of millions in settlement money as his wife flaunts her wealth on reality television.
A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest running Ponzi scheme in history a stock trading computer program which is supposed to deliver an incredible return.
Trevor Cook runs an investment fund and solicits $190 million from U.S. investors that heard his message through talk radio.
San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel Mouli Cohen starts an Internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors and a charity dedicated to help the poor.
Chicago business partners steal millions an investment scheme that causes financial ruin.
Trevor Cook runs an investment fund and solicits $190 million from U.S. investors that heard his message through talk radio.
San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel Mouli Cohen starts an Internet music company and fraudulently takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors and a charity dedicated to help the poor.
Chicago business partners steal millions an investment scheme that causes financial ruin.
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