fraud

January 6, 2018

Bonus: The Fire

Marc Thompson, a successful stock broker, sets his own house on fire (with his elderly mother inside) to fraudulently collect insurance money.
January 7, 2018

Episode 01: The Lucky Winner

An unclaimed, jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket purchased in Iowa led to a cross-continent search for the winner, the uncovering of the largest lottery fraud in American […]
January 7, 2018

Bonus: The Promotion

In a scheme that lasted over a decade, Jerome “Uncle Jerry” Jacobson defrauded fast food giant McDonald’s for over $20 million by rigging the promotional Monopoly […]
January 7, 2018

Episode 02: The Horse Queen

In the largest municipal fraud in American history, Rita Crundwell embezzled over $50 million from the city of Dixon, Illinois, to support her extravagant lifestyle and […]
March 7, 2018

Bonus: The Mortician

A 67 year-old mortician uses her experience to defraud insurance companies.
March 18, 2018

Episode 08: The Impostor

A serial con man uses multiple aliases and his gift of gab to bilk his victims out of millions of dollars worth of hotel rooms, jewelry, […]
October 20, 2018

Episode 04: The Fyre Festival

A technology entrepreneur defrauds investors in order to build a luxury music festival in the Bahamas.Prelude: The Lapland New Forest Christmas Festival delivers an underwhelming experience.