7.5/1017 votes#1 - The Most Hated Man in America?
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/2018
Businessman Martin Shkreli raises the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent, but it's his shady accounting and Internet trolling that lands the "Pharma Bro" in hot water.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Deadly Opioids, Dirty Doctors
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/2018
Two doctors illegally prescribe opioids while destroying lives and pocketing millions.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Murderous Plot Meets Reality TV
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/2018
When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan gets caught on tape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/106 votes
#4 - The Polka King Con
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/2018
Polka band leader Jan Lewan rips off his adoring fans with false promises of sizable investment returns.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Stolen Valor Scam
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2018
Idaho Guardsman Darryl Wright claims he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in Iraq, but his story is an elaborate scam that allows him to live large without working and to steal resources from veterans who truly need help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/1014 votes
#6 - Conn's Job
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/2018
Superstar disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offers guaranteed client wins by cheating, scoring a massive Social Security fraud, then vanishes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/105 votes
#7 - Blood Relatives; End of Life Scam
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/2018
A thieving shopaholic son murders his family to cash in on the family's wealth; a Chicago health facility owner uses an inflated billing scheme in a $20 million rip off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/107 votes
#8 - Dangerous Luxury
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 4/16/2018
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/107 votes
#9 - Billion Dollar Fraud Goes Viral
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 6/25/2018
Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrill promise enormous returns on a "work from home" plot selling phone service, and entice nearly one million people in a $1.7 billion Internet scam.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1011 votes
#10 - Florida Rehab Gone Wild
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 7/2/2018
Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities, stealing millions by keeping insured addicts hooked on drugs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Operation Crook, Line and Stinker
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 8/13/2018
A crooked New York police officer cashes in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homeowners and business owners.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/106 votes
#12 - Artistic License to Steal
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 8/20/2018
A wannabe art dealer sells fake works by American masters of Abstract Expressionism in an $80 million scam, fooling rich collectors and pocketing millions
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/109 votes
#13 - The Fake Housewife of Orange County
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 8/27/2018
In sunny Laguna Beach, social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses, and ocean view real estate worth millions by swindling her best friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Online Dating Trap
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 9/3/2018
Daylon Pierce is a ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through Internet dating sites. But when they hand over millions of dollars to this "investment expert," he robs them blind, parties his way through their money and breaks their hearts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/105 votes
#15 - An Ungodly Scammer
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 9/10/2018
Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet, fleecing victims out of millions and pumping cash into flashy living and his wife's hip-hop career.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1010 votes
#16 - Just a Dollar and a Scheme; Lousy Landlord
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 9/17/2018
An Iowa man rigs a $16.5 million lottery jackpot, triggering the biggest lottery scam in American history; notorious New York City landlord Steven Croman finds a new home in jail.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Something's Fishy: The Codfather
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 9/24/2018
Carlos Rafael makes millions as the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses on the East Coast but his big mouth gets him hooked in an undercover IRS sting with agents posing as Russian mobsters.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1010 votes
#18 - Scams on Film; God and Gold
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 10/1/2018
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."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes
#19 - Baby-Faced Drug Lords
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 10/8/2018
Florida teenagers cash in on the opioid crisis, then they expand their operation, jeopardizing their lives of sex, drugs and money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/105 votes
#20 - From Bouncer to Millionaire Fraudster
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 10/15/2018
Bars, strip clubs and nightlife venues shell out millions to an insurance company founded by a former bouncer; however, federal agents say the company isn't what it appears to be, and they make stunning discoveries, including a $25,000 sniper rifle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of American Greed Season 12
Every episode of American Greed Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Greed Season 12!
A dissection of the dark side of the American Dream, a survey of how far some people go to become rich, no matter the cost...
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:CNBC
Season 12 Ratings Summary
"The Most Hated Man in America?" is the best rated episode of "American Greed" season 12. It scored 7.5/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/26/2018. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Deadly Opioids, Dirty Doctors".