American Greed - Season 9 - Eps 14: Friends Without Benefits
Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from aids patients, the chronically ill, and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients. When medical advances help patients live longer, Mutual Benefits collects new investor money to pay returns. 30,000 people get caught in the $1.25 billion ponzi scheme.
About American Greed
Title: American Greed
First Air Date: 2007-06-21
Last Air Date: 2023-03-01
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.1/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 17
Total Episodes: 228
Network: CNBC
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Production Companies: Kurtis Productions
Synopsis
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 to themselves and those around them. Real-life cases are reviewed and involve such criminal activity as credit card scams, identity theft, counterfeiting and Ponzi schemes.
Cast
Stacy Keach
Self - Narrator (voice)
