American Greed Season 1, Ep. 3 "The Wheaton Bandit"

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It's a new crime wave: thieves committing identity theft to fund their raging meth addictions. Then, see how a serial bank robber, armed and dangerous, terrorizes the town of Wheaton, a quiet, affluent Chicago suburb.
  • Runtime: 44 minutes
  • Original air date: July 12, 2007
  • Network: CNBC
 
  
 
 

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3. The Wheaton Bandit
  July 12, 2007
It's a new crime wave: thieves committing identity theft to fund their raging meth addictions. Then, see how a serial bank robber, armed and dangerous, terrorizes the town of Wheaton, a quiet, affluent Chicago suburb.
 
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4. Medical Scams
  July 19, 2007
First case: The Baptist Foundation of Arizona invests and loses millions entrusted by churchgoers, and its mission ends in scandal. Then, learn how Dr. Mikos, a charming doctor with a lucrative practice, turns out to be a con artist defrauding Medicare.
 
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5. It Takes A Thief
  July 26, 2007
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  February 20, 2008
A Scientology minister leaves the church for a more lucrative career in the stock market and scams investors out of more than $500 million. Then, American Greed goes behind the scenes of a sting operation to examine the mysterious world of art fraud.
 
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Episode 3, "The Wheaton Bandit"
Synopsis: It's a new crime wave: thieves committing identity theft to fund their raging meth addictions. Then, see how a serial bank robber, armed and dangerous, terrorizes the town of Wheaton, a quiet, affluent Chicago suburb.
Original air date: July 12, 2007
Runtime: 44 minutes
ASIN: B002DGMTRG
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,640 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
American Greed Season 1
Synopsis: The award-winning CNBC Original primetime series, American Greed examines the dark side of the American Dream. You'll see how some people will do anything for money. The unprecedented American Greed exposes real-life scams ranging from identity thefts and art heists to Ponzi schemes and religious scandals.
Season year: 2008
Network: CNBC
ASIN: B002CA3IFK
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