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Just who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones?  In December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian immigrant with a borrowed two-hundred dollars in his pocket.  Six months later, he was Boston’s famed “wizard of finance,” lionized by the public and politicians alike.  Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles Ponzi, lent him their money, and exposed him, Donald Dunn’s Ponzi recreates both one of America’s most notorious and colorful financial con artists and the mad money-hungry era in which he thrived.

This book takes an investigative look at the reasons why Ponzi schemes and pyramid frauds are thriving everywhere. It closely examines why over 100,000 Americans are suckered into the schemes every year. Tips are offered to detect schemes and respond when they occur. The purpose of the book is to educated consumers and make them aware of how scams work.

This unprecendented original primetime series begins with story of a skilled fisherman and expert Ponzi scam artist angling for big money and reeling them in - luring over 50 local investors into a promising start-up, taking approximately $2 million. The schemes continue with art theft, including behind-the-scenes footage from inside a West Hollywood heist that is still on the FBI's top 10 list of art crimes. Narrated by actor Stacy Keach, "American Greed" continues with medical scams, religious fraud, bank heists, and identity theft.

Awarded the Excellence in Public Awareness Award by the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, "American Greed" should be required viewing for anyone looking to protect themselves from the dark side of the American Dream.

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Just who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones?  In December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian immigrant with a borrowed two-hundred dollars in his pocket.  Six months later, he was Boston’s famed “wizard of finance,” lionized by the public and politicians alike.  Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles Ponzi, lent him their money, and exposed him, Donald Dunn’s Ponzi recreates both one of America’s most notorious and colorful financial con artists and the mad money-hungry era in which he thrived.