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12966800, American Greed tv show appreciation page
Posted by mistermaxxx08, Mon Feb-01-16 10:18 PM
any episodes stand out for you and why?

have you or anyone you know been hustled by a Ponzi scheme?

Stacy Keach with that cool narration.
12966827, I swear I stay saying "... and this is where you get out" watching it
Posted by PoppaGeorge, Mon Feb-01-16 10:53 PM
Every one of them cats got hemmed up by staying in their scams entirely too long.

Make millions, clock out early, live out the rest of your days in a non-extradition treaty country.

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"Where was the peace when we were getting shot? Where's the peace when we were getting laid out?
Where is the peace when we are in the back of ambulances? Where is the peace then?
They don't want to call for peace then.
12967022, RE: I swear I stay saying "... and this is where you get out" watching it
Posted by Red07, Tue Feb-02-16 10:21 AM
its amazing the amounts of money they steal for a relative small prison time..And Maxx they one that stood out was Kwame Fitzpatrick and just how much time he and his cohorts got vs the rest of the mfer politicians past and present and other

he doesnt get out of jail till he damn near 70
12967131, Yeah. I'll never forget the two sisters that had the nut & bolt company
Posted by Wonderl33t, Tue Feb-02-16 12:46 PM
They were a supplier to the gov't, and they accidentally charged like $1,000 for shipping, basically added an extra zero by accident, and it cleared. So they started charging $10k or more for shipping and it kept clearing. Like you think that won't come back to nest at some point... SMH. If they just charged like an extra $500 for shipping, the government would probably not trip too badly even if they got caught. But tens of thousands! One of the sisters ended up killing herself after they got caught. Sad.
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12967092, love this show. my favorite was Rita Crundwell.
Posted by veritas, Tue Feb-02-16 11:56 AM
Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, IL who embezzled tens of millions to pay for her ridiculous horse owning lifestyle.

That one was fascinating and showed a lot of holes in the checks and balances in small city governance.
12967103, RE: love this show. my favorite was Rita Crundwell.
Posted by Red07, Tue Feb-02-16 12:19 PM
>Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, IL who embezzled tens of
>millions to pay for her ridiculous horse owning lifestyle.
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>That one was fascinating and showed a lot of holes in the
>checks and balances in small city governance.

that was a good one..and we not talking small money here either///literally 10's of millions if not 100's of millions of dollars ..lives ruined yet jail time minimal;
12967108, i dunno, she got over 19 years. that's not minimal IMO
Posted by veritas, Tue Feb-02-16 12:24 PM
i think the number was around $50 mil. it was a lot.

i'm not sure how many lives were really ruined though, from what i remember. the way she did it, the tax base of the city improved while she was in office, so really it was more a lot of people being denied municipal services (and possibly some sort of tax refund) than anything.

it wasn't like she drained someone's whole retirement like a lot of these assholes.

not that she wasn't absolutely wrong and deserves what she got (or more, maybe) but i don't know that she really ruined (m)any individual lives. just hurt the quality of life in her town for her personal gain.
12967134, One of my college friends was a Madoff victim.
Posted by Wonderl33t, Tue Feb-02-16 12:48 PM
I don't know if she ended up getting much back or how it was resolved, really. Just that she lost a lot of money.
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