Swindled

The FBI turns to a career con artist to assist with an undercover sting operation that ensnares multiple members of the United States Congress. 

Prelude: Mel Weinberg’s lifetime of scams finally catches up with him.

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A young politician ruins a promising career with numerous financial and sexual scandals. 

Prelude: The unsolved murder of Tamara Greene.

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A prominent oral surgeon embarks on a new career path after an addiction to painkillers leads to the loss of his dental license. 

Prelude: A horrifying discovery is made at the Tri-State Crematory in northwest Georgia.

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An international boycott ensues after a multinational corporation is accused of contributing to the deaths of millions of infants around the world. 

Prelude: Baby milk tainted with an industrial chemical leads to over 300,000 illnesses and 6 deaths in China.

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An aviation entrepreneur creates the boyband craze of the nineties and one of the longest-running Ponzi schemes in American history. 

Prelude: In Australia, Alan Bond is remembered as both a national hero and a national disgrace.

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A law enforcement officer goes beyond the call of duty in order to steal money from an elderly woman. 

Prelude: A fallen hero's criminal nature is exposed after he is killed in the line of duty.

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A self-proclaimed psychic makes a fortune by using her supernatural powers to help solve missing person cases. 

Prelude: The rise-and-fall of Miss Cleo and the Psychic Readers Network telephone hotline.

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A British Army major and his wife devise a plan to cheat the popular television game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. 

Prelude: Michael Larson's record-breaking performance on Press Your Luck.

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The president of a mortgage company is taken hostage by a paranoid loan customer after allegations of mistreatment.

Prelude: Clay Allen Duke seeks vengeance on a superintendent of a Florida school district.

Special thanks to Alan Berry & Mark Enochs, the directors of Dead Man's Line. Visit DeadMansLine.com for more information.

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A technology entrepreneur defrauds investors in order to build a luxury music festival in the Bahamas. 

Prelude: The Lapland New Forest Christmas Festival delivers an underwhelming experience.

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