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A Sydney-based financial advisor disappears hours after federal agents raided her house. 

Prelude: $60 million is lost as a result of Brad Sherwin's Ponzi scheme.

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Rick Singer is exposed as the leader of a widespread college admissions bribery conspiracy. 

Prelude: A digital bank and Swiss asset manager work together to conceal dozens of illegal pump-and-dump stock schemes.

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More than one hundred people are killed when two overhead walkways collapse in the lobby of a Kansas City hotel. Prelude: The failure of a much-needed pedestrian bridge at Florida International University.

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A nationally-known attorney specializing in lottery winnings rips off those who entrusted him. Prelude: Winning the lottery ruins Billie Bob Harrell Jr.'s life.

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A popular Austin, Texas, jeweler is murdered in his home on the same day a serial bomber begins terrorizing the city. Prelude: Erik Charles Maund reacts to an extortion attempt.

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A fledgling Long Island professional hockey team is revived when sold to a Texas-based con artist. Prelude: William "Boots" Del Biaggio III purchases a minority stake in the Nashville Predators.

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Tragedy at a marine animal amusement park illuminates the issues surrounding keeping killer whales in captivity. 

Prelude: A campaign to save Keiko, the orca whale star of 'Free Willy.'

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A series of infomercials lands a TV pitchman in federal prison. 

Prelude: The founder of Hooked on Phonics is criticized over dubious advertising claims before he settles a sexual assault lawsuit with his corporate attorney, who then purchases a ranch from a phony French noblewoman who faked her own death.

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An 18-year-old boy in Florida is caught masquerading as a medical doctor. 

Prelude: A 17-year-old boy in Florida is caught masquerading as a physician assistant.

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Workers at a chicken processing plant in North Carolina become trapped inside a burning building. 

Prelude: Tragedy at the Triangle Waist Company in Manhattan leads to worker safety reforms.

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