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S01:E01 - The Biggest Legal Casino Cheat in History
30m
The true story of Don Johnson. A man with a red baseball cap, who walked into three of the biggest casinos in Atlantic City and took roughly $15 million off them in six months.
S01:E02 - The Minecraft Kid Who Stole $240 Million in a Bitcoin Heist
21m
A group of young hackers uses social engineering, not broken encryption, to steal $240 million in Bitcoin, then exposes itself through lavish spending and social media.
S01:E03 - The Farm Boy Who Flooded America With Heroin Using Pizzerias
28m
Gaetano Badalamenti builds a global heroin network hidden behind American pizzerias, using couriers, fake shipments and payphones to move billions in drugs.
S01:E04 - The Man the FBI Hunted for 19 Years
25m
For nearly two decades, the FBI pursued a wanted man across borders before his case quietly disappeared, leaving behind questions about the investigation and its end.
S01:E05 - The Bank Built for Cartels: Inside the Rise and Fall of BCCI
20m
BCCI grew into a global banking empire used by cartels, dictators and intelligence agencies before collapsing in one of history’s largest financial frauds.
S01:E06 - The Most Audacious Prison Escape in Criminal History
26m
A gang holds police in a six-hour siege while secretly escaping through a tunnel with millions, after planning every detail of the robbery years in advance.
S01:E07 - Why Japan’s Biggest Heist Was Never Solved
18m
Japan’s biggest heist left investigators with few answers despite a massive search, turning the case into one of the country’s most enduring unsolved crimes.
S01:E08 - The Man Who Rigged America’s Lottery for 9 Years
20m
A lottery insider secretly manipulates winning draws for years using a few lines of code, exposing how a trusted system was exploited from within.
S01:E09 - Coca-Cola Lost $40 Million to One Housewife With a Photocopier
25m
Robin Ramirez finds a flaw in America's coupon system and turns eight-cent counterfeits into a fraud operation worth tens of millions.