Best Friends
James Nichols and Robert Gomez are friends.  They work security together at a local office complex and dream of finding the fast track out of their poor L.A. County neighborhood.  A lucrative opportunity emerges.

Miracle Car Club
Gomez claims he's the sole heir to a $411 million estate left by his adoptive father who wants to donate his assets to Christian people.  The plan is simple.  For $1,000 you can buy one of the estate's cars.  Sounds like a steal. The faithful believe.

The Scam
Thousands of buyers, many from churches around the country,  send their hard-earned cash to Nichols and Gomez.   During the next four years, they take in more than $21 million!  It's a story of American Greed.

An Offer Too Good To Be True
The First Int'l Bank of Grenada offers certificates of deposits with annual returns of more than  250%!  Thousands buy into the plan.  But, there's a catch...FIBG isn't worth the paper its shiny brochures are printed on.

The Mastermind
Con artist Van Brink and others used FIBG investor money as their personal piggy-bank account, buying luxury cars, expensive homes, private Learjet trips, an organic tomato farm and a yacht named "Off Shore Funs".

The Scam
FIBG's guaranteed high rates of return are nothing more than a fantasy.   Investors lose more than $170 million. The FIBG con was the biggest Ponzi scheme in Oregon history.