Martin Sigillito, the disgraced St. Louis lawyer and bishop now serving a 40-year prison sentence for orchestrating one of the biggest ponzi schemes to ever befell St. Louis, will be the subject of tonight's episode of CNBC's American Greed, a true-crime series that "examines the dark side of the American Dream."
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Riverfront Times first broke the story of Sigillito's scam back in 2010 when St. Louis investors began accusing him of fleecing them in a bogus real estate scheme overseas. In the end, Sigillito was found guilty of defrauding some 100 investors out of nearly $50 million.
CNBC has titled tonight's show on Sigillito "A Wolf in Priests Clothing." Below is a preview of the episode.
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It's actually been a banner month for St. Louis con artists on American Greed . Last week's episode was about Darian and Cory Atkinson, whose Wentzville-based auto-warranty company imploded in 2010 following thousands of consumer complaints about fraudulent business practices.
