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Payday

Episode aired Jan 26, 2018
1h 8m

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Blaine Tucker, Norma Tucker, and Scott Tucker in Dirty Money (2018)

Crime Documentary

Targeting unsuspecting Americans, a group of payday lenders made millions off small loans with undisclosed charges, inflated interest rates and incomprehensible rules. But the way the laws a... Read allTargeting unsuspecting Americans, a group of payday lenders made millions off small loans with undisclosed charges, inflated interest rates and incomprehensible rules. But the way the laws are written, is that a crime or just business?Targeting unsuspecting Americans, a group of payday lenders made millions off small loans with undisclosed charges, inflated interest rates and incomprehensible rules. But the way the laws are written, is that a crime or just business?

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- Jesse Moss
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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

993

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Director
- Jesse Moss
Stars

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8johnnmilw

Whiote privilege on display

This is an interesting episode. In it's totality, it shows America for what it fundamentally is...entrepreneurs who seek to use 'certain social privileges' to capitalize on desperate people. The fascinating element is how these people love to be perceived as victims of the government, instead of recognizing that in order for a society to survive, dangerous predators within it have to be controlled...and thanks to the only entity to enforce these controls, the government, are on the case.

8danrail79

How is this different than credit card APR?

Great documentary, but how is what he did any worse than VISA charging a 27% APR fee? You prob pay more in interest fees to VISA than you would taking a payday loan!

1malmcgaffin

Sob story for the wrong side

Only one payday victim interviewed, yet a half dozen more in defense of Tucker? Like I cared what his personal assistant thought. Was his hair dresser unable to be interviewed as well? Please. I hope he gets life and someone actually tells this story the way it should be. Unapologetically

3cathalmc-12949

One sided documentary with sympathy for dirty millionaire conmen

Very interesting episode but so much of this episode was family interviews of this scam family, sad music and loom lighting of his mansion and how this poor Millionaire was torn down from grace by an evil government.

When the reality is this guy was a deceptive business man who robbed people in poverty. I feel this episode tarnishes the theme of Dirty Money (Bringing awareness to immoral actions of people who try get rich by cutting shortcuts at sake of others) and it was very disappointing.

7kumarraviagarwal

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Trivia
Scott Tucker made over $400,000,000.from his lending program.

Goofs
Presumably, the filmmakers intended to show Tucker's racing footage as part of the narration when in fact the racing footage used was from the 1996 BPR International Endurance GT Series that took place primarily in Europe (and twice in Asia), 10 years before Tucker began his racing career, competing primarily in the United States. The in-car footage depicts that of Steve Soper (as written on his helmet), who drove for a different team not shown on screen. He is clearly shown driving a McLaren F1 GTR, judging by the driver sitting in a distinctive driving position. Racing footages depicts cars, including a Porsche 993 GT2, that was no longer eligible for racing by the time of Tucker's active career.