# Dirty Money (2018 TV series)

Dirty Money is a Netflix original television series which tells stories of corporate corruption, securities fraud, and creative accounting. All six one-hour long episodes began streaming on Netflix on January 26, 2018. The show's executive producers include Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney. Each episode focuses on one example of corporate corruption and includes interviews with key players in each story. A second season of the show premiered on March 11, 2020.

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |

### Season 1 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Hard NOX" | Alex Gibney | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: The Volkswagen emissions scandal. |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Payday" | Jesse Moss | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: Scott Tucker and payday loans in the United States. |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Drug Short" | Erin Lee Carr | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: Valeant Pharmaceuticals. |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Cartel Bank" | Kristi Jacobson | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: HSBC money laundering for the Sinaloa Cartel, Hezbollah and others. |||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Maple Syrup Heist" | Brian McGinn | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Confidence Man" | Fisher Stevens | January 26, 2018 (2018-01-26) |
| Subject: Donald Trump |||||

### Season 2 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Original release date |
| 7 | 1 | "The Wagon Wheel" | Dan Krauss | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| Wells Fargo was long seen as the "golden child" of banking. But former employees detail the ruthless and fraudulent practices that fueled its growth. |||||
| 8 | 2 | "The Man at the Top" | Zachary Heinzerling | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| Lavish parties, luxury goods, dubious loans: Scandals surrounding Prime Minister Najib Razak rocked Malaysia—and left the nation drowning in debt. |||||
| 9 | 3 | "Slumlord Millionaire" | Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehme | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| As Jared Kushner rose from real estate heir to White House adviser, reporters and housing advocates uncovered disturbing patterns at his properties. |||||
| 10 | 4 | "Dirty Gold" | Stephen Maing | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| Behind the huge quantities of gold flowing into the U.S. each year lies a tangled web of money laundering, illegal mining and environmental destruction. |||||
| 11 | 5 | "Guardians, Inc." | Kyoko Miyake | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| The rampant abuse of laws meant to protect the elderly has left many seniors penniless, powerless and isolated from their families. (Removed from Netflix after lawsuit against episode) |||||
| 12 | 6 | "Point Comfort" | Margaret Brown | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| Residents of small Texas town Point Comfort were eager to welcome Formosa Plastics—until toxic chemicals began to take a toll on their community. |||||

## Reception

Reaction to the series has been extremely positive. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics have given the first season a positive review based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.92/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Informative as it is appalling, Dirty Money exposes the single-mindedness of corporate greed." On Metacritic, the first season has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 based on 6 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Brian Lowry of CNN explains the main premise that "for pro-business advocates of deregulation...offers a simple yet powerful rejoinder: Look at the terrible, unethical behavior that corporate entities try getting away with when they think nobody's looking."