The polygamist accused of scamming the U.S. out of $500 Million
30 min
An unusual duo, but a classic American swindle story. How a teetotaling fundamentalist teamed up with a hard-partying tycoon to dupe the lucrative American biodiesel production industry. Vince Beiser explores the rise and fall of Jacob Kingston and Lev Dermen, who undertook on a wildly complex series of exploitative business ventures, involving barges of recycled grease, forged papers and phantom truck trips to earn hundreds of millions of dollars.