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Under house arrest and awaiting sentencing in his Upper East Side penthouse, once-prominent Manhattan attorney and philanthropist Marc Dreier reflects on the multimillion-dollar hedge-fund scheme that prompted the government to request a staggering 145-year prison term in a series of candid, unbiased interviews. As Dreier recalls the snowballing series of crimes he committed in an attempt to maintain his high-rolling lifestyle, the viewer witnesses the corrosive effect of the unchecked greed that elevated him to the level of the notorious Bernie Madoff in the annals of white-collar crime.