There was a season of Fargo kinda about this: international finance ghoul (David Thewlis) descends on midwest small business tyrant (Ewan McGregor) warns him about all the peasant hordes with their pitchforks coming for him, Thewlis does a bunch of financial wizardry (re: Fraud) to "protect" McGregor, then pulls the rug out from underneath this midwest doofus and runs off with all the money.

E) Thinking back on it, it might be my favorite season. If you didn't guess already, Ewan McGregor's character basically ruins the lives of everyone around him in the process of getting fleeced. Fatally so in a few cases. If you liked the movie Eddington you'll like Fargo S3.