American Crimes

Viewers tune in to watch a live auction show that turns out to be nothing more than con artists selling fake art.

An accountant to stars mismanages clients' money, pockets millions and marries an exotic dancer.

Alcohol is not allowed inside Indiana State Prison; that doesn't stop the inmates from making it, or correctional officers from confiscating it; in past years, the most common forms of contraband were drugs or tobacco; today it's cell phones.

Using a form of integration at Indiana State that goes beyond race, the Residential Treatment Unit selects inmates with a history of good behavior to live with and serve as mentors to inmates with mental health issues.

Inmates who become disruptive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico are transferred to the lock-up units in level 5 or 6; the trouble is, their behavior doesn't always improve; this is a lesson rookie officer Amy Lee is learning the hard way.

Prison officials initiate a shakedown after gang members in Level 6 overpower an officer in the recreation area, take her keys and stab a rival gang member; this type of incident simply adds to the tension already felt in the supermax facility.

For some inmates, the only way out of prison is "paroling legit," or leaving in a body bag; others earn a lump sum of good time by completing programs or holding a prison job, while a few will take any chance to try to escape.

Deputies respond to a possible gang beating, but the surveillance cameras don't catch anything; a wounded warrior faces a new battle when he and his girlfriend both get arrested.

The story of a suburban Eagle Scout turned Dark Web drug lord; Aaron Shamo launches a new type of American drug ring, recruiting other Utah millennials to help him manufacture deadly counterfeit opioids and sell them online.

CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah's fledgling biofuel industry, until a member of a secretive polygamist group called The Order reveals that Kingston is committing a 1.1 billion dollar fraud.

A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a charismatic con man uses the promise of huge returns to put $30 million in his own pocket.

In a world dictated by fear, some resort to violence, and others become victims, while those on death row at Indiana State Prison can only wait for the inevitable.

Alcohol is not allowed inside Indiana State Prison; that doesn't stop the inmates from making it, or correctional officers from confiscating it; in past years, the most common forms of contraband were drugs or tobacco; today it's cell phones.

Using a form of integration at Indiana State that goes beyond race, the Residential Treatment Unit selects inmates with a history of good behavior to live with and serve as mentors to inmates with mental health issues.

Inmates who become disruptive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico are transferred to the lock-up units in level 5 or 6; the trouble is, their behavior doesn't always improve; this is a lesson rookie officer Amy Lee is learning the hard way.

Prison officials initiate a shakedown after gang members in Level 6 overpower an officer in the recreation area, take her keys and stab a rival gang member; this type of incident simply adds to the tension already felt in the supermax facility.

For some inmates, the only way out of prison is "paroling legit," or leaving in a body bag; others earn a lump sum of good time by completing programs or holding a prison job, while a few will take any chance to try to escape.

Deputies respond to a possible gang beating, but the surveillance cameras don't catch anything; a wounded warrior faces a new battle when he and his girlfriend both get arrested.

The story of a suburban Eagle Scout turned Dark Web drug lord; Aaron Shamo launches a new type of American drug ring, recruiting other Utah millennials to help him manufacture deadly counterfeit opioids and sell them online.

CEO Jacob Kingston appears to be a rising star in Utah's fledgling biofuel industry, until a member of a secretive polygamist group called The Order reveals that Kingston is committing a 1.1 billion dollar fraud.

A sting operation brings down a Denver businessman; a charismatic con man uses the promise of huge returns to put $30 million in his own pocket.

In a world dictated by fear, some resort to violence, and others become victims, while those on death row at Indiana State Prison can only wait for the inevitable.

Alcohol is not allowed inside Indiana State Prison; that doesn't stop the inmates from making it, or correctional officers from confiscating it; in past years, the most common forms of contraband were drugs or tobacco; today it's cell phones.

Using a form of integration at Indiana State that goes beyond race, the Residential Treatment Unit selects inmates with a history of good behavior to live with and serve as mentors to inmates with mental health issues.

Inmates who become disruptive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico are transferred to the lock-up units in level 5 or 6; the trouble is, their behavior doesn't always improve; this is a lesson rookie officer Amy Lee is learning the hard way.

Prison officials initiate a shakedown after gang members in Level 6 overpower an officer in the recreation area, take her keys and stab a rival gang member; this type of incident simply adds to the tension already felt in the supermax facility.