American Crimes

A clever con man scams millions using a wet and wild fraud in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Two scheming brothers use a home remodeling business to rip off millions of dollars from Chicago homeowners; a scam artist tricks Florida retirees into investing in fake New York real estate.

Three friends go to New York to realize their dreams, which quickly turns criminal; a series of brutal murders lead to a Miami man with a suburban life.

Lobsang Dargey, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, escapes Chinese oppression and claws his way to freedom in the U.S.; uneducated and broke, but rich with ambition, Dargey catapults from odd jobs to real estate development.

Zachary Horwitz has dreams of making it big in Hollywood; while his onscreen career never quite flourishes, Horwitz acts his way into raising more than $600 million for an investment opportunity that is completely bogus.

When all four members of the McStay family seemingly vanish into thin air, a yearslong quest for answers begins; a biker in the Mojave Desert finds the family members' bodies in shallow graves; a close friend of the family falls under suspicion.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

Life inside the Cuyahoga County Correction Center; members of the jail's most predatory gang set their sights on vulnerable prey; an inmate suffers an apparent breakdown.

The Cuyahoga County Correction Center resides in the heart of Cleveland's downtown; a tip leads to an escape plot; a shank turns up in the kitchen; a younger inmate takes a swing at an officer.

If personal relationships can get complicated on the outside, they can be even more complicated behind bars; for those unable to cope with them, relationships can lead to a life in prison.

Sometimes life has other plans, like when the ex-leader of a white supremacist gang faces a whole new reality, and discovers the price for coming clean.

In prison WTF stands for workouts, tattoos and food.

Philantropist, diplomat, international man of mystery, and criminal Dr Henry Jones led a double-life that was unknown to all he knew.

A group of hackers live it up and decide to get rich or die trying.

Trusted adviser and a philanthropist Bob McLean runs a successful investment firm and donates millions to his favorite causes, but he carries with him a dark, devastating secret.

Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

Life inside the Cuyahoga County Correction Center; members of the jail's most predatory gang set their sights on vulnerable prey; an inmate suffers an apparent breakdown.

The Cuyahoga County Correction Center resides in the heart of Cleveland's downtown; a tip leads to an escape plot; a shank turns up in the kitchen; a younger inmate takes a swing at an officer.

If personal relationships can get complicated on the outside, they can be even more complicated behind bars; for those unable to cope with them, relationships can lead to a life in prison.

Sometimes life has other plans, like when the ex-leader of a white supremacist gang faces a whole new reality, and discovers the price for coming clean.

In prison WTF stands for workouts, tattoos and food.

Philantropist, diplomat, international man of mystery, and criminal Dr Henry Jones led a double-life that was unknown to all he knew.

A group of hackers live it up and decide to get rich or die trying.

Trusted adviser and a philanthropist Bob McLean runs a successful investment firm and donates millions to his favorite causes, but he carries with him a dark, devastating secret.

Our Lockup crews have found out many times that you never know when things will detonate.

From small towns to big cities, virtually every jail and prison in the United States deals with a gang problem; for some, suppressing gangs is a daily challenge that comes with life or death consequences.

Life inside the Cuyahoga County Correction Center; members of the jail's most predatory gang set their sights on vulnerable prey; an inmate suffers an apparent breakdown.

The Cuyahoga County Correction Center resides in the heart of Cleveland's downtown; a tip leads to an escape plot; a shank turns up in the kitchen; a younger inmate takes a swing at an officer.

If personal relationships can get complicated on the outside, they can be even more complicated behind bars; for those unable to cope with them, relationships can lead to a life in prison.