American Crimes

At the Penitentiary of New Mexico, officers are outnumbered and the inmates are unpredictable, especially in Level 6, the maximum-security facility; it's where the deputy warden says "the worst of the worst" are housed.

A low-level offender increases his sentence from 18 months to 16-and-a-half years after three separate counts of aggravated battery on an officer; the same inmate was banned from even non-contact visits after an affair with a prison staff nurse.

A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest running Ponzi scheme in history; a stock trading computer program which is supposed to deliver an incredible return.

A former bank robber makes millions by promoting musicians; a man's fake fine wine storage business.

Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from AIDS patients, the chronically ill and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients.

Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.

An Italian real estate developer romances a Hollywood starlet and misappropriates investor funds.

After golf, millionaire Gary Triano puts the keys into the ignition and is killed instantly by a car bomb, uncovering a bizarre murder-for-hire plot hatched by his ex-wife and her lover that's revealed in a series of recorded conversations.

A man claims to be reformed after serving seven years in prison for turning his carpet cleaning company into a multimillion-dollar scam.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

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.

The son of a preacher bilks believers out of nearly $65 million promising huge returns for short-term investments.

A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest running Ponzi scheme in history; a stock trading computer program which is supposed to deliver an incredible return.

A former bank robber makes millions by promoting musicians; a man's fake fine wine storage business.

Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from AIDS patients, the chronically ill and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients.

Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.

An Italian real estate developer romances a Hollywood starlet and misappropriates investor funds.

After golf, millionaire Gary Triano puts the keys into the ignition and is killed instantly by a car bomb, uncovering a bizarre murder-for-hire plot hatched by his ex-wife and her lover that's revealed in a series of recorded conversations.

A man claims to be reformed after serving seven years in prison for turning his carpet cleaning company into a multimillion-dollar scam.

Stockbroker Jordan Belfort pleads guilty to fraud and does jail time; Belfort gets a Hollywood makeover.

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.

The son of a preacher bilks believers out of nearly $65 million promising huge returns for short-term investments.

A Brooklyn investment manager starts the longest running Ponzi scheme in history; a stock trading computer program which is supposed to deliver an incredible return.

A former bank robber makes millions by promoting musicians; a man's fake fine wine storage business.

Mutual Benefits buys life insurance policies from AIDS patients, the chronically ill and seniors and fraudulently resells them as low risk investments to clients.

Hedge-fund manager Samuel Israel III fakes his own death after defrauding investors of more than $450 million.

An Italian real estate developer romances a Hollywood starlet and misappropriates investor funds.