American Crimes

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.

A U.S. Marine violates the code and now faces a murder charge; a would-be soccer mom takes up with a violent street gang; an openly gay inmate adheres to the convict code and pays the price.

In prison, as on the outside, a single decision can change a person's life forever; inmates make all kinds of fateful choices, but behind bars, there is no escaping the consequences of one's actions.

For some, prison might be hell, and it can be even worse for the sex offenders.

In a life full of restrictions, we've seen inmates take control of whatever they can, despite the consequences; we've seen frustrated inmates reach their breaking point; in the battle of wills, some will take actions that can never be reversed.

A young inmate with a big personality faces problems while four other inmates are in jail after a shocking home invasion robbery and rape; one defendant will stand apart from the others, though nothing will prepare him for what's to come.

When the FTC fines Infomercial kingpin Kevin Trudeau $37.6 million for all of his get-rich-quick schemes, he claims he's flat broke; Remington Financial Group's "advance fee" scam has cost small business owners their dreams and millions of dollars.

A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams; an ex-IRS agent is caught in a $13 million accounting fraud and uses taxpayer money plotting to murder those who know too much.

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his race car team dreams.

Van Thu Tran and her crime ring steal millions by cheating casinos.

A Philadelphia con man gets four years in prison for leading a massive auto insurance fraud scheme that involves 267 associates, 187 fraudulent insurance claims and 44 car accidents.

Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites; after the women hand over millions of dollars, Pierce robs them blind and breaks their hearts.

Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet, fleecing victims out of millions and pumping cash into flashy living and his wife's hip-hop career.

When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan is all caught on tape.

Disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offers guaranteed client wins by cheating, scoring a Social Security fraud, then vanishes.

By promising enormous returns on a work-from-home scheme selling TelexFree phone service, Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrrill entice nearly one million people in an extraordinary $1.7 billion internet scam.

When the FTC fines Infomercial kingpin Kevin Trudeau $37.6 million for all of his get-rich-quick schemes, he claims he's flat broke; Remington Financial Group's "advance fee" scam has cost small business owners their dreams and millions of dollars.

A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams; an ex-IRS agent is caught in a $13 million accounting fraud and uses taxpayer money plotting to murder those who know too much.

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his race car team dreams.

Van Thu Tran and her crime ring steal millions by cheating casinos.

A Philadelphia con man gets four years in prison for leading a massive auto insurance fraud scheme that involves 267 associates, 187 fraudulent insurance claims and 44 car accidents.

Daylon Pierce is a consummate ladies' man who claims to be a licensed stockbroker, wooing unsuspecting women through internet dating sites; after the women hand over millions of dollars, Pierce robs them blind and breaks their hearts.

Self-proclaimed teen millionaire Ephren Taylor preaches his "safe" investments at church seminars and on the internet, fleecing victims out of millions and pumping cash into flashy living and his wife's hip-hop career.

When a sexy Florida former escort plots to take her husband's money and his life, her lover tips off the police and her deadly plan is all caught on tape.

Disability lawyer Eric C. Conn offers guaranteed client wins by cheating, scoring a Social Security fraud, then vanishes.

By promising enormous returns on a work-from-home scheme selling TelexFree phone service, Carlos Wanzeler and James Merrrill entice nearly one million people in an extraordinary $1.7 billion internet scam.

When the FTC fines Infomercial kingpin Kevin Trudeau $37.6 million for all of his get-rich-quick schemes, he claims he's flat broke; Remington Financial Group's "advance fee" scam has cost small business owners their dreams and millions of dollars.

A promoter steals musical artists' money and dreams; an ex-IRS agent is caught in a $13 million accounting fraud and uses taxpayer money plotting to murder those who know too much.

Payday loan scam mastermind, Scott Tucker, swindles millions of cash-strapped borrowers with his convenient online loan business and uses the profits to fuel his race car team dreams.

Van Thu Tran and her crime ring steal millions by cheating casinos.