American Crimes

Billy McFarland organizes the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, selling thousands of tickets on the strength of a social media pitch that results in a disastrous music event that goes up in smoke.

Fraudster John Rogers builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world until his partner rats him out; while Larry Bates preaches about salvation through precious metals, his clients wind up investing in "fool's gold.".

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y.; when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.

Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities in South Florida stealing millions by keeping insured addicts hooked on drugs; his plans include turning patients into prostitutes and sober homes into drug-fueled brothels.

Idaho Guardsman Darryl Wright claims he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in Iraq; his story is a stolen-valor scam that allows him to live large without working and to steal resources from veterans who truly need help.

A famous Texas fruitcake bakery's accountant conducts a check writing scam; a self-proclaimed financial wiz rips off investors while he funds a professional race team with money stolen from his church.

Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel; she takes investors for millions of dollars with a can't miss bid to secure a medical money-making technology that never materializes.

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.

A Michigan doctor treats cancer-free patients with poisonous chemotherapy and takes millions in payment; two Chicago-area bank robbers repel 17 stories to escape the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Two doctors run their Alabama pain clinics like heartless pill mills-illegally prescribing opioids while destroying lives and pocketing millions.

Billy McFarland organizes the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, selling thousands of tickets on the strength of a social media pitch that results in a disastrous music event that goes up in smoke.

Fraudster John Rogers builds one of the most impressive photo archives in the world until his partner rats him out; while Larry Bates preaches about salvation through precious metals, his clients wind up investing in "fool's gold.".

Vitaly Borker scores $18 million selling designer knock-off eyewear as genuine from his website in Brooklyn, N.Y.; when customers complain, they are threatened with violence, even murder.

Kenny Chatman runs a string of corrupt drug rehab facilities in South Florida stealing millions by keeping insured addicts hooked on drugs; his plans include turning patients into prostitutes and sober homes into drug-fueled brothels.

Idaho Guardsman Darryl Wright claims he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from his service in Iraq; his story is a stolen-valor scam that allows him to live large without working and to steal resources from veterans who truly need help.

A famous Texas fruitcake bakery's accountant conducts a check writing scam; a self-proclaimed financial wiz rips off investors while he funds a professional race team with money stolen from his church.

Entrepreneur Keisha Williams is really a high-rolling shopaholic with a taste for strip clubs and exotic travel; she takes investors for millions of dollars with a can't miss bid to secure a medical money-making technology that never materializes.

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.

Extractions provide some of the most dramatic interactions that ever occur between inmates and staff, and few extractions in the state of Colorado have provided more drama than the ones involving Roy Slagle.

Deputies respond to rising tensions in a female housing unit; a popular rapper, whose ups and downs have been told in the Oakland media, now faces serious charges; a grandmother convicted of a mortgage scam finds her place in the inmate hierarchy.

The jail's Special Operations Group is called in to deal with a difficult inmate; a well-known inmate returns to jail, but this time, he's in with his girlfriend, who might be harboring a secret that could dramatically affect both their lives.

An inmate's erratic behavior triggers the emergency response team and mental health staff; a murderer faces the death penalty while his girlfriend awaits trial in the women's wing of the same jail.

In the Cuyahoga Country Correction Center's intake department an out-of-control inmate creates chaos; an inmate who has spent 24 years on Death Row may be facing freedom.

An inmate finds himself at the center of more than one battle, and he traces his problems back to the real-life nightmare that haunts his family; a young new arrival faces a charge of reckless homicide.

U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jamaica to flood the U.S. with lies about lottery millions won by unsuspecting victims.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A charismatic New Mexico real estate broker scams $75 million in a fake land investment program.

Welcome to Limon Correctional Facility, a level 4 prison that houses many of Colorado's most dangerous inmates; while visiting Limon Correctional, the Lockup crew is greeted by angry inmates and the cell extraction team is called in to help.

Extractions provide some of the most dramatic interactions that ever occur between inmates and staff, and few extractions in the state of Colorado have provided more drama than the ones involving Roy Slagle.

Deputies respond to rising tensions in a female housing unit; a popular rapper, whose ups and downs have been told in the Oakland media, now faces serious charges; a grandmother convicted of a mortgage scam finds her place in the inmate hierarchy.

The jail's Special Operations Group is called in to deal with a difficult inmate; a well-known inmate returns to jail, but this time, he's in with his girlfriend, who might be harboring a secret that could dramatically affect both their lives.

An inmate's erratic behavior triggers the emergency response team and mental health staff; a murderer faces the death penalty while his girlfriend awaits trial in the women's wing of the same jail.

In the Cuyahoga Country Correction Center's intake department an out-of-control inmate creates chaos; an inmate who has spent 24 years on Death Row may be facing freedom.

An inmate finds himself at the center of more than one battle, and he traces his problems back to the real-life nightmare that haunts his family; a young new arrival faces a charge of reckless homicide.

U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jamaica to flood the U.S. with lies about lottery millions won by unsuspecting victims.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A charismatic New Mexico real estate broker scams $75 million in a fake land investment program.

Welcome to Limon Correctional Facility, a level 4 prison that houses many of Colorado's most dangerous inmates; while visiting Limon Correctional, the Lockup crew is greeted by angry inmates and the cell extraction team is called in to help.

Extractions provide some of the most dramatic interactions that ever occur between inmates and staff, and few extractions in the state of Colorado have provided more drama than the ones involving Roy Slagle.

Deputies respond to rising tensions in a female housing unit; a popular rapper, whose ups and downs have been told in the Oakland media, now faces serious charges; a grandmother convicted of a mortgage scam finds her place in the inmate hierarchy.

The jail's Special Operations Group is called in to deal with a difficult inmate; a well-known inmate returns to jail, but this time, he's in with his girlfriend, who might be harboring a secret that could dramatically affect both their lives.

An inmate's erratic behavior triggers the emergency response team and mental health staff; a murderer faces the death penalty while his girlfriend awaits trial in the women's wing of the same jail.

In the Cuyahoga Country Correction Center's intake department an out-of-control inmate creates chaos; an inmate who has spent 24 years on Death Row may be facing freedom.

An inmate finds himself at the center of more than one battle, and he traces his problems back to the real-life nightmare that haunts his family; a young new arrival faces a charge of reckless homicide.

U.S. law enforcement teams up with Jamaican authorities to stop criminals using call centers in Jamaica to flood the U.S. with lies about lottery millions won by unsuspecting victims.

A trio of Texas conmen score $100 million by telling investors there's big money in the life settlement insurance business.

A gangbanger squares off with his victim's family in court and with another inmate inside the jail; the Kent County Jail staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad.

Behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls of the Kent County Jail an inmate worker deals with the pressure of trying to create the jail's most popular dish; a pair of incarcerated lovers might end up having another mouth to feed.

Inmates have been dreaming up new ways to smuggle in contraband since Corcoran opened its doors in 1988; whether in the form of drugs or weapons, it's always a race against time for prison officials to find the banned items before it's too late.

Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran; once in prison, they've got two choices, do their time and go home or become even more destructive on the inside; the path they choose could determine the difference between life and death.

The tenth floor of Cuyahoga County Correction Center contains the Special Response Team, or SERT, a tactical unit trained in the use of riot gear, non-lethal weapons and controlling high-risk inmates.

Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.

A look at female inmates that start off socializing, but end up creating a lot drama for the staff.

A heroin addict must choose between the lifestyle she craves and the young son she has left behind; another seasoned female inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison, but she suddenly finds herself on the wrong end of a fist.

One reality of prison is that there's never a shortage of pain, and at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado, there's enough left over for the visitors as well; drama unfolds as a father and son try to reconcile a violent past.

A gangbanger squares off with his victim's family in court and with another inmate inside the jail; the Kent County Jail staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad.

Behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls of the Kent County Jail an inmate worker deals with the pressure of trying to create the jail's most popular dish; a pair of incarcerated lovers might end up having another mouth to feed.

Inmates have been dreaming up new ways to smuggle in contraband since Corcoran opened its doors in 1988; whether in the form of drugs or weapons, it's always a race against time for prison officials to find the banned items before it's too late.

Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran; once in prison, they've got two choices, do their time and go home or become even more destructive on the inside; the path they choose could determine the difference between life and death.

The tenth floor of Cuyahoga County Correction Center contains the Special Response Team, or SERT, a tactical unit trained in the use of riot gear, non-lethal weapons and controlling high-risk inmates.

Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.

A look at female inmates that start off socializing, but end up creating a lot drama for the staff.

A heroin addict must choose between the lifestyle she craves and the young son she has left behind; another seasoned female inmate is transferred back to the jail from state prison, but she suddenly finds herself on the wrong end of a fist.

One reality of prison is that there's never a shortage of pain, and at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado, there's enough left over for the visitors as well; drama unfolds as a father and son try to reconcile a violent past.

A gangbanger squares off with his victim's family in court and with another inmate inside the jail; the Kent County Jail staff must deal with a former colleague gone bad.

Behind the razor wire topped fences and brick walls of the Kent County Jail an inmate worker deals with the pressure of trying to create the jail's most popular dish; a pair of incarcerated lovers might end up having another mouth to feed.

Inmates have been dreaming up new ways to smuggle in contraband since Corcoran opened its doors in 1988; whether in the form of drugs or weapons, it's always a race against time for prison officials to find the banned items before it's too late.

Bad decisions have landed thousands of inmates in Corcoran; once in prison, they've got two choices, do their time and go home or become even more destructive on the inside; the path they choose could determine the difference between life and death.

The tenth floor of Cuyahoga County Correction Center contains the Special Response Team, or SERT, a tactical unit trained in the use of riot gear, non-lethal weapons and controlling high-risk inmates.

Jail stays are getting longer and many inmates have very little, leading to violence erupting over any perceived slight, especially if it involves food.