American Crimes

Every year, close to 70,000 people are processed through the five facilities that make up the Orange County Jail in Southern California; some will call the jail home until their cases are resolved in court - a process that can take years.

A gang member with a violent past and a long disciplinary record in jail tries to convince staff he's changed; another inmate, once a victim of prison rape, lobbies to do his time in isolation.

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility houses some of the highest security prisoners in the state; corrections staff investigate a potential escape plot and one inmate with a very familiar face tells their own story.

A jail program attempts to save shelter dogs from being put down; an Army veteran must face his own demons; pregnant and charged with murder, one inmate must decide whether to turn in a family member to save herself.

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.

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.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

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 new age evangelist tells Florida investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns in her auto financing business; a man steals millions to build a luxurious doomsday bunker.

A Florida man wins millions in the lottery then disappears.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his associates extort city contractors, abuse public funds, and turn the mayor's office into their own cash machine, costing the city millions.

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.

A crooked New York police officer cashes in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homeowners and business owners.

In Laguna Beach, social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses, and ocean view real estate worth millions by swindling her best friends.

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.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

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 new age evangelist tells Florida investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns in her auto financing business; a man steals millions to build a luxurious doomsday bunker.

A Florida man wins millions in the lottery then disappears.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his associates extort city contractors, abuse public funds, and turn the mayor's office into their own cash machine, costing the city millions.

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.

A crooked New York police officer cashes in as a high-tech burglary crew terrorizes homeowners and business owners.

In Laguna Beach, social climber Elizabeth Mulder finances her plastic surgery, Arabian horses, and ocean view real estate worth millions by swindling her best friends.

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.

One man's bold scheme to get rich quick; Albert Talton puts a modern twist on one of the nation's oldest crimes, making counterfeit money.

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 new age evangelist tells Florida investors that positive thinking can lead to positive returns in her auto financing business; a man steals millions to build a luxurious doomsday bunker.