My True Crime Story

Shawana "Swipe Queen" King describes her multi-million dollar credit card fraud scam and how she's now using her hard-learned lessons to help Black women start their own businesses.

After a difficult childhood in New Mexico, college student Candice Martinez moved to Virginia, fell in love and started a new life robbing banks as "The Cell Phone Bandit."

Vincent Serrano started selling drugs to make child support payments and survive, but after getting busted, he learned how the justice system keeps people from improving themselves.

Jamila Davis had a wildly successful career in the financial industry, but her life turned into a legal nightmare after she became involved in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

Garrain Jones was living it up as an in-demand male model, but his life took a disastrous turn when he started chasing bigger paydays as an international drug trafficker.

Jodi Mattinson left behind her Mormon family and an abusive husband to create an escort empire, but the law never got off her tail until they put her behind bars.

Victor Lupis tried to outrun a traumatic childhood by snatching diamonds from jewelry stores, but the money couldn't save him from the pain of a substance use disorder.

A pregnant teen sought to support her family with a $9-an-hour job at a dollar store but wound up working for one of South Florida's biggest illegal bookies.