The American Underworld season 1 episode 2: Car/Identity Theft - For some, grand theft is their American dream. Mark witnesses people taking every opportunity they can to make money– stealing and then chop-shopping a car back into circulation, hijacking a credit card to create phony new ones, even robbing neighbors. Every 40 seconds, the car is stolen in America. Specialized in car thieves are constantly shopping for cars or your own car, and so they meet the customers needs. Johnson gets unprecedented access to a car theft ring in Northern California and follow the thief, who recognizes he needs a car, parked in front of the house with the owner of a typical suburban neighborhood.