Remembering Crazy Eddie, the electronics store chain that was run like Studio 54

He stole from his employees, his investors, state and federal authorities— but if I got a car radio 2% cheaper than the competitor, it’s all good! (And by the way, the only reason he could sell so cheaply was because of his illegal accounting.)

Using your metric, no criminal ever really hurt anyone, because you can always find non-victims for any particular criminal.

I really dont see how the “fond memories” of (mainly) his advertisements means the guy who fled to Israel with briefcases of cash is not a con man.

Bro, you really need to look up the word “scam” and look up the accounting scams and insider trading scams that Eddie Antar was convicted of. You seem to have no idea why he went to jail for 8 years. Also, Capone?

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