About: Barry Minkow

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Barry Jay Minkow (born March 22, 1966) is a former American businessman, pastor, and convicted felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best (pronounced "Zee Best"), which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration company. However, it was actually a front to attract investment for a massive Ponzi scheme. ZZZZ Best collapsed in 1987, costing investors and lenders $100 million in one of the largest investment frauds ever perpetrated by a single person, as well as one of the largest accounting frauds in history. The scheme is often used as a case study of accounting fraud.

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  • Barry Jay Minkow (born March 22, 1966) is a former American businessman, pastor, and convicted felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best (pronounced "Zee Best"), which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration company. However, it was actually a front to attract investment for a massive Ponzi scheme. ZZZZ Best collapsed in 1987, costing investors and lenders $100 million in one of the largest investment frauds ever perpetrated by a single person, as well as one of the largest accounting frauds in history. The scheme is often used as a case study of accounting fraud. After being released from jail, Minkow became a pastor and fraud investigator in San Diego, and spoke at churches and schools about ethics. This came to an end in 2011, when he admitted to helping deliberately drive down the stock price of homebuilder Lennar and was ordered back to prison for five years. Three years later, Minkow admitted to defrauding his own church and was sentenced to an additional five years in prison. He is subject to restitution requirements totaling $612 million. (en)
  • 貝利·米克（Barry Minkow，1967年3月17日－）有著一個令人難以置信的白手起家青年的故事，其善於利用口才，其創立了一個的「Z最好」公司(ZZZZ Best)，並且搭上了美國80年代快速致富的年代，利用吸引投資人的方法，在上市後被投資者瘋狂支持。 最後卻因為被發現公司驚人的成長是利用假合約、假信用卡等偽造盈利撐起來的，為犯罪組織洗黑錢而被控上法庭與挪用公司公款而被控上法庭。1989年，當時僅22歲的他被控57項罪名，判刑25年。之後他在監獄中的54個月中取得了學士與碩士學位。1994年12月被釋出監獄後，被美國聯邦調查局FBI聘請成為特別顧問，負責揭發非法舞弊事宜。 其為美國著名的商業犯罪的故事，並且被列入《漫步華爾街》的反面例子中，並被拍攝成為了《米克》(Minkow)這部電影。 (zh)
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  • 2011: conspiracy to commitsecurities fraud
  • 1988:Racketeering,securities fraud,embezzlement,money laundering,mail fraud,tax evasion,bank fraud,credit card fraud
  • 2014: Conspiracy to commit bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud and to defraud the United States
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  • Barry Jay Minkow (en)
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  • Inglewood, California, U.S. (en)
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  • Carpet-cleaning company owner, fraud investigator, pastor (en)
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  • 貝利·米克（Barry Minkow，1967年3月17日－）有著一個令人難以置信的白手起家青年的故事，其善於利用口才，其創立了一個的「Z最好」公司(ZZZZ Best)，並且搭上了美國80年代快速致富的年代，利用吸引投資人的方法，在上市後被投資者瘋狂支持。 最後卻因為被發現公司驚人的成長是利用假合約、假信用卡等偽造盈利撐起來的，為犯罪組織洗黑錢而被控上法庭與挪用公司公款而被控上法庭。1989年，當時僅22歲的他被控57項罪名，判刑25年。之後他在監獄中的54個月中取得了學士與碩士學位。1994年12月被釋出監獄後，被美國聯邦調查局FBI聘請成為特別顧問，負責揭發非法舞弊事宜。 其為美國著名的商業犯罪的故事，並且被列入《漫步華爾街》的反面例子中，並被拍攝成為了《米克》(Minkow)這部電影。 (zh)
  • Barry Jay Minkow (born March 22, 1966) is a former American businessman, pastor, and convicted felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best (pronounced "Zee Best"), which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration company. However, it was actually a front to attract investment for a massive Ponzi scheme. ZZZZ Best collapsed in 1987, costing investors and lenders $100 million in one of the largest investment frauds ever perpetrated by a single person, as well as one of the largest accounting frauds in history. The scheme is often used as a case study of accounting fraud. (en)
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  • Barry Minkow (en)
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