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King of the Con

I would do nothingbut public record searches, looking for deception,I was lookingfor...

I would do nothing
but public record searches, looking for deception,
I was looking
for fraudulent information on their 10Ks, their 8Ks,
any of the other
SEC documents. And each time he would
develop these reports that were astounding, give them
to law enforcement people, and they would
shut them down, save billions of dollars
from the victims out there, and then it just kept
getting bigger
and bigger and bigger. [reporter] He's now
helped authorities uncover far more fraud
than he ever perpetrated. [Barry] I'm uncovering
all this fraud. I went undercover
to the Bahamas with the FBI and nailed
a huge investment fraud

Full Transcript

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I would do nothing but public record searches,
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looking for deception, I was looking for fraudulent information
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on their 10Ks, their 8Ks, any of the other SEC documents.
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And each time he would develop these reports
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that were astounding,
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give them to law enforcement people,
00:00:15.983 --> 00:00:17.282
and they would shut them down,
00:00:17.284 --> 00:00:20.377
save billions of dollars from the victims out there,
00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:23.138
and then it just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
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[reporter] He's now helped authorities uncover
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far more fraud than he ever perpetrated.
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[Barry] I'm uncovering all this fraud.
00:00:29.138 --> 00:00:31.013
I went undercover to the Bahamas with the FBI
00:00:31.132 --> 00:00:33.533
and nailed a huge investment fraud.
Duration
35 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:39
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Masimedia

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Movie Summary

How Barry Minkow, the scam artist, could reinvent himself and get rich many times. From whiz kid, to convict, to pastor, to fraud fighter, to convict yet again.
S01 • E03 [Sheri] When he heard that Lisa was divorcing him, - King of the Con 00:27
[Sheri] When he heard that Lisa was divorcing him,
S01 • E01 Well, they couldn't throw the money at me fast enough. - King of the Con 00:05
Well, they couldn't throw the money at me fast enough.
S01 • E01 You know, a single guy during a time when - King of the Con 00:08
You know, a single guy during a time when
S01 • E03 I thought, "Oh, my gosh, I haven't worked in years," - King of the Con 00:07
I thought, "Oh, my gosh, I haven't worked in years...
S01 • E02 Not even undercover, he'd say, "I'm Barry Minkow, - King of the Con 00:16
Not even undercover, he'd say, "I'm Barry Min...
S01 • E01 I went to Vegas 48 weekends out of 52 one year. - King of the Con 00:08
I went to Vegas 48 weekends out of 52 one year.
S01 • E03 What am I gonna do?" - King of the Con 00:13
What am I gonna do?"
S01 • E01 [Mark] And Barry would say, "Where do you have all this cash all the time." - King of the Con 00:08
[Mark] And Barry would say, "Where do you have all this...
S01 • E02 [audience applauds] - King of the Con 00:12
[audience applauds]
S01 • E03 Then San Diego came and I got another five years, so... - King of the Con 00:05
Then San Diego came and I got another five years, so...
S01 • E03 You can survive two years, eight's a whole different story. - King of the Con 00:05
You can survive two years, eight's a whole different st...
S01 • E01 Barry comes to me one day and said "Mark, we have a problem. - King of the Con 00:05
Barry comes to me one day and said "Mark, we have a pro...
S01 • E03 So, yeah, the money runs out. - King of the Con 00:18
So, yeah, the money runs out.
S01 • E01 As it turns out that one of the jobs that I had you looking for money for, - King of the Con 00:16
As it turns out that one of the jobs that I had you looking ...
S01 • E02 Barry Minkow is now the co-founder - King of the Con 00:07
Barry Minkow is now the co-founder
S01 • E01 All the rest of them had been real." - King of the Con 00:41
All the rest of them had been real."
S01 • E03 I wanted the pain to stop. - King of the Con 00:10
I wanted the pain to stop.
S01 • E02 All Ponzi schemes, and even white-collar crime, - King of the Con 00:09
All Ponzi schemes, and even white-collar crime,
S01 • E03 They were getting a little bit out of hand. - King of the Con 00:11
They were getting a little bit out of hand.
S01 • E02 I call it the second law of "fraudodynamics." - King of the Con 00:05
I call it the second law of "fraudodynamics."