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King of the Con

To this day,whenever I doan accounting class, it's mandatory thatevery accounting...

To this day,
whenever I do
an accounting class, it's mandatory that
every accounting class
watch that video in colleges because it shows
what the techniques
used by perpetrators to fool the auditors. How could you have been fooled
by Barry Minkow?

Full Transcript

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To this day, whenever I do an accounting class,
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it's mandatory that every accounting class watch that video in colleges
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because it shows what the techniques used by perpetrators
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to fool the auditors.
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How could you have been fooled by Barry Minkow?
Duration
15 seconds
Views
348
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:29
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 • E01 [Barry] This robust desire to get ahead. - King of the Con 00:09
[Barry] This robust desire to get ahead.
S01 • E01 [imitates Reagan] Well... [chuckles] - King of the Con 00:09
[imitates Reagan] Well... [chuckles]
S01 • E03 There was a member of the church, - King of the Con 00:07
There was a member of the church,
S01 • E02 How could anyone have fallen for the old fraudulent building restoration scam? - King of the Con 00:07
How could anyone have fallen for the old fraudulent building...
S01 • E01 It was a perfect context - King of the Con 00:10
It was a perfect context
S01 • E03 And he goes, "I wanna do something that honors my wife. - King of the Con 00:05
And he goes, "I wanna do something that honors my wife.
S01 • E03 Something that remembers her life, something that helps people." - King of the Con 00:33
Something that remembers her life, something that helps peop...
S01 • E02 [interviewer] It felt like that was your first ever honest to camera piece. - King of the Con 00:05
[interviewer] It felt like that was your first ever honest t...
S01 • E01 [Barry] I brought a Ferrari Testarossa. - King of the Con 00:07
[Barry] I brought a Ferrari Testarossa.
S01 • E02 The press created an image for me, - King of the Con 00:13
The press created an image for me,
S01 • E01 [Barry] Had a 5,000 square foot house and I put a Z in the bottom of the pool. - King of the Con 00:17
[Barry] Had a 5,000 square foot house and I put a Z in the b...
S01 • E02 I had the first real tangible venue - King of the Con 00:12
I had the first real tangible venue
S01 • E01 And he had all the girls, he was a chick magnet. - King of the Con 00:05
And he had all the girls, he was a chick magnet.
S01 • E01 [Sheri] We would take people out to dinner. - King of the Con 00:12
[Sheri] We would take people out to dinner.
S01 • E02 [Sheri] And then, you know, the years went by, - King of the Con 00:15
[Sheri] And then, you know, the years went by,
S01 • E03 [Scott] The level of trust that's violated - King of the Con 00:12
[Scott] The level of trust that's violated
S01 • E03 He wrote a letter to the elders, - King of the Con 00:21
He wrote a letter to the elders,
S01 • E02 He's got a long tail of supervised release. Let him go." - King of the Con 00:23
He's got a long tail of supervised release. Let him go....
S01 • E01 [Jeri] Oprah was doing a show on young entrepreneurs. - King of the Con 00:09
[Jeri] Oprah was doing a show on young entrepreneurs.
S01 • E01 [Oprah] Welcome author of Making It in America and chairman of - King of the Con 00:11
[Oprah] Welcome author of Making It in America and chairman ...