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loan. In an accompanying YouTube video, he denounced Lennar as "a financial crime in progress" and "a corporate bully." Lennar's stock plummeted in the wake of Minkow's reports, tumbling from $ 11.57 a share to $ 6.55 in two weeks. Minkow issued the report after being contacted by
Nicholas Marsch, a San Diego developer who had filed two lawsuits against Lennar for fraud. Indeed, the language of the FDI report echoed that used in Marsch's filings. One of Marsch's suits was summarily thrown out; the other ended with Marsch having to pay Lennar $ 12 million in counterclaims.
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called a "despicable, inexcusable crime." On June 2, Minkow reached an agreement with federal prosecutors that called for him to pay $ 3.4 million in restitution. This will potentially be a ruinous amount for Minkow, on top of the restitution he still owes Lennar, Union Bank and the ZZZZ Best victims. Earlier, he said that the $ 26 million restitution for the ZZZZ Best scam alone was large enough that he would be writing restitution checks to the victims for the rest of his life. As a result of his latest sentence, Minkow was released on June 6, 2019.
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purportedly on the church's behalf, forged signatures on church checks, diverted money from legitimate church accounts for his personal use, and charged unauthorized personal expenses on church credit cards. He also concealed $ 890,000 of income and $ 250,000 in taxes from the IRS. Among his victims were a widower who gave $ 75,000 to fund a supposed hospital in
615:, he claimed that he was forced to turn the company into a Ponzi scheme under pressure from the organized-crime figures who secretly controlled his company, a story he later admitted was false. On December 14, he was found guilty on all charges. On March 27, 1989, he was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. He was also placed on five years'
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1058:, was released. The series explored how Minkow could reinvent himself and get rich several different times. The miniseries was produced by The Content Group, with Pamela Deutsch serving as executive producer for Discovery+, and has Minkow himself recounting his past, his crimes and the process of reinventing himself.
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report. When Entin got word of the letter, he asked for and was granted two weeks to review the allegations and respond to them. This pushed Minkow's sentencing back to July 21. This was the second time Minkow's sentencing had been postponed; it was originally slated for June 16 but was postponed to July 6.
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of massive fraud, claiming that irregularities in the company's off-balance-sheet debt accounting were evidence of a massive Ponzi scheme. Minkow accused Lennar of not disclosing enough information about this to its shareholders, and also claimed a Lennar executive had taken out a fraudulent personal
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Minkow almost always held a position in securities on which he reported. However, he has since stated that while his lawyers advised him this practice was legal, it was probably unethical. Several companies have since sued Minkow for making false accusations against them, with most of the suits being
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The day after this press release, Ernst & Whinney discovered that Minkow had written several checks to support the validity of the non-existent contracts. Many of them had been written to an associate who later told Ernst & Whinney officials about the fraud. Minkow denied knowing the man, but
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Although KeyServ was twice ZZZZ Best's size, the two companies agreed to a $ 25 million deal in which ZZZZ Best would be the surviving company. The merger would have made ZZZZ Best Sears' authorized carpet cleaner, and also would have made Minkow the president and chairman of the board of the largest
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Community Bible Church had accused Minkow of running the FDI with church funds, applying for credit cards in the names of church members and leading his flock into bad investments. Church officials had made the claims as part of a confidential pre-sentencing
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Within hours of the story's publication, ZZZZ Best's banks either called their loans or threatened to do so. Drexel postponed closing until it could investigate further. Later that day, at a press conference, a reporter revealed evidence that the
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in ZZZZ Best, making him an instant millionaire on paper. Going public seemingly offered him a way to cover up his fraudulent activities. Under securities law at the time, he had to retain his personal shares for two years. He planned to sell a million shares to the public in
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that helped keep ZZZZ Best afloat in the early years proved to be Minkow's undoing. Minkow had blamed the fraudulent charges on unscrupulous contractors and another employee, and paid back most of the victims. However, he had not paid back a homemaker who had been overcharged a few hundred dollars.
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in the complaint) conspired to extort money from Lennar by driving down its stock. The complaint also revealed that Minkow had sent his allegations to the SEC, the FBI, and the IRS, and that the three agencies found his claims credible enough to open a formal criminal investigation into Lennar's
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of a "laundry list" of issues and had "correctly revealed that
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of ZZZZ Best stock. When accountants wanted to inspect the company's operations, he borrowed fake offices for a tour of "Interstate
Appraisal Services" and used an incomplete building to present a fake restoration job. Mark Morze, ZZZZ Best's financial consultant, tricked the accountants sent to
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sentenced Minkow to five years in prison, the maximum possible sentence under his plea bargain. It is to be served after Minkow completes his sentence for securities fraud. While Minkow's attorneys asked for a sentence of forty-one months, Anello felt obligated to impose the maximum for what he
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law for suing Minkow for fair criticism. The judge also cited two examples where USANA failed to refute Minkow's claims that their products were overpriced and of no better quality than other lower-priced brands. The remaining charge of stock manipulation was settled in July 2008 when USANA and
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documents alleging misconduct on Lennar's part and lied about having to go to the emergency room on the night before he was first scheduled to testify. He also went forward with the report even after a private investigator he had hired for the case could not substantiate Marsch's claims. In an
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California law of the time did not allow minors to sign binding contracts, including checks. He was also plagued by customer complaints and demands for payment from suppliers. At times, he found it
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On July 21, Seitz sentenced Minkow to five years in prison. In imposing the sentence, she stated that Minkow had "no moral compass that says 'Stop.'" Seitz also ordered him to pay Lennar $ 583.5 million in restitution—an amount that had been imposed a month earlier in the civil case. She also
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investigate the allegations asked for the addresses for all of the company's restoration jobs. Minkow knew that those projects did not exist and decided to resign. Later, he reportedly told a member of his board that the insurance restoration business had been a sham from the very beginning.
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On July 2, Minkow abruptly resigned from ZZZZ Best for "health reasons." By this time, his company's stock had fallen to $ 3.50 a share—an 81 percent drop from its high in
February. Minkow later revealed that on June 27, six days earlier, an independent law firm the company had retained to
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While most Ponzi schemes are based on non-existent businesses, ZZZZ Best's carpet-cleaning division was very real and won high marks for its quality. However, its insurance restoration division, which eventually accounted for 86% of company revenues, was fraudulent. Minkow raised money by
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ZZZZ Best's new board conducted an internal investigation that largely substantiated the fraud allegations. On July 6 it sued Minkow, alleging that he had absconded with $ 23 million in company funds. ZZZZ Best claimed that its assets had been drained to the point that it was forced into
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obtained a copy of the plea agreement, in which Minkow admitted to issuing his FDI report on Lennar at Marsch's behest. According to the agreement, Marsch offered to have Minkow retract his report if Lennar paid him in cash and stock. It also said that Minkow's report triggered a
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seriously, she'd discovered that ZZZZ Best did not have the contractor's license required for large-scale restoration work. To calm nervous investors, Minkow issued a press release touting record profits and revenues but did so without notifying Ernst & Whinney (now part of
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shortly after the checks were discovered, Ernst & Whinney discovered that he had cut two checks to the associate for an unrelated matter. When Minkow could not explain the checks, Ernst & Whinney resigned as ZZZZ Best's auditor. However, it did not inform the
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1037:, was partially funded by donations Minkow solicited from his congregation. Minkow insisted on playing the middle-aged version of himself in the film. Following his arrest, the film's release was cancelled and work began on a new ending. The film—retitled
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practices. Minkow then used confidential knowledge of that investigation to short Lennar stock, even though he knew he was barred from doing so. Minkow opted to plead guilty to the conspiracy charge rather than face charges of securities fraud and
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Despite its growth, the company was still facing severe cash flow shortages from paying investors for the non-existent restoration projects. Minkow believed he'd found a solution when he learned that KeyServ, the authorized carpet cleaner for
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talks with KeyServ, as the cash infusion would solve ZZZZ Best's immediate cash flow issues. Additionally, Minkow thought that KeyServ's Sears business would give ZZZZ Best enough cash to end the Ponzi scheme sooner than originally planned.
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ZZZZ Best before it went public did not visit the insurance restoration sites himself. Had he done so, he would have discovered they were mailboxes located throughout the San
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which temporarily reduced the market capitalization of Lennar by $ 583 million. Minkow faced a minimum of thirty years in prison had the case gone to trial. On June 16, Freeman ordered Minkow to pay Lennar $ 584 million in
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then wrote a story revealing that Minkow had run up $ 72,000 in fraudulent credit card charges in 1984 and 1985. The story, which ran just days before the merger was to close, sent ZZZZ Best stock plunging 28 percent.
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in San Diego interviewed several members of Minkow's former church, who said Minkow swindled them. One woman said Minkow asked her for $ 300,000, purportedly to help finance a movie about his redemption story.
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unrelated development, it was also revealed that Minkow operated the FDI out of the offices of his church and even used church money to fund the organization—something which could have jeopardized his church's
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Lennar stock after his FDI report, believing the stock would rebound after its dramatic plunge. Minkow initially denied doing this, only to be forced to recant when confronted with trading records. Minkow
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was likely a fraud. This prompted the Feshbachs to short ZZZZ Best's stock, anticipating that it would fall. Additionally, none of the company's four outside directors had any experience running a
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independent carpet-cleaning company in the U.S. Soon after the KeyServ deal was announced, Minkow began making plans to become even more powerful, planning to raise $ 700–800 million to buy
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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
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by faking thousands of documents. The public offering closed in December and Minkow became the youngest person to lead a company through an IPO in American financial history.
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Lennar responded by adding Minkow as a defendant in a lawsuit against Marsch. Minkow was initially unconcerned, since he had prevailed before in similar cases on
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Minkow launched a massive television advertising campaign portraying ZZZZ Best as a carpet cleaner that Southern Californians could trust. He owned a
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2136:"Pastor Barry Minkow's Community Bible Church Hit by $ 50,000 Burglary; Ex-conman Minkow Has a History of Faked Burglaries"
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and intending to expand to the United Kingdom. Outside of carpet cleaning, he had begun preliminary discussions to buy
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for work under contract, as well as floating funds through several banks in an elaborate check kiting scheme.
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Barry Minkow Scheme: Documents Show He Trashed Lennar Corp., Sent Its Stock Down $ 500 Mil, Then Bought It Up
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Barry Minkow and Nicolas Marsch III Conspired and Manipulated FBI to Ruin Lennar Stock; Feds Reveal Details
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raided ZZZZ Best's headquarters and Minkow's home, and found evidence that the company was being used to
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Minkow Is Convicted on All Charges : Jury Decides That ZZZZ Best Founder Masterminded Fraud
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Attorney Cites 'Health Reasons' : Barry Minkow Is Reported to Resign as Head of ZZZZ Best
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Barry Minkow Destroyed Evidence And Lied To Court In Extortion of Lennar Corp., Judge Rules
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Clean Sweep:The Inside Story of the Zzzz Best Scam... One of Wall Street's Biggest Frauds
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Clean Sweep: The Inside Story of the ZZZZ Best Scam: One of Wall Street's Greatest Frauds
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1286:"Fallen Star: How Whiz-Kid Chief Of ZZZZ Best Had, And Lost, It All"
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1725:"Why Did Herbalife Pay Felon Barry Minkow $ 300,000?: Greenberg"
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Barry Minkow to plead guilty to securities fraud against Lennar
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Behind "Whiz Kid" Is a Trail of False Credit Card Billings
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Minkow to Plead Guilty in Lennar Insider-Trading Case
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Barry Minkow: From scammer, to preacher, to defendant
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1983:"Supplement-maker USANA settles suit with critic"
1832:"As stocks plunge, Usana sues Minkow over report"
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2589:"Barry Minkow movie is finally out"
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1354:ZZZZ Best: The House of Cards Falls
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1608:Barett, Paul (December 19, 2013).
1575:3 New Fraud Counts Filed on Minkow
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1243:"Minkow, 10 Others Face 54 Counts"
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1860:"Forbes is Usana's latest critic"
1858:Helen Malmgren (11 August 2007).
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1558:ZZZZ Best to file for Chapter 11
682:. This was the beginning of the
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1284:Akst, Daniel (July 9, 1987).
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1078:"The Birth of Barry Minkow"
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2537:Bauder, Don (2015-02-25).
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2082:Barry Minkow's New Scandal
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2781:Liberty University alumni
2710:Fraud Discovery Institute
2562:Horn, John (2011-03-19).
2007:Fraud Discovery Institute
1981:Paul Foy (29 July 2008).
1891:Paul Foy (12 June 2007).
1217:"Famous Scams: ZZZZ Best"
1080:. California Birth Index.
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1659:San Diego Union-Tribune
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1291:The Wall Street Journal
693:The Wall Street Journal
441:chief financial officer
410:initial public offering
253:Beginnings of ZZZZ Best
1614:Bloomberg Businessweek
1556:Stevenson, Richard W.
1429:Stevenson, Richard W.
1409:Fromson, Brett Duval.
833:On December 27, 2010,
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73:1988: Released in 1995
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1955:"USANA claims tossed"
1806:"Pyramid, Phony Bios"
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1450:ZZZZ Best may be ZZZZ
1318:"Z scam of z century"
835:Florida Circuit Court
572:Conviction and prison
558:Chapter 11 bankruptcy
507:Major League Baseball
391:. The accountant who
283:Cleveland High School
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2114:Olorunnipa, Toluse.
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1342:ZZZZ Best case study
922:personality disorder
870:criminal information
637:born-again Christian
398:controlling interest
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2259:Dow Jones Newswires
2182:Reckard, E. Scott.
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342:Southern California
271:San Fernando Valley
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2699:2012-09-24 at the
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2012:2010-07-30 at the
1562:The New York Times
1436:The New York Times
988:On June 14, 2011;
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890:Patricia A. Seitz
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