Crazy Eddie: His prices were insane because it was all a criminal operation
If you lived in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980's,
you couldn't avoid the advertisements for electronics store
Crazy Eddie.
What I didn't realize until now was that the retail establishment
was a criminal operation from day one.
Sam Antar, Crazy Eddie CFO, and nephew of company namesake Eddie Antar,
talks us through the entire operation
in this riveting interview.
Along the way, you'll learn why it was at first advantageous
to under-report revenues,
then later why it became advantageous to return the unreported
money back to the system.
Unexpected skill you develop as a money launderer:
You can look at a bag and immediately calculate how much cash
will fit in it.
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