Barry Minkow came to America's attention in the early/mid 80s, when he became a teenage millionaire when he founded ZZZZ Best Carpet Cleaning, 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. It collapsed in 1987, costing investors and lenders $100 million: one of the largest investment frauds ever perpetrated by a single person, as well as one of the largest accounting frauds in history...he was convicted and went to jail...but that is in NO WAY where the story ends...and you can find out the whole story in the new Discovery Plus docu-series, King of the Con.