A teenage entrepreneur charms Southern California, and then Wall Street, with his rapidly growing carpet cleaning and insurance restoration empire.

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Sources:

• Behind ‘Whiz Kid’ Is a Trail of False Credit Card Billings [LAT]
• Minkow Is Convicted on All Charges: Jury Decides That ZZZZ Best Founder Masterminded Fraud [LAT]
  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-15-mn-362-story.html
• ZZZZ Best: The House of Cards Falls [LAT]
  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-06-mn-6256-story.html
• Police Learn How Mob Moved In on Minkow [LAT]
  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-mn-44325-story.html
• Last Loose End Wrapped Up in ZZZZ Best Fraud Case [LAT]
  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-05-mn-54183-story.html
• Barry Minkow to Help U.S. Investigators as Part of Plea Deal [LAT]
  https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-mar-30-la-fi-minkow-plea-20110330-story.html
• The Secretary Who Helped Uncover One of America’s Strangest Ponzi Schemes [The Hustle] https://thehustle.co/the-secretary-who-helped-uncover-one-of-americas-strangest-ponzi-schemes
• Barry Minkow Charged With Conspiracy to Manipulate Lennar Stock [DOJ]
  https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/fls/PressReleases/2011/110324-01.html
• Barry Minkow Sentenced for Securities Fraud Conspiracy (Lennar Short-Sale Case) [DOJ]
  https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/fls/PressReleases/2011/110721-02.html
• Former Inmate Turned Pastor Barry Minkow Pleads Guilty to Bilking Congregation [DOJ]
  https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-sdca/legacy/2015/04/30/cas14-0122-MinkowPR.pdf
• Notorious Conman Turned Pastor Barry Minkow Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Bilking Congregation [DOJ]
  https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/notorious-conman-turned-pastor-barry-minkow-sentenced-five-years-prison-bilking
• Barry Minkow Gets Five More Years [Courthouse News]
  https://www.courthousenews.com/barry-minkow-getsfive-more-years/
• Con Man Gets Prison for San Diego Church Fraud [AP News]
  https://apnews.com/general-news-91612bdc0afb48178a38a41ab99b27bc
• Barry Minkow: All-American Con Man [Fortune]
  https://fortune.com/2012/01/05/barry-minkow-all-american-con-man/