The elder Antar cooked the. — The man who turned the Crazy Eddie electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Eddie was a family man, a ladies man, and a rich man. Sam Antar, the felonious former CFO of Crazy Eddie, is now teaching students and prosecutors how to spot fraud in public companies. . Crazy Eddie began as a family-controlled operation with Eddie Antar as the key. Here's a quick look at 11 moments during his rise and fascinatingly bizarre fall: Antar opened his first Crazy Eddie electronics store in 1969 on Kings Highway in. Nearly 30 years after the fact, the. Eddie married first name Antar (born Rosen) . Eddie Antar now owned 2/3 of Sights and Sounds and his father Sam M. The girl had been at the hospital since hours after the Feb. Eddie Antar died in 2016. Ms. Eddie Antar, Who Started The Crazy Eddie Chain With 'Insane!' Prices, Dies At 68 : The Two-Way He took the electronics chain from one store in Brooklyn, N. JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home has left the hospital and gone to her new home, where she was with her paternal aunt’s family Monday. In response to a motion by the SEC, the court on June 29, 1990 determined that “ (1) Eddie Antar made illegal profits of $52,519,548 from the sale of the stock of Crazy Eddie, Inc. He was 68. The last Crazy Eddie stores closed for good at the end of 1989. Lives in Brooklyn. Eddie (Samuel) Antar was born on month day 1947, in birth place, New York, to Samuel (Murad) Antar and Rose (Abraham) Antar (born Tawil). 10. Financial backing for the business will come largely from the family matriarch, Rose Antar, the 72-year-old mother of Eddie and Mitchell who, with her husband, Sam, 76, helped start the business. OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N. This chapter discusses how, during the 1980s, Sam E. Antar fled in 1990. Antar's relatives. Cofounder of the electronics retail chain Crazy Eddie, Inc. Antar co-founded Crazy Eddie in the early 1970s with his father and another family member as a single store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, New York. ‘Womber means ‘fire ablaze at night-time when it’s calm; the fire makes that noise, womber, womber. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discount stores in the New York of the 1970s with unforgettably loud TV commercials, a reputation for low prices and a compelling story about an underdog family of Syrian Jews who had fled persecution and built a successful. Here's a quick look at 11 moments during his rise and fascinatingly bizarre fall: Antar opened his first Crazy Eddie electronics store in 1969 on Kings Highway in Brooklyn. Sept. Whether you wear women's clothing or men's clothing you’ll find the original artwork that’s perfect for you. He also is the nephew of Eddie Antar, who founded the Crazy Eddie electronics stores in the 1970s and 1980s, who defrauded investors out of. Eddie Antar, in 94-5230 — Holding that resignation from conspiracy is insufficient if the defendant “continues to do acts in furtherance of the 18 conspiracy and continues to receive benefits from the conspiracy’s operations”Writers on a NE Stage. At a time when most electronics stores were small (“kleyn”) storefronts, Antar created electronics SUPERSTORES that sold the new gadgets consumers were clamoring for in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1989, Sirota filed a civil suit against Antar who was still in the US. Eddie, Ronnie, and Sam M. RIP," he wrote. No one's prices have been quite as "insaaaaaaane. Debbie # 1 confronted Eddie walking to a stretch limousine with Debbie # 2 and a huge street fight erupted between them. The Bloomfield-Cooper funeral home in Ocean. Eddie Antar once reigned over an electronics chain with 43 locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, NJ Advance Media reported. “Crazy Eddie” was Eddie Antar, the grandson of Syrian immigrants, who started a modest stereo shop in Brooklyn and parlayed it into a retail empire grossing $350 million annually. Wall Street swooned. 8 million from 1984 to 1987 by selling 6. At its height, Crazy Eddie had 43 stores in four North Eastern states. “Crazy” Eddie Antar, dubbed the “Darth Vader of Capitalism” by the then. Sam A. Carella, Esq. Eddie Antar, better known as “Crazy Eddie,” is a very prevalent fraudster in the world of accounting. Mitchell Antar, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay back $3. We discussed that Eddie Antar came from a Syrian family who had always been merchants before they came to the United States in the 1920s. I am glad we were able to make our Truck purchase from Eddie Antar. Eddie. The. See the article in its original context from July 15, 1993, Section D. The Bloomfield-Cooper. The repatriation order again came up during the trial when Eddie's daughter 57. Still, he knows what it is like to be on the run: He was. 5 million in principal and interest to regulators to help reimburse Crazy Eddie shareholders, who lost about $120 million, the S. The chain grew rapidly during the years when the VCR hit the market. Judge Ackerman began his opinion as follows: There is perhaps no more insidious drain on the. m. Deborah is 74 years old and was born in June 1949. Though both of her parents work, they cannot afford medical insurance for themselves or her. 0:52. Mr. In 1981, Sam passed the CPA. In 1987, Eddie Antar was forced out, and a physical inventory undertaken by new management revealed that $40 million of merchandise did not exist. , and Eddie’s cousin Ronnie Gindi started with a single electronics retailer store in Brooklyn, NY 1969in , called ‘Sights and Sounds’, with each of owning a third of the company. The complete story of the rise and downfall of Eddie Antar and the Crazy Eddie chain is told in a new book called “Retail Gangster: The INSANE, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie,” written by veteran investigative journalist Gary Weiss. The Antar family committed a laundry list of scams making it look like business was booming. Eddie Antar (R), once known as 'Crazy Eddie,' New York's electronics king, is led by an Israeli police detective for a remand hearing after his arrest, June 25, 1992. Crazy Eddie’s fraudulent empire. F. Weiss deftly weaves the family story, with the New York Zeitgeist of the 1970s and 1980s, along with the rather complicated frauds committed by the Sam and Eddie Antar. Eddie Antar defrauded investors out of more than $74 million, and died in 2016. Stiff Sentence. Antar is the nephew of the late Eddie Antar — the proprietor of Crazy Eddie’s electronic retailers that were ubiquitous in the Northeast in the 1970s and 1980s. m. Antar, and was previously named ERS Electronics . Mr. Available on Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee. Antar allegedly used about $974,000 in… The nephew of “Crazy Eddie,” the New York retail legend who later went to prison on fraud charges, has himself been charged with allegedly committing. The film is being financed by eOne. Sam A. The project was set by eOne late last year, with an exclusive rights deal has been made with Crazy Eddie’s cousin and co-conspirator Sam E. Natalie was the second Cantor daughter and truly the hardest one to find information on. Much like Frank Abagnale Jr of Catch Me If You Can. To meet analysts’ expectations, we conceived of a plan called the “Panama Pump”. , U. We’ll also look back at Crazy. Antar sold the bulk of his Crazy Eddie stock - 1. Antar, will provide straight talk and facts as to the dangers of fraud, lack of internal controls, lack of careful auditing, and how criminals take advantage of human nature and the weaknesses of others. " Eddie Antar, co-founder of the Crazy Eddie electronic retail chain, died Saturday at age 68. The younger Antar, who had become Crazy Eddie’s CFO, pled guilty to charges of securities and mail fraud conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Antar, was CFO of Crazy Eddie and was complicit in its fraud. TUCKER The Atlanta Regional and Miami Branch Offices announced that, on June 26, the Honorable Jose A. E. Antar co-founded Crazy Eddie in the early 1970s with his father and another family member as a single store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, New York. 28-Jan-1890. Electronics kingpin "Crazy Eddie," left, died Saturday at the age of 68. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discount stores in the New York of the 1970s with unforgettably loud TV commercials, a reputation for low prices and a compelling story about an underdog family of Syrian Jews. Sam M. E. The government and various civil litigants recovered over $75 million from Eddie and $2 million from Mitchell. Headquartered in Edison, it grew to 43 stores in four states. June 29, 2012, 4:27 p. Highly recommend him to all shoppers. Antar expanded his business from a single Brooklyn store, founded in 1969, into the largest consumer electronics chain in. Dealership Rating. Sam Antar’s cousin Eddie Antar was the mastermind behind the various schemes and hired his relatives to work at the electronics chain to help aid and abet the fraud. 1051. Stiff and unable to bend. February 27, 1990 arrest warrant for Eddie Antar. 89-3773 (JCL) (D. JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home has left the hospital and gone to her new home, where she was with her paternal aunt’s family Monday. 0:00. Born: 18-Dec-1947 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Died: 10-Sep-2016 Location of death: Ocean Township, NJ Cause of death: unspecified. Source citation. Eddie Antar came from a low rent neighborhood in Brooklyn from a family of merchants. Antar on how the illegal schemes had been carried out. Daphne Guinness [English] Peter Beard and Cheryl Tiegs, Supermodel, represented Peter Beard. Crazy Eddie was founded in 1969 by Eddie Antar and his father, Sam M. The father of five's cause of death has not been made public. The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to the definition of "accredited investor" in the Commission's rules and the definition of "qualified institutional buyer" in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Subscribe to FAQ NYC on Apple, Spotify, or pretty much everywhere podcasts are found. Tweet on TwitterFollowing his time in prison, Antar desperately tried to start one electronics effort after another, but ultimately they all failed. Headquartered in Edison, it grew to 43 stores in four states. N EW YORK — Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. Sammy pleaded guilty to three felonies. Their prices were insane. The real story of Crazy Eddie is a familiar American story of wild success. T-shirts, hoodies, tops, dresses, skirts, hats, and more in a huge range of styles, colors, and sizes (XS - plus size). The Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels in New Jersey confirmed Antar’s death to CNNMoney on Sunday. Antar, 41 years old, and two other executives violated insider trading laws by selling more than $60 million of their private holdings in Crazy Eddie stock at a time when the. On this episode of Dirty Money, co-hosts Jon Small and Dan Bova speak with Gary Weiss,. Y. It also evokes the saga of the Syrian. Y. Rider University. Antar was the primary person that told me. "A. said Mr. He was 68. , founder of the Roseland-based law firm of Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody, and Agnello, P. Eddie Antar, the founder of the electronics chain Crazy Eddie, which collapsed amid accusations of accounting fraud, has died at the age of 68. All groups and messages. Post a Question. Antar was the force, if not the face, behind the Crazy Eddie electronics chain whose pitchman dominated the airwaves in the 1970’s and 80’s with a motor-mouth delivery and the tagline, “These prices are insane!’’Convicted Felon, former CPA, and former Crazy Eddie CFO Sam Antar speaks out about white-collar crime . By 1987,Antar's firm, Crazy Eddie , Inc. Brooklyn, New Jersey. Benjamin Kuszer, 48, of Brooklyn, New York, is Eddie's brother- in-law. Danielle Antar: Birthdate: estimated between 1952 and 2012 : Death: Immediate Family: Daughter of Eddie Antar and Private Sister of Private; Private; Private; Private and Private . Tommy on Eight is Enough. Crazy Eddie Fraud Case. Eddie Antar was a Brooklyn-born businessman who in 1971 started the electronic retail store, “Crazy Eddie. By Peter Carbonara Sam Antar testified against his cousin, Crazy. He was 68. The real Eddie, last name Antar, was born in 1947 to Sam M. He also is the nephew of Eddie Antar, who founded the Crazy Eddie electronics stores in the 1970s and 1980s, who defrauded investors out of. Sam E. Johanna Frances Antar, American computer consultant. Managed by: Private User Last Updated: April 29, 2022His cousin, chief executive Eddie Antar, ultimately went to prison for about seven years. As the story goes, Antar launched his Crazy Eddie franchise in Brooklyn, which quickly grew to a total of 43 stores throughout the New York metropolitan area. provided similar testimony for fiscal. Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty ImagesDeadline reports that Jon Turteltaub, director of the National Treasure films and The Meg, will helm Insane, which will track the real Crazy Eddie's rise and fall. opened its. And interesting enough, Danny DeVito is set to direct a biopic about his life. In 1990, Antar fled to Israel after being indicted on securities fraud and insider trading. In July 1984, Sam E. Eddie's cousin Sam Antar, tells us how they did it and. Sam A. The rise and spectacular fall of the chain, and its CEO Eddie Antar is the subject of a the book Retail Gangster: The INSANE, Real-Life Story of CRAZY EDDIE by. Eddie Antar was convicted of illegally pocketing $75 million by selling his stock when he knew that its price was artificially inflated through bogus inventory and sales figures. I am a former CPA and former Chief Financial Officer of Crazy Eddie, Inc. Eddie was a millionaire, with roughly 53 million dollars in. He. Antar also must pay $250,000 more in restitution during the first five years he is out of prison, U. Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. Sam Antar was the government's key witness and informant on the Crazy Eddie fraud which spanned 18 years. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 168. View More Reviews on. He was 68. The fraud at Crazy Eddie was one of the longest running in modern times, lasting from 1969 to 1987. Antar’s death on Saturday was. A mother brings her daughter into the emergency room during an asthma attack. Antar eventually sold out for a large profit, but stockholders lost huge amounts of money when Crazy Eddie filed for bankruptcy in 1989 and then went out of business. (1995) - Free download as PDF File (. Divorced Eddie in 1984 and, with her daughters, paid $3. Now Sam Antar, 52, is using the expertise he gained as a criminal to uncover accounting problems at other. In 1984, Eddie Antar divorced his wife, and the Crazy Eddie family organization began to fracture. Antar is well known for his schemes regarding Crazy Eddie Electronics, the company he cofounded with his father. Antar started in the early '70s with a single electronics store in Brooklyn and his empire eventually grew to 43 stores in four states. 1. , and a prominent leader in New Jersey legal, government, and Catholic affairs, died peacefully at the age of 89 on November 4th at his home in Cedar Grove, N. Several of the employees of. He died on 10 September 2016, in New Jersey, United. ”. Known as Eddie Antar, he became a pioneer. " App. Serial fraudster Sam A. His death was confirmed by the Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels in Ocean Township, N. Sam Antar, 57, is a felon and former certified public accountant who helped perpetrate one of the largest securities frauds of the 1980s at Crazy Eddie, a chain of electronics stores based in New. Founded by father and son team Sam M. Charles C. Litig. (2) 1980-1984: Gradually reducing skimming to increase profit growth in preparation for the initial public offering, i. By 1987,. In 1987, Eddie Antar was forced out, and a physical inventory undertaken by new management revealed that $40 million of merchandise did not exist. provided similar testimony for fiscal. Eddy Antar, Eddie Antar's uncle, was corporate treasurer. Eddie Antar, his father Sam M. By. Mitchell Antar has resigned as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Crazy Eddie Inc. In November 1986, Mr. Filed: 1995-04-12 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 53 F. Sam Antar, the felonious former CFO of Crazy Eddie, is now teaching students and prosecutors how to spot fraud in public companies. In 2013, Sam Antar was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for taking $225,000 in a fraudulent investment scheme. , Inc. Owner of the famous Crazy Eddie chain of stores. NEWARK, N. Eddie Antar And Daughters Philanthropic Fund, Inc. Eddie Antar was born in New York in 1947 and with his relatives set up discount electronics store Sight and Sound in 1969. The bidders said that they already owned 14 percent of Crazy Eddie's 31. It was unsuccessful to begin. RIP," he wrote. Eddie Antar was 68. S. UMASS Boston Eddie Antar Crazy Eddie. com. The money involved was dwarfed by the Crazy Eddie saga, which bilked. "I remember Marvin buying Eddie a dog, or maybe Eddie bought one for Marvin," Mr. 1 Despite this modest beginning, Antar would eventually dominate the retail consumer elec- tronics market in the New York City. . “The kid is a degenerate gambler,” Sam. of 1. Antar died in Ocean Township, New Jersey, home on Saturday. 8Crazy Eddie, Inc. Mr. Eddie Antar, his father Sam M. Although Eddie. , committing securities fraud by “going legit”. In other words, he turns the complicated and baffling into simple and understandable. 1609) 1680 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, dies at 69;. Antar, the. Mr. Retail Gangster (Hachette Books, August 23, 2022), his fourth book, is an inside look at Eddie Antar---a marketing genius who turned a tiny Brooklyn store into the heart of a corporate empire, the largest retailer of consumer electronics in the northeast. Apr 05, 2021. Mitchell Antar, 39, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay back $3. Antar's uncle hid up to $3. Antar, a window trimmer whose finances revolved around suitcases of cash known as “nehkdi,” and his second wife, Rosie Tawil, the. In Episode 124 of Fraud Talk, Gary. The notoriety of this case has continued into the 21st century. New Yorkers know the company — which imploded when. Other attempts have. By the time he was 21, Eddie had already developed a reputation in the retail industry for saying anything to make a sale; some considered him an early master of the “bait and switch” technique. Antar lives in Brooklyn. Antar, nephew of the crook behind the epic Crazy Eddie scam, last week settled a federal securities-fraud case from his New Jersey prison. Eddie's father, Sam, who openly sympathized with his daughter-in-law, suffered a heart attack days after the New. As Crazy Eddie collapsed, newly uncovered documents show, Mr. The Crazy Eddie brand was born when Eddie Antar opened an electronics store in Brooklyn in the 1970s and became known as “that crazy guy” who offered insanely low discounts. It is intended to be turned over to the S. On one cold February night in 1977, Eddie Antar walked out of an Upper West Side discotheque called Hurrah's and was attacked by two men. She and her daughters paid $3. Crazy Eddie was an American retail store chain run by the Antar family, which was established as a private company in 1969 in Brooklyn, New York by businessmen Eddie and Sam M. He also is the nephew of Eddie Antar, who founded the Crazy Eddie electronics stores in the 1970s and 1980s, who defrauded investors out of more than $74 million. Licensed to: iChapters User CASE 1. A man’s face on 20Now 62, Antar ended up cooperating with the feds, which helped them convict Eddie Antar on multiple charges, sending him to prison for a seven-year stretch. J. Eddie Antar, the mastermind behind New York’s infamous Crazy Eddie CE chain, died on Sept. Eddie Antar was 68. Antar's minor children. A certified public accountant, he had. Fled to Israel in February 1990 to avoid prosecution with $53 million in Swiss bank accounts. The Antar family criminal enterprise ranged from under-reporting income taxes in the 1970s. Eddie married first name Antar (born Rosen) . By 1989 the company was bankrupt. Eddie's father, Sam, who openly sympathized with his daughter-in-law, suffered a heart attack days after the New Year's Eve confrontation. Family turmoil persisted and. Sam E. J. Antar owns 11 percent and the Belzbergs the remainder. Facing multiple charges in connection with the fraud, Eddie fled the country and lived using assumed names and the millions he had stashed in foreign bank accounts in several countries. 1051. Antar is the nephew of Eddie Antar, who founded the Crazy Eddie electronics stores in the 1970s and 1980s. Sammy’s testimony, in part, helped investigators trace Eddie’s Israeli bank accounts and other ill-gotten gains. Eddie Antar, 68, who owned retail chain Crazy Eddie electronics, has died. Antar, but also dismissed virtually all of Crazy Eddie's current management, including a number of Mr. JTA — Crazy Eddie was a consumer electronics empire built on hype. sentenced Eddie Antar, formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crazy Eddie, Inc. United States v. EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has set up Insane, a film based on the wild life of Eddie Antar, the late consumer electronics king who wound up serving six years in prison for perpetrating one of the…EDDIE ANTAR, SAM E. Three years later, he was extradited back to the U. New Jersey Department of Corrections. Convicted fraudster Sam Antar, who acted as CFO for the electronics chain Crazy Eddie in the 1980s, told a group of accountants Friday that the potential for fraud has been growing worse in recent years, despite Sarbanes-Oxley. ) Sam E. N. Eddie Antar and Sam M. There was a table for 12 at Brooklyn’s world-famous Peter Luger Steak House that remained empty, regardless of how busy the joint became, waiting for Eddie and his entourage whenever they just decided to show up for some cow. Eddie Antar started young. Carella, the court appointed Trustee/Receiver (Trustee/Receiver) for all of the assets of Eddie Antar, has recovered and returned to the United States $1,035,000 (US) from an account Antar controlled at a Montreal branch of a Canadian bank. e. E. Eddie Antar, the founder of the Crazy Eddie electronics retail chain known for its hugely popular TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s, and later brought down by a massive fraud scheme, died Saturday at the age of 68. . We’ll follow up on a story about the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest the experts say you should kill. I am glad we were able to make our Truck purchase from Eddie Antar. Stiff and unable to bend. Entrepreneur Eddie Antar grew his chain of discounts stores in the New York of the 1970s with unforgettably loud TV commercials, a. 2 (emphasis added). Marvin Jemal and Eddie Antar, the head of Crazy Eddie, shared an affection for dogs, for example. (AP) — The man who turned the Crazy Eddie electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. 1609) 1676 Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. Growing up poor he had dreams and aspirations of becoming a household name. Antar. Antar’s father tipped off his daughter and Antar’s wife that Antar would be on a date with his mistress in Manhattan. The chain's growth was helped by the introduction of the VCR. — Herb Greenberg (@herbgreenberg) September 10, 2016 "Love him/hate him, he was an original. The elder Mr. and is obligated to disgorge that amount; and (2) Eddie Antar is liable for prejudgment interest in the amount of $20,976,884. Shop Crazy Eddie clothing on Redbubble in confidence. Sam E. Crazy Eddie - Masterminds (Season 1, Episode 1) - Apple TV. Antar fled in 1990. The original store was located at 1117 Kings Highway in Brooklyn, New York. There, the founder and chief executive of Crazy Eddie Inc. Crazy Eddie may have died rich. CustomerService@mncpa. "Eddie Antar, Index No. Antar (co-founders of the company) one of the largest securities frauds of its time. In 1993 Eddie Antar, left, was convicted on racketeering and stock fraud charges. C. Eddie Antar, the founder of the Crazy Eddie chain of electronics stores, was sentenced to a total of eight years in prison and fined $250,000 today for falsifying the chain's books and fleeing the. the another true-crime story called "The Eels of Electronics", Where it should based on Eddie and Sam M. Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch; Jun 30 Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul. The Crazy Eddie chain, which closed in 1989, didn’t just execute one big scam, it ran dozens of them at once. 18, 1947, the grandson of Syrian Jewish immigrants. EDT 1 Min Read. There was a table for 12 at Brooklyn’s world-famous Peter Luger Steak House that remained empty, regardless of how busy the joint became, waiting for Eddie and his entourage whenever they just decided to show up for some cow. OCEAN TOWNSHIP - The man who turned the “Crazy Eddie” electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. He previously broke the news of Eddie Antar's death in 2016 and later authored a first-person memoir of his experience there. Operating undetected for years, Eddie’s business practices were grounded in fraud from the very beginning. Cofounder of the electronics retail chain Crazy Eddie, Inc. S. Antar is well known for his schemes regarding Crazy Eddie Electronics, the company he cofounded with his father. Crazy Eddie. Mr. Testimony of Sam E. In June 1992, the law finally caught up with Eddie Antar, alias David Cohen. Antar, and other members of Eddie’s immediate family, I helped to mastermind one of the largest securities frauds perpetrated in the 1980’s. Essay, Pages 8 (1852 words) Views. Aggressive, arrogant, and dictatorial are the words that best describes the way Eddie Antar's leadership. Antar to learn accounting so he could eventually work at the growing company’s small auditing firm, Penn and Horowitz. The term "crazy" came. He was extradited and in 1992, in a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to a single charge of racketeering. Ct. COURT ORDERS FORMER WIFE AND CHILDREN OF EDDIE ANTAR TO DISGORGE PROCEEDS OF INSIDER TRADING The U. They built a modest tasting room to showcase their authentic and natural style of winemaking and has grown while still keeping to its traditional roots. Crazy Eddie, New York City consumer electronics chain that failed after founder Eddie Antar and others pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges, returns as online entity based in. Ackerman ordered. In other words, he turns the complicated and baffling into simple and understandable. He was 68. Highly recommend him to all shoppers. In 1976, Larry Weiss, Crazy Eddie’s advertising director, hired WPIX-FM disc jockey Jerry Carroll as the official face of Crazy Eddie. “Crazy” Eddie Antar, dubbed the “Darth Vader of Capitalism” by the then-United StatesThe massacre was a real bean-spiller, and it was followed by the testimony of Eddie’s first cousin (and partner and C. Editor-in-chief, AccountingToday. Gonzalez, Jr. By Alpha-burn. ) Sam E. New Jersey against Eddie Antar, Sam E. Antar was sentenced pursuant to his plea of guilty to racketeering conspiracy in connection with a securities fraud and insider trading scheme at. sent his daughter Ellen Kuszer and daughter-in-law Robin Antar (Mitchell Antar’s wife) to accompany Debbie # 1 to Manhattan and catch Eddie in the act of partying with his mistress. J. Antar died in Ocean Township, New Jersey, home on Saturday. OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N. The man who turned the "Crazy Eddie" electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Tuesday night to share the. Antar, who went into business with his father, turned Crazy Eddie into the largest electronics chain in the New York metropolitan area. Director Jon Turteltaub, who we all know from Cool Runnings, While You Were Sleeping, National Treasure, and The Meg, has been hired to take on the task of directing the movie Insane, about the real life story of “Crazy” Eddie Antar, the Electronics King. Aug. Trump, who was one of his brothers-in-law, and Eddie Antar, the electronics retail chain executive known as Crazy Eddie. Antar's minor nephews and nieces but does not include 300,000 shares held by Deborah Antar, former wife of Eddie Antar, as custodian for Mr. Nearly 30 years after the fact, the. Eddie Antar defrauded investors out of more than $74 million, and died in 2016. But looking back at all of it, the entire story of Eddie Antar — forget about his prices — was insane. " App. Around 1972, WCBS-FM account representative Norm Golden talked Eddie Antar into buying radio advertising for $5 a spot. Eddie Antar, the Brooklyn-born man who created the chain of Crazy Eddie electronics stores only to watch it collapse when an underlying fraud was exposed, died on Saturday. He and members of his family were too busy engineering a $120 million rip-off. he helped us get a nice corolla for my daughter with no pressure and did his best to get us top dollar for an older trade, very much appreciated ! Thank you. The Crazy Eddie, Inc.