Date: May 17, 2019
Network: Bloomberg – Odd Lots with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway
Topic: If you lived in NYC a few decades ago, you probably have heard of Crazy Eddie, an electronics retailer that was famous for its outlandish ads on TV. What most people didn’t know until after it went public, is that the company was built on financial fraud. In this week’s episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we speak with its former CFO Sam Antar about the company’s shenanigans, and how it all came undone.
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Date: March 7, 2019
Network: AM970 Radio with Frank Morano
Topic: Sam Antar tells the incredible true story of “Crazy Eddie”- the store and the person. Sam was the CFO of Crazy Eddie before becoming a convicted felon. Now he’s a forensic accountant. The story is wild enough to be….. INSANE!
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Date: June 2015
Network: (Dis)Honesty Project
Topic: (Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies: Deluxe Edition (Appearing in Bonus Features)
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Date: February 19, 2015
Network: CNBC
Topic: Finally! The US is busting Israeli banks
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Date: February 5, 2015
Network: CNBC
Topic: Former Crazy Eddie CFO and convicted felon Sam Antar gives his take on Michael Grimm’s tax evasion case.
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Date: July 29, 2014
Network: Wall Street Journal Live
Topic: White Collar Crime 101
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Date: April 23, 2014
Network: RT News
Program: Boom Bust
Topic: Herbalife Citigroup and Banamex
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Date: March 7, 2014
Network: Fox Business
Program: Varney & Co.
Topic: Former Scam Artist Says Bitcoin is a Criminal Magnet
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Date: February 4, 2014
Network: RT News
Program: Boom Bust
Topic: Occupy Accounting shenanigans Herbalife, multi-tier marketing, pyramid schemes
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Date: October 29, 2013
Network: RT News
Program: Boom Bust
Topic: DOJ and Wall Street
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Date: August 19, 2013
Network: RT News
Program: The Prime Interest
Topic: Occupy Bank Cards and Defrauding the Auditors
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Date: June 24, 2013
Network: RT News
Program: The Prime Interest
Topic: Tips from a white-collar book-cooker
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Date: June 6, 2013
Network: CNBC
Program: Power Lunch
Topic: CNBC investigates John Thomas Financial CEO Tommy Belesis who is accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Agency of securities fraud and threatening witnesses.
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Date: May 23, 2013
Network: Fox Business
Program: Varney & Company
Topic: IRS – The Scariest Government Agency. Convicted fraudster Sam Antar on his time working for the Internal Revenue Service after his sentence.
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Date: April 23, 2013
Network: CNBC
Program: Street Signs
Topic: A bankruptcy trustee is going after the former Governor and head of MF Global Jon Corzine, reports CNBC’s Kayla Tausche. Sam Antar, White Collar Fraud blog author, weighs in.
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Date: April 4, 2013
Network: Fox Business
Program: Money with Melissa Francis
Topic: Does Financial Industry Attract Career Criminals?
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Date: August 2, 2012
Network: RT News
Program: Capital Account
Topic: White Collar Crime
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Date: July 25, 2012
Network: CNBC
Program: American Greed
Topic: The Jersey Score
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Date: May 14, 2012
Network: Reuters TV
Program: Decoder
Topic: Green Mountain Coffee Fudged its Numbers
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Date: January 10, 2012
Network: NY1
Program: NY1 At 20
Topic: NY1 At 20: 1993 Report Follows Extradited Return Of Eddie Antar
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Date: September 14, 2011
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Varney & Company
Topic: Who’s at Fault for Solyndra Scam? Former Crazy Eddie’s CFO Sam Antar sounds off on the growing scandal surrounding the solar-panel company
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Date: August 26, 2011
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Varney & Company
Topic: Former Crazy Eddie’s CFO Sam Antar discusses whether billionaire investor Warren Buffett would benefit from higher taxes
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Date: July 8, 2011
Network: Russia Today
Topic: Guilty until proven Innocent – justice in America?
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Date: June 13, 2011
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Varney & Company
Topic: Investor Fraud in China – Former Crazy Eddie’s CFO Sam Antar argues Americans should be cautious about investing in Chinese companies.
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Date: April 20, 2011
Network: Reuters
Topic: Crazy Eddie vet on finding white-collar scammers
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Date: April 18, 2011
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Nightly Scoreboard
Topic: White House Misleading America on State of Debt
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Date: April 14, 2011
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Varney & Co.
Topic: Former Crazy Eddie’s CFO Sam Antar sounds off on the government’s accounting tricks
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Date: March 29, 2011
Network: KERN 1180
Program: The Moneywise Guys
Topic: White-Collar Crime
Date: January 16, 2011
Network: Fox News
Program: Geraldo At Large
Host: Geraldo Rivera
Topic: Rapper Fifty Cent
Date: October 26, 2010
Network: WCAX TV
Program: News
Topic: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Insider Trading
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Date: August 25, 2010
Network: KERN 1180
Program: The Moneywise Guys
Host: David Anderson
Topic: Crazy Eddie Fraud
Date: July 23, 2010
Network: CTV News Channel Canada
Program: CTV News Tonight with Marcia MacMillan
Topic: What it’s like to be a white-collar criminal
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Date: April 17, 2010
Network: Fox News
Program: Geraldo At Large
Host: Geraldo Rivera
Topic: SEC Complaint Against Goldman Sachs
Date: February 15, 2010
Network: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Program: Connect
Interviewer: Mark Kelley
Topic: Inside White-Collar Crime – Convicted of fraud, Sam Antar gives insight into the mentality of white-collar crimes
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Date: November 5, 2009
Network: CNBC
Program: The Kudlow Report
Interviewer: Larry Kudlow
Topic: Is Insider Trading All That Bad? Debate Between Donald J. Boudreaux and Sam Antar
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Date: 2009
Documentary: Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
Produced by: Danny Schechter
Date: September 27, 2009
Network: WMCA 570 AM NYC
Interviewer: Zev Brenner
Topic: White Collar Criminals and Redemption
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Date: September 15, 2009
Network: Russia Today
Interviewer: Anastasia Churkina
Topic: Black Monday one year on: what’s in sight?
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Date: August 19, 2009
Network: National Public Radio
Program: Planet Money
Host: Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum
Topic: The Crazy Eddie Fraud – Inside The Mind Of A Financial Criminal
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Date: August 6, 2009
Network: Progressive Radio Network
Host: Danny Schechter
Topic: Wall Street Crime
Date: June 30, 2009
Network: Fox Business Channel
Program: America’s Nightly Scoreboard
Host: Brian Sullivan
Topic: Bernie Madoff
Date: June 30, 2009
Program: The Close
Network: Canadian Business News Network
Hosts: Kim Parlee & Andy Bell
Topic: Bernie Madoff
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Date: May 26, 2009
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Money for Breakfast
Host: Alexis Glick
Topic: Crazy Eddie – The Movie
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Date: March 12, 2009
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Money for Breakfast
Host: Alexis Glick
Topic: Bernie Madoff and White-Collar Crime
Date: March 11, 2009
Network: Fox Business Network
Program: Money for Breakfast
Host: Alexis Glick
Topic 1: What’s going through Bernie Madoff’s mind while committing fraud
Topic 2: What can be done to prevent schemes like Madoff from happening again
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Date: February 1, 2009
Network: Fox News Network
Program: Geraldo At Large
Host: Kimberly Guilfoyle
Topic: White Collar Crime, Bernie Madoff, and Nicholas Cosmo
Date: January 30, 2008
Program: Live Desk
Network: Fox News Network
Interviewed by: Martha MacCallum and Gregg Jarrett
Topic: Former fraudster on how he helped pulled off the biggest scam of the 1980s and discusses Bernie Madoff
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Date: January 27, 2009
Network: WYNW Fox News 5 New York
Program: Local News
Topic: Ex-con sheds light on Mindset of Investment Swindlers
Interviewed by: Harry Martin
Date: October 31, 2007
Network: WKSL News Radio, Salt Lake City Utah
Program: Local News
Topic: Crook Speaks to ‘Good Guys’ at Fraud Conference
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Date: Monday July 23, 2007 – 9 PM/ 12 AM ET
Network: CNBC
Program: Business Nation
Correspondent: Herb Greenberg
Producer: Jeff Pohlman
Topic: Herb Greenberg interviews Crazy Eddie and Sam E. Antar
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CNBC Press Release: Crazy Eddie Masterminds, Eddie and Sam Antar, Confront Each Other for the First Time in 20 Years on CNBC’S “Business Nation”
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Date: November 22, 2006
Network: CNBC
Program: Kudlow & Company
Hosted by: Bill Griffeth
Topic: Sarbanes-Oxley
Other participants: John Rutledge of Rutledge Capital, Gary Shilling of A. Gary Shilling & Company, John Augustine of Fifth Third Asset Management, and economist Ben Stein.
Date: February 12, 2007
Network: NPR WXXI Rochester, New York
Program: 1370 Connection
Topic: How to Commit Fraud and how Business can stop it
Interviewed by: Bob Smith
Date: Initially March 2005
Network: Court TV and now in syndication
Program: Masterminds Series
Topic: Crazy Eddie
Produced by: Red Apple Entertainment