Read the bio below and try to give details on barry minkow 's: - conviction - charge - conviction status - conviction penalty - birth date - name - birth place - occupation Bio: barry jay minkow -lrb- born march 17 , 1967 -rrb- is an american former businessman , pastor , and convicted felon . while still in high school , he founded zzzz best -lrb- pronounced '' zee best '' -rrb- , 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 . the scheme is often used as a case study of accounting fraud . after being released from jail , minkow became a pastor and fraud investigator in san diego , and spoke at schools about ethics . this all came to an end in 2011 , when he admitted to helping deliberately drive down the stock price of homebuilder lennar and was ordered back to prison for five years . three years later , he admitted to defrauding his own church and was sentenced to an additional five years in prison . as a result of his crimes , he faces having to pay a total of $ 612 million in restitution -- an amount that he will likely spend the rest of his life repaying .
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- conviction is december march 30 2014 : pled guilty on january 22 14 , 1988 2011 : pled guilty on- charge is 1988 money laundering , mail fraud , tax evasion , bank : fraud , credit card fraud 2011 : conspiracy to commit racketeering securities fraud 2014 : conspiracy to commit bank fraud , , wire fraud , mail fraud and to defraud the united securities states fraud , embezzlement ,- conviction status is 1988 federal medical center , lexington ; federal bureau of prisons : register # 87560-012 ; earliest release date june 6 , released 2019 in 1995 2011 : incarcerated at- conviction penalty is 1988 years ' probation , : 25 years in federal prison , five- birth date is 17 march 1967- name is barry jay minkow- birth place is inglewood , california- occupation is carpet-cleaning company owner , fraud investigator , pastor