The Crazy Eddie Story” –White Collar Fraud.com
A detailed summary of Crazy Eddie from Sam Antar’s perspective, including how the business started, its corporate culture fostered by Eddie Antar, and the fraud schemes perpetrated within Crazy Eddie.
“Crazy Eddie: The Many Faces of Fraud” –White Collar Fraud.com
A detailed description of the Crazy Eddie fraud, including the steps they took to perpetrate the fraud, their rationalization, increasing the fraud on a larger scale when they went public, tables displaying the financial impact the fraud had on the company, and how Sam Antar used his experience working at Penn & Horowitz auditors to take advantage of them.
“Crazy Eddie Founder Guilty of Fraud” by Jeanne B. Pinder –New York Times, July 21, 1993
Article discussing the conviction of Eddie Antar after he was captured in Israel and extradited to the United States in January1992. The article details the counts of fraud, his potential prison sentence and fines and includes a background of the fraud.
Crazy Eddie” - Con Artist Hall of Infamy
An informative overview about the con artist Eddie Antar, the background of the fraud, the damage he did, and the outcome and where he is now.
“The long and wild Crazy Eddie investor fraud case nears the end” by Ted Sherman –True Jersey, March 4, 2012
Article about the Eddie Antar case starting to end after a long time. Details include what the SEC charged the company with and how they are recovering stockholders’ investments.
Takes one to know one” –CNN Money, December 25, 2007
Sam Antar teaches students how to spot fraud in public companies, relating from his own experience about how easy it was to hide the company’s problems from auditors.
“Crazy Eddie fraudster says SEC can’t keep up” by Ronald D. Orol. –Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal
Article interviewing Sam Antar about the “economics of white collar crime” and his opinion that auditors are inadequately trained to detect fraud.
“OUR TOWNS; Best and Worst of Times In Tale of 2 Crazy Eddies” by Kirk Johnson- Business Insights: Essentials, New York Times. June 22 1993
Article depicting the conflicting personality of Eddie Antar and the aftermath of the fraud.
“Crazy Eddie and the $120 Million Rip-off”- The Journal of Accountancy
Article from the Journal of Accountancy reviews the five methods of financial statement fraud and the schemes that were used in the Crazy Eddie case. It also illustrates fundamental lessons that auditors can learn from the case.
"Where are they now?”- Investment News, October 18, 2009
Article details the major players’ sentences and describes their lives in the aftermath of the fraud.
“Calculated Madness: The rise and fall of Crazy Eddie Antar” by Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain’s New York Business
Article provides an in depth look at Eddie Antar and discusses the ups and downs of the Antar family.
A detailed summary of Crazy Eddie from Sam Antar’s perspective, including how the business started, its corporate culture fostered by Eddie Antar, and the fraud schemes perpetrated within Crazy Eddie.
“Crazy Eddie: The Many Faces of Fraud” –White Collar Fraud.com
A detailed description of the Crazy Eddie fraud, including the steps they took to perpetrate the fraud, their rationalization, increasing the fraud on a larger scale when they went public, tables displaying the financial impact the fraud had on the company, and how Sam Antar used his experience working at Penn & Horowitz auditors to take advantage of them.
“Crazy Eddie Founder Guilty of Fraud” by Jeanne B. Pinder –New York Times, July 21, 1993
Article discussing the conviction of Eddie Antar after he was captured in Israel and extradited to the United States in January1992. The article details the counts of fraud, his potential prison sentence and fines and includes a background of the fraud.
Crazy Eddie” - Con Artist Hall of Infamy
An informative overview about the con artist Eddie Antar, the background of the fraud, the damage he did, and the outcome and where he is now.
“The long and wild Crazy Eddie investor fraud case nears the end” by Ted Sherman –True Jersey, March 4, 2012
Article about the Eddie Antar case starting to end after a long time. Details include what the SEC charged the company with and how they are recovering stockholders’ investments.
Takes one to know one” –CNN Money, December 25, 2007
Sam Antar teaches students how to spot fraud in public companies, relating from his own experience about how easy it was to hide the company’s problems from auditors.
“Crazy Eddie fraudster says SEC can’t keep up” by Ronald D. Orol. –Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal
Article interviewing Sam Antar about the “economics of white collar crime” and his opinion that auditors are inadequately trained to detect fraud.
“OUR TOWNS; Best and Worst of Times In Tale of 2 Crazy Eddies” by Kirk Johnson- Business Insights: Essentials, New York Times. June 22 1993
Article depicting the conflicting personality of Eddie Antar and the aftermath of the fraud.
“Crazy Eddie and the $120 Million Rip-off”- The Journal of Accountancy
Article from the Journal of Accountancy reviews the five methods of financial statement fraud and the schemes that were used in the Crazy Eddie case. It also illustrates fundamental lessons that auditors can learn from the case.
"Where are they now?”- Investment News, October 18, 2009
Article details the major players’ sentences and describes their lives in the aftermath of the fraud.
“Calculated Madness: The rise and fall of Crazy Eddie Antar” by Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain’s New York Business
Article provides an in depth look at Eddie Antar and discusses the ups and downs of the Antar family.