The family took Crazy Eddy public, suppressing information about the company's actual financial situation as they did so.
Antar took the funds raised from the investors and absconded, after having been arrested and released after he promised to appear.
He was arrested in Israel and extradited back to New York. He got sentenced to eight years at Club Fed.
Thanks for the info. I didn’t remember him as getting off scott-free. He got off easy.. considering.