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Cousin of infamous fraudster 'Crazy Eddie' out to bring down Trump nemesis NY AG Letitia James
Fox News via Yahoo ^ | 4/27/25 | Michael Dorgan

Posted on 04/28/2025 5:43:39 PM PDT by Libloather

EXCLUSIVE: New York Attorney General Letitia James, who became President Donald Trump's nemesis after accusing him of mortgage fraud, is now battling the very same allegations, and her chief tormentor is a legendary scam artist who says he knows a crook when he sees one.

Sam Antar, who kept the books for his cousin, "Crazy Eddie" Antar, while he built a New York-area consumer electronics empire, helped his late relative skim cash and inflate the value of their company before leaving investors high and dry in the late 1980s. He says he knows every trick in the fraud book and smells a rat in James' real estate filings.

"I don't know how the wheels of justice will turn and, to be frank, I don't care as long as I'm right," said Antar, who has made his findings public. "If they fail to convict her, it's their humiliation and their embarrassment."

Antar pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, cooperating with prosecutors to help convict his cousin, whose chain's ads featured a maniacal pitchman pledging, "Our prices are insane!" While Eddie Antar fled to Israel, was extradited back to the U.S. and served time before dying in 2016, Sam Antar reinvented himself as a fraud expert for government agencies and law firms. He runs a website where he posts about his various investigations.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Antar said he worked alone and was the first to unearth documentation of James’ alleged mortgage fraud and posted it to his White Collar Fraud website weeks ago.

He said the strength of his findings, backed by his renowned reputation in the field of uncovering white-collar fraud for the government, eventually led to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) picking up the case and sending a criminal referral to the Justice Department.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: alexwitt; brendanbuck; crazy; crazyeddie; james; letitia; letitiajames; michaelhardaway; mortgagefraud; msnbc; ny; samantar
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To: Libloather

I don’t recall a Crazy Eddie fraud or scam.

I really miss him. Bought our first portable phone from him.. with a 36 inch whip antenna!

Curtis Mathes for our TVs, Carvel for our ice cream and fright night for our late night tv.

My God it was such a better time.


21 posted on 04/28/2025 6:27:07 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Back in the 90’s through the early 2000 years, Burton Gilliam was selling cars (commercials) in the Dallas (Texas y’all) area while wearing the outfit he wore in Blazing Saddles.


22 posted on 04/28/2025 6:27:35 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Libloather

Crazy Eddie was a complete crook, and his cousin helped manufacture the spectacular financial fraud.


23 posted on 04/28/2025 6:58:46 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Celerity
Almost from the beginning, Crazy Eddie engaged in fraudulent business practices, including under-reporting income, skimming sales taxes, and paying employees off the books.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Eddie

24 posted on 04/28/2025 7:01:51 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Blue Highway

Still have the Marantz 120 watt/channel receiver bought at his emporium


25 posted on 04/28/2025 7:03:09 PM PDT by slapshot ( GOPE republipussies are more dangerous than deranged progressives.)
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To: Blue Highway

Yeah, what was the scam? He had awesome deals.


26 posted on 04/28/2025 7:10:17 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Anyone who does not know this story should just go look it up . Sam and Eddie were scammers. Sam is a good person to have on this case. Tish James will have to be prosecuted. Too much fraud to ignore.


27 posted on 04/28/2025 7:21:19 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I was up in Marin county in the early ‘70s, I saw Cal Worthington commercials all the time... And this soft-spoken dude selling water beds. Those commercials ran all night long. I’m not sure if we were watching Elvira or not, it all sorta runs together nowadays....


28 posted on 04/28/2025 7:32:18 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: Clutch Martin

Water bed commercials! I forgot about those. I actually bought one in 1978 and it hurt my back so much I got rid of it right away. Something that seemed so right in concept!


29 posted on 04/28/2025 7:33:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: Celerity

Curtis Mathis television? You are really dating yourself!


30 posted on 04/28/2025 8:00:11 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yeah, those are the ones I remember.


31 posted on 04/28/2025 8:13:55 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Celerity
"Curtis Mathes"? You Johnny-come-lately! I remember our DuMont televisions around 1955 when I was four years old. Ours caught on fire briefly and dad got it out. I remember Dad replacing the picture tube in the TV when it wore out. He taught me how to short out the capacitors so you didn't get knocked on your ass or worse. Dad learned electronics as a radioman in the Marine Corps.

DuMont TVs were manufactured by DuMont Laboratories, founded by Allen B. DuMont in 1931. The company began producing television sets in 1938, with the Model 180, the first all-electronic consumer television receiver, sold in June 1938 for $395–$445 ($8,895-$10,022 in 2025!), featuring a 14-inch screen. DuMont was a pioneer in cathode ray tube (CRT) technology, extending CRT life from 24 to 1,000 hours, making TVs practical for consumers

32 posted on 04/28/2025 8:40:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: wjcsux

No way! They had Curtis mathes tvs in Total Recall!

It’ll be on Mars. I promise that.


33 posted on 04/29/2025 2:57:25 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My dad taught me about tubes as well. The person I actually learned?

Don’t touch it. RF burns are serious, life altering injuries


34 posted on 04/29/2025 2:58:23 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Celerity

I remember always being scared when dad would open up the back of the tv and dig into its guts. With his instruction and horror stories, I just KNEW he was going to get hurt or die.


35 posted on 04/29/2025 5:18:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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