Con Man Page #9

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cash at this stage of your deal,

it was a b*tch, wasn't it?

When you're giving 18% to 40%

a year, the interest kills you.

Do the math.

Every day keeps you

a little deeper in the hole.

I did the math and then I did

eight Super Bowls in prison.

I'm not a criminal.

My investors double their

money every three years.

But I had to make

some risky investments

just to raise some money

for the investors

that didn't use

the trust fund.

Tough game we're in.

These hedge funds,

totally unregulated.

I'll stay afloat.

I'll get it all back.

I just need to survive until

one of my deals pay off big.

And then I'm home free.

All I need you to do

is be quiet.

So, no money

left in the fund?

More or less.

Olacane just

a front company?

Olacane? Why are you asking

about Olacane?

Just

interested in how...

Uh, just, you know, interested

in how other people do

things like I used to do.

Look, I've gotta go.

I hope you fellas enjoy the

rest of your stay here in LA.

Catch a Clipper game

or something.

What the...

Boss...

Check him.

Sh*t, cover's blown,

cover's blown. Move in.

What's this?

It's a wire.

You know something?

Screw this job.

Don's money.

Come on. Come on.

Come on.

Freeze! FBI!

Drop the case!

Down on the floor.

Stay right where you are.

Let's go.

Down to base camp.

When I heard Barry was

chasing after bad guys in his movie,

I said, "Come on, Barry.

I mean, let's get real.

"There's no way you did this.

"You're not an action hero."

The FBI did credit Barry for

his multiple efforts to uncover fraud.

But there was more

to the story.

Hey, genius, come here.

Yeah.

Let me ask you something.

What would you have done

if you caught those guys?

They are kind of big,

aren't they?

I learned in prison,

in a shower of all places,

that when you do the right thing,

God takes care of the details.

Good job, by the way.

Merry Christmas.

What's ironic

here is that

while Barry was bragging about the

$1.6 billion in fraud he'd uncovered,

he was hammering companies

whose stock he'd shorted

in a series of attacks often based

on misleading or false charges.

Causing not the companies

but thousands of innocent shareholders

to lose well over $3 billion.

I always wondered why no

one ever really talks about

how much he had cost

all of those people.

Way more than any amount of fraud

that he ever uncovered or prevented.

He was really on the right road,

he had everything going for him

and to go this crazy,

to do the things that he did,

even I was surprised.

And, look, not too much

surprises me.

I've been on the street a long time

and I've seen just about everything.

I don't think I've ever seen the

extent of what Barry has done.

I mean, this was a Madoff type of

thing. It turned out to be his downfall.

I watched Barry do an impassioned sermon

that to me was unbelievable oratory.

And he would then follow that up

after motivating his entire parish,

and go out in the lobby and

accept a check from somebody

that he knew he was going to

misappropriate and spend improperly.

I know we're supposed

to forgive. As Christians,

we're supposed to forgive.

Maybe I can say I forgive,

but I cannot forget.

I cannot ever forget

what he has done.

He stole more than $3 million

from the church personally,

and multiple millions of dollars from

the people in the church privately.

And, boy, he took money

in the millions from people,

but he took my reputation

at... Which, you could always

get money back.

The comeback that he made

and the impact that he was

truly making was worthy.

But that story didn't end

the way it could have.

And I think when selfishness and

greed come in there, it sent him back.

It was a very tragic ending.

And tragic not just for Barry,

for the people that were hurt.

His whole life was an act.

His whole life was an act.

That's the bottom line.

Barry was

a master storyteller.

So even with Peanut,

for all I know

it was the same as Jimmy

Stewart's Harvey the bunny.

I don't think the

Peanut story was all true.

I think there was a Peanut,

but I don't think it went down

like Barry said it went down.

This match right here

is me and your life.

All the darkness in the world can't

overcome the power of one light,

one person

who believes in you.

Don't ever forget that.

Ever.

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