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Barry Minkow gained notoriety in the 1980s as the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company, ZZZZ Best, which he built through fraudulent means. His company claimed to specialize in restoration services but was exposed as a front for a Ponzi scheme, defrauding investors and banks out of approximately $100 million. Minkow's conviction for securities fraud and other charges led to a prison sentence and subsequent career as a fraud detection consultant after his release.