From Army Officer to Car Thief: The Story of the $40 Million Mastermind | Masterminds

From Army Officer to Car Thief: The Story of the $40 Million Mastermind | Masterminds | Real Crime

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Жыл бұрын

A car theft ring was operational in New York City in 1999 led by Min Jin Yang, a former Chinese Army intelligence officer.
Yang's enterprise stole thousands of luxury vehicles with sophisticated security features and made millions of dollars through his tightly controlled organization.
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@robert-sm3mk Жыл бұрын

They weren’t smarter than him. His crew was sloppy. He’s doing 10yrs and made 40mill and they didn’t recover 1$.

@Bigmute501 Жыл бұрын

If the guy didn’t crash and told they was good….

@robert-sm3mk Жыл бұрын

@@Bigmute501 exactly

@jacksonjacob7791 Жыл бұрын

Yup what an arrogant statement to make

@NotGahruvey 7 ай бұрын

You know that have to save that for their own ego. After their retirement he still came out on top if he never went back to crime.

@shanenguyen3867 Ай бұрын

They literally said they froze account

@justmyopinion8395 Жыл бұрын

Smart man. Wife and side chick have the same name. You will never slip up and call them the wrong name.

@redbaron474 Жыл бұрын

Don't you mean the WONG name?

@qbi4614 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, BUT, not been able to keep your dick in your pants seems to undo empires regularly.

@riverflyswatter Жыл бұрын

😅

@hdj81Vlimited Жыл бұрын

its a j e w......

@gwaponobby Жыл бұрын

Call them all Babe.

@CoachCharlesLife101 Жыл бұрын

When I was Corrections Officers I'd always ask the offenders what got them busted..90% always said GREED..

@milolee1725 Жыл бұрын

Not "just" greed bud. Add the adrenaline and for THAT moment...you are THE man. That combination is a hell of a drug. On a much bigger scale,look at Escobar.👍

@j.sargent9172 22 күн бұрын

@@milolee1725i always had to hit opiates to help with the massive adrenaline hits when i scored big and got away. Got addicted to it just as much as the h

@jonmcfarmer6954 Жыл бұрын

"10 years later we outsmarted him but we never recovered any cars or money" ! I wouldn't brag about this or call myself an intelligence officer! 🤔🤔

@freeffree4133 Жыл бұрын

The cars and the money went back to China. They don't cooperate with US law enforcement even with criminals.

@coachcash3739 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@user-zb1sv7ll3j 2 ай бұрын

Right

@Hydermehdi Ай бұрын

A dedicated person did his job and caught an excuse of a human being. A job well done. Recovery and other things are for others like courts and other agencies. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Cracking a case is harder than it looks. Gob bless you and your team.

@jonmcfarmer6954 Ай бұрын

@@Hydermehdi Were you a member of this team? 🤣 If a criminal can outsmart a whole investigation team over 10 years, that team is not so smart. Sorry.

@jack604 Жыл бұрын

Her: we were smarter than he was Him: operates for 10 years 😅

@RRR.MET27 Жыл бұрын

And he made 40 million dollars from stolen cars. Not a single penny recovered 😂😂🤣🤣

@tone5476 Жыл бұрын

Also made 40 million that was never recovered hahahha how smart is she

@LynxStarAuto Жыл бұрын

That's a joke. What this docu failed to mention was that Kenny had ppl on the inside at the port who was helping him sercure paperwork, etc to make exportation possible. I'm sure plenty of bureaucrats were getting their palms greased. Also, as a professional who services these cars for a living, the bozos didn't even understand how the cars worked. "If you break the window the computer is disabled" 😂😂😂 yeah sure bud. Most cars of that era didn't bring a GPS. Hell, most today don't even bring one. A GPS is a customer installed device, or it's installed by the dealership on financed vehicles if the customer is a high default risk. Finally, his downfall wasn't the accident. His downfall was he let the Chinese cartels in on the business. He borrowed money from them, and paid them back (with interest) fairly quickly. Afterwards they approached him, and offered him a partnership. He accepted, and suddenly the pressure was one to bring in cars cars cars. That's what drove him to be desperate and make mistakes. His story is an interesting one, google him.

@LynxStarAuto Жыл бұрын

@@RRR.MET27and they never found out who the buyers were on the other side 😂😂😂

@tone5476 Жыл бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto yeaa

@leavenoewitness Жыл бұрын

wow did you see how young judge Janine looked

@Shadeza1373 Жыл бұрын

"We outsmarted him" but couldn't locate his millions of profit😂😂

@LexlutherVII Жыл бұрын

Lol, 😂

@filipecoutinho5706 Жыл бұрын

They located it and shared it, unofficially... Maybe .

@shannruff4466 Жыл бұрын

Cause they was working with him

@mariluzdelacruz9821 Жыл бұрын

💯 he basically still wins he still alive has a roof over his head and eats 3 to 4 meals a day he's old done lived life now he can rest and relax and live to see another day in this unfairly world 😅

@stfuplsok Жыл бұрын

@@shannruff4466 *were

@energypalace Жыл бұрын

The woman was like "We were smarter than he was" NO idi*t, took you years, and he only got sloppy, plus he only got 10yrs in prison. HAHAHAH😂

@arcrides6841 Жыл бұрын

And they couldn't find his money lol

@beforereal8662 Жыл бұрын

SO SMART THAT NOT 1 CAR WAS RECOVERED & NO IDEA WHO BOUGHT THEM...

@oldmanfromoc7684 Жыл бұрын

She still thinks DJT was a good president to, AHAHAHAHAHAA!

@hudgypudgy2960 Жыл бұрын

@@oldmanfromoc7684 cringe

@SunnyDiegoProduction Жыл бұрын

That woman is Jeanine Pirro and works for FauxNews now, of course she’s gonna spin and lie, it’s all she’s ever known!

@justanotherperson584 Жыл бұрын

Correct there is no honor, among thieves! Truth.

@JK-gm6kk Жыл бұрын

I was wondering what moment in time this was going to be. Good old late 90's

@elainebrooks2599 Жыл бұрын

11:34 am

@onlinetoughguy7530 Жыл бұрын

Back in the America Online days

@birukmelaku6912 Жыл бұрын

Tfffccxvz😊

@stfuplsok Жыл бұрын

*90s

@user-ht2jh9kp9c Жыл бұрын

Ability to crack them down, which only took over five years worth of $40M, none of which was recovered by the way? And Yang got only 10 years of proson time? What a sweet deal! Grear job NYPD!!

@nsudatta-roy8154 Жыл бұрын

NYPD isn't in the business of prosecution. Don't blame them.

@simbatortie9684 Жыл бұрын

NYPD got paid by him already. LOL!!!

@elsainnamorato2231 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like everybody was a part of it wasn't cutting deals. No one loses except for us the innocent taxpayers. It's been over 10 years so everyone in this case is living it up. Our country is corrupt in every sector

@GranMastaDee Жыл бұрын

Nice work if you can get it.

@hussleproduction7646 Жыл бұрын

@@simbatortie9684 7

@husha6372 Жыл бұрын

I used to work for prestigious car dealerships in LONDON and I was told that evertime the thieves were caught in one city they did move to other cities so fast

@quickflipper3782 Жыл бұрын

He made 40 mil and they couldnt find a dime 😂😂😂😂

@jamescorry63 Жыл бұрын

most of these are self promotion by cops ,,, first guy got 10 ,,,,plus the estimated 40 million that they couldn't find ,, second guy only got 8 and ,,,,,,,,,lol

@dannydaw59 Жыл бұрын

Except the Swiss Bank account that was frozen.

@adrianfernandocastillo3837 Жыл бұрын

Oh not; don't believe that; they found the money believe me ; only that it transfer hands ; their hands!

@hdj81Vlimited Жыл бұрын

@@adrianfernandocastillo3837 they also took the money from Bin LAden and Ghadafi.....Arafat.

@adrianfernandocastillo3837 Жыл бұрын

Yes they did!

@wendigota8274 Жыл бұрын

They’re claiming they outsmarted Ken but they really didn’t. He just got sloppy and couldn’t stay consistently smart with his activities

@teebee4892 Жыл бұрын

What do you think the word “outsmarted” means?

@josephwimmer8546 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. When you make money illegally you don't know when to stop. The successful ones know when to stop

@sybsygstgstsgysg5330 Жыл бұрын

They outsmarted him to an extent, but at the end of the day he still ran his operation for 10 years and made 40 mil and police didn’t find a single penny lol

@YoungstarNce Жыл бұрын

Bro made over 40 millions and never stopped or move back home

@ryananastasiaquinn5543 Жыл бұрын

he relied on DOGS.. thats where they both went wrong gotta have loyalty cant trust anyone

@alexblack3382 Жыл бұрын

Police lady said we r smarter than him. But 10 yrs and 40 mil said no u arnt. 🤣

@bankroll93 Жыл бұрын

Gone in 60 Seconds, but in real life! Makes me want to go and be a screenwriter... all the stories are already out there!

@simmonsmichael317 Жыл бұрын

Thought the same shit

@desmondachocky537 Жыл бұрын

Its the last part fr me where he ended up being arrested by the female undercover cop that left me in stitches as the guy narrates the event humorously.

@justanotherperson584 Жыл бұрын

Wicked funny….pats her on the ass! They were right, he just couldn’t resist.

@letusspeaklingala2023 Жыл бұрын

Something must kill a man.😆

@josephkimani9620 11 ай бұрын

These daughters of Jezebel had to bring down a horny man😂😂😂😂#Fear Women......

@clintlbrown2597 7 ай бұрын

Well she wasn't wearing underwear, that's a hook, line and sinker for most men.

@kirostirhas Жыл бұрын

Ken is pretty smart 10 years for 40mil is a win 🏆

@motiveisdeathakamid2615 Ай бұрын

Not really man.. time is the most valuable thing you have.

@VG-rj8pn Ай бұрын

You forget his 40 mil was frozen

@gast1930 Жыл бұрын

To me, the criminals won, especially after getting ONLY ten years and moving millions. Not to mention the number of victims and the effect on insurance companies. They won.

@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I imagine he could afford a VERY good lawyer, he'll be out in no time! :D Go Kenny!

@josron6088 11 ай бұрын

He'll probably be out early and still have most of his money. And that's 10 years or less of not having to pay any bills.

@dopedrums 10 ай бұрын

Well, the mastermind won.. I don't know about the other guys. They probably only got like 500-1000 USD per car or something down those lines. You know, to keep them coming back for more work.

@rossstewart8497 10 ай бұрын

Easily won, 10 years out their life but coming out to have 40 years of fun

@wl1495 8 ай бұрын

Insurance companies absolutely milk it, even preparing for arbitary periods of high theft into their premium calculations. I promise you Kenny's theft would hardly make a dent to their profits.

@sdeeznuts865 Жыл бұрын

8 years for eddie.not bad for what he did

@satyRo-tu1wl Жыл бұрын

And I feel like he had stashes waiting for him when he got out

@Tes-mm5rp Жыл бұрын

This is justice the world we live in. The effects are massive yet justice never served. No regard for human for the country you live in no regards for nothing. Becarful when we invest dealing with business. He deserves a lot more than 8 years in prison.

@Acemechanicalservices Жыл бұрын

Tribe membership has its privileges.

@pboissie Жыл бұрын

Didnt they say he pleaded guilty though? Usually u get a softer sentence relatively i would imagine for pleading guilty or plea deal..

@jasonmiller5369 Жыл бұрын

The problem with thieves is they never know when to quit until it's too late

@uncommonsence153 Жыл бұрын

Alot of them do and never got caught so you just don't know them. LoL. You really think they caught 100% of criminals and there's not even one rebel who got away.

@jasonmiller5369 Жыл бұрын

@@uncommonsence153 That's what you think

@peaceallday184 Жыл бұрын

They always get caught. Even the smartest ones. It's always a snitch that brings anyone down

@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын

Best way to be a thief and never get caught is either be a politician or landlord preferably both.

@daviddrake6875 Жыл бұрын

Greed and arrogance gets them every time except so far Joe Biden.

@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS Жыл бұрын

When the episode first started I was like, why not set up shop in California, but apparently Chang had that covered.

@DalHarpJr Жыл бұрын

I personally knew Dean, who I went to school with, and he lived a few blocks away from me, and Mario, who lived up the block from me.. Both in the Bronx! I always knew they were into some kind of sketchy car dealings, because of all the different cars they'd have. But not on this level until I heard in on the news in NYC back when all of this was taking place! Crazy..

@zackkazco2098 Жыл бұрын

i don't understand why they had to steal high end cars. Why not just buy them at retail and mark up twice to shanghai customers who are willing to pay it since luxury vehicles are in short supply in shanghai?

@tylerhall66 Жыл бұрын

@@zackkazco2098 thats what i was thinking then i realized maybe he couldnt justify how he got the cash to start with

@The_Experience023 Жыл бұрын

Wow! This is crazy! I think of me as teenager volunteering at Governor’s office where serial killer Ted Bundy worked! It’s crazy when you know these ppl right?

@ggurks Жыл бұрын

@@zackkazco2098 I'm sure the price back then in China was so high for a reason. There were probably crazy customs duties and taxes. His business model was way more lucrative

@zumaanandrade3961 Жыл бұрын

North east bronx to be exact. Dem men dey did have a whole heap a car.

@robinabernathy2829 9 ай бұрын

These dudes weren't playing around. They were super organized and prepared.

@MeyerBen27 Жыл бұрын

I know he's a criminal, but what a life! Going from being an investigator for police in China to a real life Gone In 60 Seconds character! Make the movie!

@patton303 Жыл бұрын

Those Crazy Eddie commercials were part of every 80’s kid’s childhood in New York and New Jersey. Yeah he was a shady fu- but he sure knew how to promote his sketchy business. My family bought all kinds of stuff at Crazy Eddie’s and it was always the best deal.

@BigHoTzMuZik Жыл бұрын

Same here, his prices were insaaannnneeee!! Boy I remember..

@cameron6249 7 ай бұрын

actually the best deals were on canal st, but you had to be in the know

@patton303 7 ай бұрын

@@cameron6249 We weren’t going into the city just to get a cheap stereo back in the 70’s. Lower Manhattan was not safe in those days. Lol.

@skiptracer4313 Жыл бұрын

40 millions vs 10 years that's a good deal 😂

@timelesskoontah Жыл бұрын

Greed is one hell of a drug

@FYAHTING1 Жыл бұрын

The Worst Drug Ever

@raulnavarro9500 8 ай бұрын

JAJAJA PIRRO THE DRUNK WHEN SHE WAS SANE LOL

@InnerLifePhotography Жыл бұрын

According to a crime history no crime can flourish for so many years until or unless law enforcement agencies are not involved..!!

@yungslimeto35 Жыл бұрын

well thats with anything in life. nothing lasts forever

@mariocabrera804 Жыл бұрын

Tell that to Walmart in Chicago,....

@johnkidd1226 Жыл бұрын

Confusing post but many crimes can go for years without coming to the notice of police. As soon as I saw the M.O. I saw the weak point-idiots driving high end vehicles. You know one will get nabbed eventually.

@mondop5270 Жыл бұрын

Thats conspiracy nutter talk. Sure some are but the days of anything more thannlow level cops or detectives letting stuff slide is long gone. Plenty of crime crews get by without cop involvement - but noone knows when to get out ahead, greeds what brings people down.

@mondop5270 Жыл бұрын

But, i agree he probably had some chinese govt help over there. No police in the US, just chinese govt turning a blind eye over in asia ( for a fee obviously)

@ivannovotny4552 Жыл бұрын

For the second sequence: The higher you soar, the harder you fall !!

@ericprochnow Жыл бұрын

8 years for a $1 billion dollars worth of damages? Sign me up! Who says crime doesn't pay. Sounds like it pays extremely well.

@lucabrasi8790 Жыл бұрын

I was transporting stolen cars for a friend of mine a Libanese that went to school with me. Cars were stolen an shorty after completely disassembled. I drove the complete car in parts in a van cross Germany to the customers who sold them in eBay shops. The complete operation was shut down years later because another Libanese ratted because of yealousy. Luckily I stopped early enough because the guys only payed me 100 bucks per shipment. They were too gready to pay more an later all got caught exept me. Salute from Germany

@LynxStarAuto Жыл бұрын

I'm telling! 😂

@dwaynowaite5528 Жыл бұрын

@@LynxStarAuto snitch 😂😂😂😂

@sikubokum5960 Жыл бұрын

Oh really I'm so happy you're free. Tell me your full name and address so I can send you a congratulations gift 💫

@crush9197 Жыл бұрын

🧐 👮‍♀️ 📸

@ronaldthomas7355 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@Autocreatorz Жыл бұрын

200 million in the 80s was a lot

@JulieIelasi-lt7yp 3 ай бұрын

It's alot today too.

@arcticwolf4707 Жыл бұрын

10 mil .. 10 years ... fair deal .. you can work 40 years breaking your back and you won't have that 😂

@robp3431 Жыл бұрын

Amazing, quite a detailed process.

@jackfitzpatrick8173 Жыл бұрын

During the 80's our cable system had WOR in New York on its channel lineup. I remember seeing his ads all the time. "Our prices are INSANE!"

@FormTrends 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. That Crazy Eddie story was an awesome surprise! Watched his commercials as a kid :)

@tankthearc9875 Жыл бұрын

police were outsmarted , he just got too greedy , should have ditched dean after his arrest, they turn into rats fast

@tullochgorum6323 Жыл бұрын

Also, he should have set up again in a new state.

@wadfasfsdfdsfsf Жыл бұрын

Full story isn't in this doc. He partnered with the Chinese mafia much later and they wanted way more cars than he usually got which is why they ramped up numbers and got laxed with GPS scanning before warehouse.

@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын

@@tullochgorum6323 Bingo

@EdzashedFudwinkle Жыл бұрын

I have had the privilege of driving both a Ferrari Testarossa & Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 back in the mid 80's, and they was old but rare cars back then.

@brianm.595 Жыл бұрын

Disgusting. All these cops on this video should be ashamed if they were involved in the case. it took 10 years to catch this guy. And he only got 10 years in prison. Poor all around performance.

@ASchnacky 8 ай бұрын

The cops are not the judge

@Hard_Right 5 ай бұрын

it's always democrat run cities

@iloveamerica3917 3 ай бұрын

It's not the street cops at fault. Judges, DA, investigators and politicians call the shots.

@magpie471 Жыл бұрын

"The whole family was a pack of thieves".....nice legacy.

@MothaLuva Жыл бұрын

Sounds pretty much like a politician family description.

@graceharriott9948 Жыл бұрын

S hi😅 by ft ft

@anthonychristian4807 Жыл бұрын

It's in their Talmud

@masudsaleh5155 Жыл бұрын

Anti Semitism

@indaygodneztv6682 Жыл бұрын

What a smart bad person he was

@mrginga4044 Жыл бұрын

40 mill for 10 years. Sounds like a deal to me

@tankthearc9875 Жыл бұрын

he got greedy. once some got arrested you walk never come back 40miil clean

@209smokie9 Жыл бұрын

@@tankthearc9875 yeah I would of bounce and settled for what I made already. That's plenty to live off

@deidradahl2802 Жыл бұрын

@@tankthearc9875 No it's not greed, it's an addiction. He had all the money he NEEDED, but started to enjoy the act too much, like a drug

@jackmarr1776 Жыл бұрын

@@209smokie9is easy to say you will just be good, but when you are making easy money is hard to leave behind

@209smokie9 Жыл бұрын

@@jackmarr1776 dude I been there before but no where near the scale they were doing. I understand when the heat is hot you get out

@reconforsales7708 11 ай бұрын

In the 90s, there was an alarm system called Clifford, and if the owners had installed this alarm/immobiliser on their cars than it would have been impossible for these cars to be stolen.

@CascadeSlim0119 11 ай бұрын

There’s nothing impossible remember that. If it was Clifford would be used in all cars til this day.

@joaqimkhesser 10 ай бұрын

Bro you speaking about the 90s when right now in 2023 cars are still being stolen😂😂😂in Newyork, San Francisco, Canada,

@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын

Honestly this is genius. The organisation and cleverness involved in the process is amazing. Well done lads! :D

@tomevers6670 11 ай бұрын

You’re too ignorant to know what true genius is.

@marymcnabb7861 10 ай бұрын

😊

@JohnDoe-bd5sz 8 ай бұрын

But they say that if you steal a 60.000 USD car in the US, it could be sold in China for 120.000 USD. Why not just buy cars legally and export them, saves you the hazzle and risk of being imprisoned. Yes, i know you can get more money from stealing, but he would still be making money if he just bought them.

@ASchnacky 8 ай бұрын

Bcuz they're not honest or genius

@andrewdinns1746 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-bd5sz what? they illegally exported them to china. you cannot buy a current year car for 60k usd in America and legally sell it in China for 120k usd. If the Chinese authorities, find out they confiscate it.

@zekie23 7 ай бұрын

I like how the district attorney was boasting of how much smarter they are when it took 10 years and none of the cars was recovered..

@rinima858 11 ай бұрын

Back when police were more concerned about actual crimes than Twitter posts

@VampirusX Жыл бұрын

The cars could sell for double and he got 40%. What a great deal.

@TheRealCaptainFreedom Жыл бұрын

“Debbie 2” lol!

@davidlewis7004 Жыл бұрын

The problem with criminals like this is not stupidity it's greed they don't know when to quit..

@luvbig41 9 ай бұрын

This is the fact.

@keithbekezeladube1713 9 ай бұрын

You can't quit! Because if you do the whole deck crumbles

@solasoul33 9 ай бұрын

Interesting video thank you for sharing

@tonymcneil978 Жыл бұрын

Jeanine seems so calm, normal....even professional and sane. I had to do a double take to make sure it was her.

@TheBubblegum420 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! She’s a right wing. Wacko

@wadfasfsdfdsfsf Жыл бұрын

Same with Giuliani. This was around his era

@pboissie Жыл бұрын

Lol i had to come to comments, i was like yo thats herrrr lol before the boxed wine and fox news slurred speech lmao lookin like a crazed lemur

@jonkunnu8792 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. What the hell happened to her?

@Cheboel30 Жыл бұрын

His down fall was the snitch he had working fir him? Not that the government authorities are smarter 🤣

@TheMystikal82 Жыл бұрын

If that cop didn't go in, they would wait few years more. They couldn't care less about your stolen car.😂

@monkeyguy80 Жыл бұрын

Nice Vid 👍🏼

@lulufavs4519 Жыл бұрын

Jeanine Pierro before she lost her mind! Lol!

@CL2005 Жыл бұрын

Car thieves, hmmn, not sure I give a ****..

@lukeyarasheski5510 Жыл бұрын

Nah. That was her cousin Jeanine Pirro

@tankthearc9875 Жыл бұрын

now a fox news nut case

@KingofCrusher Жыл бұрын

LOL I knew that was her!! hahaha what a piece of garbage.

@advancedanr Жыл бұрын

Knew this had to be old since judge Jeannie was young then. BTW, because she on Fox means she stands for truth and not radicalism that you see on the woke left today

@chaseedwardsedwards540 Жыл бұрын

The best part is when eddy got arrested . Cant stop laughing 😂😂😂

@masudsaleh5155 Жыл бұрын

Kpekus

@althunder4269 Жыл бұрын

The cops just got lucky on this bust. They should stop blowing their own horns.

@zulufader9313 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite episodes

@James_Bowie Жыл бұрын

Re Antar going public, I can't believe that the IPO's underwriters (Wertheim, Bear Stearns and Salomon) didn't appoint their own auditing firm to check inventory. Just incredible.

@thenoseknows9391 Жыл бұрын

And look what happened to Bear Sterns when the bubble burst 🤮🤣 Obama let them sink 😄😂😁🤣

@Vancouver.BC.1 Жыл бұрын

All of them are followers of the same religion!

@tymuzik9767 Жыл бұрын

If i'll get 8 years after so much crime, i might just take the chance.

@mcfrenchfry2196 Жыл бұрын

Lol Crazy Eddie I Never knew this about you! I remember loving your commercials cause they were “insane!!!” Wow

@masudsaleh5155 Жыл бұрын

😂😅😂😅

@MrGST360 Жыл бұрын

Yea that’s crazy I never knew either

@cameron6249 7 ай бұрын

it all came out when he was arrested but like most people i thought he was inidan

@GranMastaDee Жыл бұрын

Something not right about leaving a high-dollar car with the widow broken out for two days to cool off, even in a 'nice' neighborhood.

@zumaanandrade3961 Жыл бұрын

They didn't break the windows, they had a guy who was a talented locksmith, standard and digital locks.

@joeframo3347 Жыл бұрын

Very intelligent man

@joshthemediocre7824 Жыл бұрын

That's crazy, i've never been a super rich businessman but i used to have a Julie #1 & Julie #2 so i can empathise with poor Eddie. lol

@regice5650 Жыл бұрын

Back then $40 mil was a lot of money. He got 10 years. Sounds like he made out

@foekist7312 Жыл бұрын

Eddie had more floods and fires than the bible 🤣🤣

@wafa9656 Жыл бұрын

😂

@failednone6070 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@mattlarew2100 Жыл бұрын

"Crazy Eddie's Prices are INSANE!!" HAHA. LOVED THAT GROWING UP. IM PRETTY SURE THAT MAY BE THE CHARACTER IDEA FOR THE JEWISH GUY IN GOODFELLAS WHO IS ALWAYS HASSLING DENIRO FOR "HIS CUT". NOT SURE ON THAT THO.

@prophetmargin7497 Жыл бұрын

Morrie the Wig Guy, even though I think Morrie was around before Crazy Eddie! I always though "The Wiz" guy from Seinfeld was based on Crazy Eddie, "I'm the Wiz and nobody beats me, because I'm the Wiz!"

@jay.fromthebay Жыл бұрын

@@prophetmargin7497 I was thinking the exact same thing about the Whiz!

@mattlarew2100 Жыл бұрын

@prophetmargin7497 you could be right?? I was born in 78 so I'd Morrie was a real guy, I wouldn't remember him or his commercials, but they definitely reminded me of good Ole "Crazy Eddie"!

@prophetmargin7497 Жыл бұрын

@@jay.fromthebay Seinfeld was brilliant at parodying real life events, like the episode where George runs over Bette Midler in a softball game, which everyone thought was a plot so Jerry's girlfriend at the time, (who was the understudy for Bette), could get the part. It was based on the Tanya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan incident!

@prophetmargin7497 Жыл бұрын

@@mattlarew2100 Morrie was based on real life bookie and mob associate Martin Krugman who went missing soon after the Lufthansa Heist which took place in December/78. It was assumed Jimmy Burke had put a hit on Krugman so he wouldn't have to pay him his finder's fee for helping to set up the heist along with Henry Hill, Krugman's body was never found!

@imyourdoctor4799 Жыл бұрын

They did NOT outsmart him.. They only caught him because that rat exposed the whole operation.

@Bossytommy Жыл бұрын

Yang is the man!! 10 years of work, 10 of vacation and $40,000,000 saved for retirement 😂!! But the Feds were smarter?. Not exactly.

@Uchaydo 8 ай бұрын

I love love love that Yang got off w the money and 10 years🔥🔥

@Acemechanicalservices Жыл бұрын

“Crazy Eddie is using the 39 stores in his three state empire to line his pocket with millions” Call me crazy, but I would assume anyone with a 39 store three state empire would be lining their pockets with millions. That’s why people have 39 store three state empires. It kind of reminds me when Number 2 was trying to convince Dr Evil that the front organizations for his evil empire were on their own making billions, legitimately. (Including the factory that made miniature replicas of factories)

@jessiejames2155 Жыл бұрын

Even just 8 years is ALOT, in a place like "Prison "... Just one hour, feels like..a whole day. 😜

@Northanteus 7 ай бұрын

I grew up in the 80s (as a child) and 90s (teen) in NYC. I remember Crazy Eddie commercials! I just laughed and shook my head when I saw them come on TV back then. 🤣

@natetetreault4964 7 ай бұрын

Growing up in MA in the 80's, Crazy Eddie's voice was imprinted in my brain (to this day). I can still remember sitting in my grandma's living room and seeing him go "our prices are... INSAAAAAANE" hahaha

@AllFormsElectronic 11 ай бұрын

He only got 10 years for that? That’s wild.

@mcterry9991 10 ай бұрын

imagine stealing 40million and only 10 yrs....those judges must be high af 🤣😂🤣 ain't no way they way sober with that sentence

@abigalanderson7494 Жыл бұрын

6:24 dang mr chow from the hangover

@StevenConstantine-fw2kn 4 ай бұрын

Always watched masterminds great program

@hubadfun5975 Жыл бұрын

Driving around the block, cameras, fixing the thief damage, wow! If this dude just went legit in whatever he did, he probably be 3x the millionaire he could of become as a CEO of a lawful company!

@joesmith3908 Жыл бұрын

So many CEO’s are crooks too

@zumaanandrade3961 Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is people who lived in the neighborhood knew. I used to drive by there. Both eddie n mario i know.

@D1amondeyes Жыл бұрын

He needed the start up money

@CascadeSlim0119 11 ай бұрын

I doubt he be up 3x 40 million just off of body work because that’s basically the only legit thing he did in that entire process.

@eaauto6182 7 ай бұрын

It’s harder to start a legitimate business in America

@robabob1001 Жыл бұрын

Its annoying when the NY attorney or whoever she was, is saying we're smarter, better etc etc... no you aren't? it took you 10 years and for him to make a mistake it wasn't because of your skill. Plus he only got 10 years and has 40million waiting for him when he gets out. I'd go to jail for 10 years for 40million. Be out around 35 or 30 with good behaviour, buy a farm and retire.

@catloverx9217 10 ай бұрын

Your right. They take people for dummies

@shicrapt 7 ай бұрын

His strength was his weakness. He made a deal with a Chinese gang which guaranteed him a huge client base to make money from. But that huge client base also compelled him to commit more thefts than he could handle. And he also couldn't stop the operation for his safety because the Chinese gang was not gonna let him stop.

@MzR3dD6 10 ай бұрын

If dude never got in that wreck and snitched Yang would still be out here doing his thang.

@tooturntjp Жыл бұрын

Did she really act like she caught him on police work? Nah boo someone sold him out lol

@joshuaskirvin Жыл бұрын

That DA woman is a joke and is so prideful for having done virtually nothing to actually catch him and the operation. LOL "What brought him down was that we were smarter than him." No, no you weren't. What brought him down was greed, a lack of patience, and a stool pigeon. If you were smarter than him, he wouldn't have gotten away with so much for so long. I realize most criminals are eventually caught or at least found out some time after they die, but had this man had better help, there's no telling how much longer this would've gone on.

@JoeyBigGuns Жыл бұрын

I worked for a dealer in Queens NY there was a crew of 5 guys. They would take a test drive in car, check glove box where a tag that had key code was. Then after test drive they would walk over to parts department and ask for a new key for their car showing a registration for there car and parts department would cut them a new key for the car they just test drove. When the cost was clear, They just walked up to car and drove away. The dealership lost like 15 cars before they figured out what was going on. The sales man saw the theft in action, he he recognized the guy. He just gave a test, drive to walk up and drove away with the They cough the guy after crashing another car into him a few blocks away. They took all the tags with key code from the glove box from that day on! Parts department check and found they had cut a key for every car they had need stolen. The dealer was Koeppel Nissan!

@MN_ALGORITHMS Жыл бұрын

Always takes one guy to ruin something good

@Pauly421 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's always the way. One stupid prick can ruin something amazing just by being a stupid prick.

@Cisco13 Жыл бұрын

The real Gone in 60 seconds

@casecold1864 Жыл бұрын

Where you think the movie comes from..

@tankthearc9875 Жыл бұрын

@@casecold1864 hollywood

@Blacksapparow 7 ай бұрын

@@tankthearc9875😅😅good 1

@patton303 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered what Jeanne Pirro sounded like sober.

@RikaNJay4life Жыл бұрын

Leave the keys w the car?! Come on now

@F_JoeBiden-tu6cl 7 ай бұрын

They were so smart that they didn’t think of using two phones? 😂 One for family, one for biz?!

@BigggggOo Жыл бұрын

Got to come to Minneapolis or to Milwaukee and make a new version of this of how these kids get these kias and Hyundai

@snoopy5736 Жыл бұрын

Id say Chicago would be cool

@jack604 Жыл бұрын

Lol are you comparing a international luxury car theft ring to some kids stealing korean cars with bad security systems for fun

@snoopy5736 Жыл бұрын

@@jack604 You mean no security system

@EddieLeal Жыл бұрын

Setting up a few bait cars may have curbed theft. Then again, the technology available today to law enforcement may not have been available to them back then.

@Hydermehdi Ай бұрын

He got busted as soon as the right people were on the job. These guys had inside knowledge. Well done team.

@luvbig41 9 ай бұрын

He wasn't flashy. That was the smartest thing he did out of anything else he did in this scheme. Speaking about Yang the car thief.

@jburton413 Жыл бұрын

Jeanine Pirro before she turned into a laughing stock , sad joke of a human being lol 😂 😂😂

@Occupied_South 4 ай бұрын

Great detectives.

@ZwaanAfghan 11 ай бұрын

All the agencies “worked together”, still couldn’t call off an officer from accidentally intervening the investigation.

@andybrown-nut5002 6 ай бұрын

I think this guys story was the reason gone in 60 seconds was given the green light when in 1999/2000 (there is a 1974 version, but this story had it fresh in American minds). Loved this documentary, just seems surreal & very different to try & do now, almost impossible in cars with complete wireless infostructure, companies like Tesla, change the core system codes as soon as it it reported. The 2000 Gone in 60 seconds was epic too, the cars, "Eleanor" (GT500), the porsche scene at the start was good too. Christopher Eccleston was a magnificent part for him. Equally as good but quiet was our very own Vinny Jones, especially the multistorey showdown with the police. Then, the snake was launched. A bonus was Angelie seducing Nicholas Cage while waiting to boost the car- as a 14 year old at time of release, was the closest I got to seduction 😂

@TSKNBgaming Жыл бұрын

Such an greediness from Eddie, he could of just not go to wall street and still make incredible amounts of money like he already did and not get caught. He could of just cashed in, and then close the shop and live happily after that like many people do who cook the books etc.