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The Shady Bunch | Part I | 31

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The Chris Lee's Struggle to Succeed in the Great Recession

Sachi Kohn: In 2007, Mark Lee is working with a bank to get a loan for the Chris Lee's. He sends over statements that appear to show that Todd has nearly $800,000 deposited in one account. The scrapbooking as crazy as it sounds is working. Now, he just needs to mark up the balance of the account even more,. So Todd sends Mark an email saying, you are a fucking genius. Just make it show four mil plus. Is this being a genius or simply being a liar? You know, I think maybe for Todd, he believes that anything that works is genius, no matter how much of a liar illegal it is.

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