CRIME

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mark Abene	Hacker	1972		Hacker Phiber Optik
Jack Abramoff	Government	28-Feb-1958		Casino Jack
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá	Politician	13-Feb-1962		Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09
Jim Bakker	Religion	2-Jan-1939		Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist
Conrad Black	Business	25-Aug-1944		Rapacious newspaper mogul
J. A. Boultbee	Business	c. 1944		Ex-CFO of Hollinger International
Captain Crunch	Hacker	1943		Toothless hacker
Dusty Foggo	Government	17-Mar-1954		CIA Executive Director, 2004-06
Richard Hatch	TV Personality	8-Apr-1961		Survivor
Jack Idema	Military	30-May-1956	21-Jan-2012	Green Beret wannabe
Sharpe James	Politician	20-Feb-1936		Mayor of Newark, 1986-2006
William Jefferson	Politician	14-Mar-1947		Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009
Charles Keating	Business	4-Dec-1923		Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
Bernard Kerik	Government	4-Sep-1955		NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01
Kwame Kilpatrick	Politician	8-Jun-1970		Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08
Rita Lavelle	Government	8-Sep-1947		EPA official
Ken Lay	Business	15-Apr-1942	5-Jul-2006	CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Edward Mezvinsky	Politician	17-Jan-1937		Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77
Joseph P. Micatrotto	Business	c. 1951		CEO of Buca di Beppo, 1996-2004
Michael Milken	Business	4-Jul-1946		Convicted financial executive
Ray Nagin	Politician	11-Jun-1956		Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10
Craig Neidorf	Journalist	1969		Former publisher, Phrack
Hassan Nemazee	Business	27-Jan-1950		Nemazee Capital Corporation
Henry T. Nicholas	Business	c. 1959		Broadcom billionaire
Kevin Poulsen	Hacker	1965		Hacker and journalist
Rick Renzi	Politician	11-Jun-1958		Congressman from Arizona, 2003-09
Mel Reynolds	Politician	8-Jan-1952		Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
Tony Rezko	Business	1955		Chicago chain restaurateur
Marc Rich	Criminal	18-Dec-1934		Pardoned by Clinton
John Rigas	Business	14-Nov-1924		CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002
Kevin A. Ring	Attorney	c. 1970		Team Abramoff
Dan Rostenkowski	Politician	2-Jan-1928	11-Aug-2010	Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
Richard Scrushy	Business	Aug-1952		Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth
Harold C. Simmons	Business	1931		Drugstore billionaire
Jeffrey Skilling	Business	25-Nov-1953		Disgraced former CEO of Enron
Aaron Swartz	Computer Programmer	8-Nov-1986	11-Jan-2013	Co-Inventor of RSS
Brent Wilkes	Business	May-1954		Defense contractor, bribed Duke Cunningham
Oscar Wyatt	Business	7-Jul-1924		Oilman snagged in oil-for-food scandal

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