A good commodities speculator can do wonders with implied money...Lou Pai did it for ten years, and owns half of Colorado as a result. The only catch is that Big E knew how to string along the losses until Andy Fastow could headfake Merrill into another loan.

KSEX had business wizards Wankus & Powder, who basically ran an "all-cash" business---cash in, drugs out. Sportswami ran more of an "accrual-basis" business: when you kidnap and murder Kiki Daire, the murder isn't realized as such until the body is discovered.