From a nonjudgmental (LOL) standpoint, the guy clearly has good business sense...he just wasn't initially in the right business. I bet if he were given the opportunity to focus his strengths and energy into legitimate business dealings he would do quite well. I would hire him. His ten year stint in the slammer might have taught him a thing or two about flying straight. Besides, if you are brazen enough to place an ad in a major paper, airing your dirty laundry, you definitely have a set of cahonies.