7. Paul Lir Alexander
He is worth $170 million. Paul Lir Alexander made an enormous amount of money by smuggling cocaine into the country. He wanted to make sure that he did not have much competition so he partnered up with the federal government to shut down other drug smugglers.
He was able to accomplish this by portraying himself as the law abiding citizen to officials. After becoming the only drug smuggler in town, he relocated to Brazil.
Eventually, he was caught in the U.S. and was sentenced to 12 years. By 2005, he was deported back to Brazil where he faced another 42 years in prison. However, he managed to gain his freedom in 2011 through work release. Alexander still could not stay out of trouble and he walked off the job. He posted a taunting status update on Facebook that read “LOL can’t find me!”
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