In the 1980's, Steve Comisar began his fraud career by selling the "solar powered clothes dryer" in national magazines. Buyers quickly found out they were duped into his scam when it turned out to only be a clothesline. His many other scams landed him in and out of prison. With ties to the entertainment industry, he would even cry out to friend, director Steven Spielberg and other Hollywood A-listers for help jumpstarting his "acting" career after release from prison.