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Novelty Card Deck Has the Tycoons We love To Blame
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The Financial Crisis Most Wanted deck is the latest novelty gift
to mock the notorious financiers and government officials
blamed for the collapse of the U.S. economy.

Creator Jason Witt, 35, managed to reduce the recessionary
drama troupe to 52 faces. (None of the disgraced was awarded
joker status.)

Convicted former investor Bernie Madoff looks none too happy
on the ace of spades. Ousted Bank of America Chairman Ken
Lewis, still the company’s CEO, adorns the king of hearts. CNBC’
s bullish “Boo-yah!” stock-picker Jim Cramer smiles from the
ace of clubs. And a stern Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial’
s former CEO, who faces fraud and insider-trading charges,
graces the queen of clubs.

“It’s fun to hold these people in your hand and sort of see them
in the face,” Witt said. “Here you are, the common man, and
here they are, the gatekeepers in charge of the money supply,
in the palm of your hand. What could be better?”

Witt, who lives in San Ramon, decided to try his luck at
entrepreneurship late last year, after losing his job in real
estate, and so far he’s doing well. Since mid-March, when the
packs hit the market at $5.95 each, Witt has sold more than a
thousand of them to customers worldwide, including in Australia,
Switzerland and New Zealand.

Among them is Larry Levine, CEO of Wall Street Prison
Consultants in Los Angeles, who said he bought at least
a couple dozen decks. Levine, who spent 10 years in
federal prison for white-collar crime, now counsels
people who are headed behind bars for similar offenses
and instructs them on what to expect.

“I look at every picture in that deck as potential clients,” he said.
“I go through the cards and wonder, ‘Which is going to call me
next?’ ”

One already has: His most prominent client to date has been
Madoff himself.

“I sometimes tell (clients), ‘The 36 months you’re getting are not
too bad. Look at the ace of spades.’”
Levine said.