Ex-Con Man Says JOBS Law Makes Guys Like Him Rich

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April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Mark L. Morze knows a goodinvestment opportunity when he sees one, but he hasn’t pursuedhis fortunes quite the way the rest of us have. Morze, 61, hunghis hat for 4 1/2 years at federal prisons in Lompoc and Boron,California, after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud forcooking the books at the infamous carpet-cleaning company ZZZZBest in the 1980s.

He says he’s baffled that President Barack Obama plans tosign a law today that amounts to an open invitation forfraud. “I wish legislators would consult with people like mebefore they write something like this,” he says, sounding deadserious about the offer. “I could tell them, ‘I know what yourintent was with this wording, but we can get around it soeasily, it cracks me up.”’