Chef,,, sad to say but, did you ever watch "Oceans"? Crooks hire other crooks and do their best to do the job and not get caught - that's it. Rob, steal, lie, scam and do it all with no conscience. Criminals respect each other and seek each other out. Sadly, even if it's in the background, I think the talents these guys have will be sought out and used by others - we may not know it but we may well put some of our money in the future into a play these guys are involved in.
An example is ECFL, as I said before, Jason was there in the background - If I'd known that I would not have put a penny into MNTY.