Full Story - Loophole

George Remus was a pharmacist who became a criminal defense lawyer and watched his clients — men he considered not very smart — get rich during Prohibition. So he memorized the Volstead Act, found the loophole that allowed medicinal alcohol, bought up distilleries and drug companies, and got government permits to sell whiskey legally. Then he had his own delivery trucks hijacked by his own men and sold it illegally on top of that. He controlled 30 percent of America's illegal liquor at his peak. He threw parties so extravagant some say he inspired Jay Gatsby. While he was in prison, his wife ran off with the undercover agent sent to investigate him — and sold everything he owned. When he got out, he chased her car through a park and shot her. He defended himself at trial, pled temporary insanity, and was acquitted in 19 minutes.