"You set a crook to catch a crook. We put the big honey pot out there and all the flies came to us." ——Mel Weinberg, 60 Minutes, April 12, 1981

“你设陷阱要套出坏蛋。我们把装满蜂蜜的大罐子放在外头，然后一群苍蝇就朝我们飞过来了。”——梅尔·温伯格，《60分钟》，1981年4月12日

1. How long had Mel Weinberg been living a life of crime prior to his capture?

1. 梅尔·温伯格被逮捕之前有多长的犯罪生涯?

As indicated in the American Hustle movie, prior to his capture by the FBI, Mel had been living a life of delinquency ever since he was a boy growing up in the Bronx. It was then that he stole gold stars from his teacher's desk in order to show his mother what an excellent student he was. When his father's window-glass business was on the rocks, a helpful Mel drove around town in a Cadillac, shooting out windows with his slingshot. His father's business surged. His delinquency as a juvenile eventually evolved into large scale swindles as an adult. -Washington Post

正如电影《美国骗局》里描述的那样，被FBI逮捕之前，梅尔在布朗克斯长大，从小就开始了违法犯罪的生活。那时候他偷了老师桌上的金制的星星，只为让妈妈知道他是一个好学生。当他爸爸的窗玻璃生意不景气时，一心想帮助爸爸的梅尔开了一辆凯迪拉克在镇上转悠，用弹弓打破了别人家的窗户。于是爸爸的生意红火起来。梅尔青少年时期的不良行为最终升级到成年时期的诈骗犯罪。——《华盛顿邮报》

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