to talk to the association. The backlash from the revelations about the NCAA's activities, coupled with the university's unprecedented self-imposed sanctions, helped the Miami Hurricanes escape additional harsh NCAA penalties. Photos in the Yahoo article showed Shapiro with Kellen Winslow Jr. and Joe Kolchinsky in the VIP section of the Opium Garden Nightclub in 2005, with Haith, Joe Kolchinsky and University of Miami President Donna Shalala in 2008 as he donated $50,000 to the basketball program as well as $3 million in other donations to undisclosed recipients, and with Vince Wilfork in 2002. References Further reading 21st-century American criminals American money launderers 20th-century American Jews American confidence tricksters Great Recession Living people Pyramid and Ponzi schemes Financial scandals 1969 births American businesspeople convicted of crimes People from Lighthouse Point, Florida People from Brooklyn 21st-century American Jews