In the mid-1990s, Fainberg attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for use in drug smuggling for a Colombian cocaine cartel.
[2] Fainberg lived in Miami between 1990 and 1997 and owned a topless bar called Porky's, named for the movie.
[4] As of October 2012[update] he was in Panama, jailed and awaiting trial for pimping.
The story of how three hustlers schemed to sell a Soviet submarine to a Colombian drug cartel for $35 million.
The book of his life Operation Odessa is written by David Serero.