He has repeatedly brought suit against Hillary Clinton, accusing her of lying about donations he solicited on behalf of her 2000 senatorial campaign.

The plan apparently also involved sinking the ship that was to deliver the nonexistent coffee to hide the fraud from Castro and, according to Time magazine, to defraud its insurer, but the conspirators neglected to bribe a port official in Santo Domingo, and the people who were supposed to scuttle the boat were not allowed on board.

[8][12] In 1983, Paul was caught traveling to Canada using the identity of a dead man;[13] he pleaded guilty to federal charges of making false statements to customs inspectors.

[14] In 1987, Paul's efforts on behalf of the Foundation were derided in the Los Angeles Times, in part because the commission was selling a book that described blacks using the slur "pickaninnies", and declared enslavers "the worst victims of slavery",[15] and in part because Paul referred to the founding fathers of the United States as "39 sweaty old men arguing in Philadelphia",[14] and his remark that most Californians weren't able to understand the 18th-century language in the constitution anyway.

First, that he was trying to attract her husband, then-President Bill Clinton, to serve on the board of Stan Lee Media after leaving office.

He announced his plan to replace them with a "dream team" of Republican lawyers,[29] and in February 2007, he filed suit against them, saying that they had taken advantage of him and that he was "not a big fan of their behavior".

[31] His charges against former President Clinton were tossed by Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz in December 2008, who ruled that Paul had waited too long to bring his claims.

[39] Peter F. Paul was the manager of Italian model, actor, and author Fabio Lanzoni, helping him achieve international recognition.

[41] In February 2000, in the midst of the Internet stock market boom, Stan Lee Media built a 165-person studio.

[43] In February 2001, Stan Lee Media filed for bankruptcy, and Peter Paul fled to São Paulo, Brazil.

[48] Paul and his associates further claim that Stan Lee Media was never properly dissolved as a corporation, and that they control the company.

[1] Paul failed in his efforts to avoid extradition and, in September 2003, he was delivered to the Metropolitan Detention Facility in Brooklyn, New York, for arraignment and trial.

The government characterized his conduct as causing "losses to the investing public and financial institutions of approximately $25 million".

[1] In July 2005, he settled related civil charges, consenting to a permanent injunction against ever serving as an officer or director of any reporting company.

[48] In July 2009, Paul accepted a plea bargain [64] and was sentenced to ten years in prison,[65] and ordered to pay over $11 million in restitution to Merrill Lynch and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg.

[49] He self-surrendered on September 30, 2009, but subsequently tried to have the plea bargain annulled, claiming that the judge coerced him into agreeing to the deal.