trouble, and he knows it. >> and as far as we can say that the '80s was a period of hedonism and excess, the end of the decade was the hangover. >> it's more like the rich are taking a tumble now. >> leona and harry helmsley were treated as criminals, booked for tax evasion and extortion, the government charges that they levelled their $11 million estate and wrote the cost off as a business expense. >> a former housekeeper said mrs. helmsley told her, we don't pay taxes, only little people pay taxes. she was sentenced to four years in prison, given a $7 million fine and ordered to serve 750 hours of community service. for some, it was too light. >> i have done nothing wrong. i'm innocent. my only crime is that i'm leona helmsley. >> no matter how many white collar thieves get sent away,