here in california? you've been convicted of a major insurance car crash scheme in texas. >> i was convicted, but it's not what it seems. that's first of all, and, second, whatever happened, i don't know, 15 years ago, what relevance does it have to today? >> does the county know about your criminal record? >> they probably do. i don't know. >> what happened in texas, ferdman told us, should stay in texas. >> because i was facing 99 years and i chose to, you know, pick a much smaller sentence without any of it because, you know, i could have a much worse -- but there was no fraud and there was no record of it in any way. it's a very long story. >> how could you say that? that was a huge case in austin, texas, statewide, actually. >> that's what they tried to build it, but -- and that's why they pursued it, but it wasn't what it seems and what they said it was. >> could you tell me real