Ludwig Fainberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ludwig Fainberg

Israeli mobster

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1958

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: procurer

Nationality: United States, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg also known as Ludwig Lyosha Fainberg (born March 1, 1958) is a Ukrainian mobster.
Born in Odessa, Fainberg left the Soviet Union in the early 1980s for Israel, and moved to the United States following the fall of the Soviet Union.
In the mid-1990s, Fainberg attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for use in drug smuggling for a Colombian cocaine cartel.
Fainberg lived in Miami between 1990 and 1997 and owned a topless bar called Porky's, named for the movie.
He was arrested and convicted of smuggling and racketeering and spent thirty months in jail before his trial, and was convicted.
As of October 2012 he was in Panama, jailed and awaiting trial for pimping.