Kevin Lipsitz Explained

"Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz is a competitive eater from Staten Island, New York, and is affiliated with IFOCE, the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Known for his bear hat and charismatic eating style, Lipsitz has competed in events across the country, and appeared on the Gutbusters television special, which aired on the Discovery Channel in 2002. He is the former American pickle eating champion.^[1]

In 1997, Lipsitz was convicted on fraud charges in New York, stemming from his spamming of Usenet newsgroups with advertisements using AOL.com as a "Reply-to:" address.^[2] He resumed spamming in 1999.^[3]

In October 2021, Lipsitz pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with his sale of large quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] Lipsitz was sentenced to 90 days in jail, three years post-release supervision, a $5,000 fine and $90,000 in restitution.^[5]

External links

• IFOCE profile
• Major League Eaters profile
• Lipsitz pleads guilty to mail fraud

Notes and References

1. News: To the Glutton, the Gold . Getlin . Josh . . 2009-01-31 .
2. Jonathan A. Zdziarski (2005) Ending Spam: Bayesian Content Filtering and the Art of Statistical Language Classification. No Starch Press, San Francisco, CA, USA. (p. 15)
3. Web site: Overview of spam from Lipsitz . https://web.archive.org/web/20010105191000/http://www.rahul.net/falk/Lip/ . dead . January 5, 2001 . rahul.net .
4. Web site: Staten Island Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud in Scheme to Exploit the COVID-19 Crisis . October 7, 2021 . justice.gov . February 19, 2022.
5. Web site: S.I. business owner on hook for $90K and jail time in COVID-19 PPE sales scheme. May 6, 2022 . May 13, 2022.