re: Did any of your childhood/high school friends grow up to be criminals?

Yes.

One of my good friends just got caught running a scam in North Ms. He was buying defective appliances cheap and fixing them and reselling them. He was giving a 90 day warranty guarantee but signing the contract with a fake name.

After many complaints on Craigslist a federal agent went and bought a washer from him, and it happened to break and of course my friend didn't honor the warranty and he has to settle in court now.