Vera Sung, Jill Sung, and Thomas Sung from ABACUS. Sean Lyness (PBS Distribution)
Remember 2008? Subprime lenders at the big American banks crashed the economy. But only one faced criminal charges. In 2012, New York’s district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. came down hard — somewhat surprisingly — on a small, family-owned bank run by Chinese immigrants.
Documentary filmmaker Steve James tells the story in his new film, “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.” To view the full film, head on over to our friends at PBS Frontline.