Dishonesty and deception are never justified. My point was is that in reality businessmen are often deceptive one with another.
Perhaps so, but not at the level seen at Doral. Making up fake companies, fake products, fake stories, corruption of data, sabotage of equipment, denying access to facility, making up invoices, all and more designed to trick your partner into paying you $89 million, are not your normal day to day shenanigans businesses pull on one another.
Also, keep in mind he was as deceptive to us, his supporters (which I was one until reading the court documents), and even to his long time business partner Cassarino. as he was deceptive to IH.