In the second season of the Sopranos, there is a story arc with a sporting goods store owner named David Scatino, who owes more money than he can pay to a mafia boss (Tony Soprano). Tony’s solution is to “Bust-out” the sporting goods store. Tony and his crew start by liquidating the inventory on hand for anything they can get. Then they max out the store’s credit line to get more inventory they can liquidate, all with no intention to pay the suppliers when the bill comes due. Eventually, the suppliers realize they are not getting paid and stop shipping new inventory. With only scraps left to liquidate and nothing new coming in, Tony moves on to the next scam, while the once-thriving sporting goods store, gets shuttered for good.
"It's my nature."--Tony