Jack Crockett is a cousin of Metro-Dade Detective James "Sonny" Crockett, and a con man with a long list of schemes, many of which go horribly wrong, causing him to flee for his life. In 1989 Jack arrived in Miami after a failed scam involving a restaurant chain and a loss of $50,000 to mobster Harry Grubbs, which sent Grubbs and his musclemen after him. Jack hid inside a mall clothing store and gave a salesperson a bad credit card while he stole a bunch of clothes and was caught by mall security. At his booking and interrogation Jack gave Metro-Dade a line about working for the government and that Crockett was his FBI agent, and Metro sent for him, and was not happy to see his cousin. Crockett got Jack out of his shoplifting charge and then Jack showed his cousin his new job--sales for a