million from haiti. >> and this is the bank of the republic. >> reporter: they would throw extravagant parties, buy pricey real estate and designer clothes. michele in particular had an insatiable taste for the finer things. her interior decorator was given carte bl oorks blanche. >> for example, sambour, the decorator, transferred $27 million to his bank accounts in the bank in new york and in paris. here you see mr. sambour the decorator probably saving for a rainy day taking from different governmental accounts. >> he had access to the government accounts as well? >> absolutely. he was taking all this money and we have pages of this. >> the designer? >> you see $200,000. $200,000. $200,000. $200,000. >> reporter: how did they get away with it? they had their own enforcers. called the tonton macoutes or in creole, the boogiemen.