David Murcia Guzman

Just like Jay Gastsby, David Murcia was an enterpreneur. He was creative, he had an attractive personality and he was admired by others. Both Murcia and Gatsby somehow reached one of their objectives in life: They were rich and poweful after being lower-class and even abhorrent members of society.

Murcia was the founder and CEO of a group called DMG Holdings Co., that was a pyramid-scheme company. That means, if any person invested X money in the company, DMG promised to give the investor not X money but X*10 or X*100 money. At the end, authorities discovered that the profit was coming from money laundering and DMG was closed. Nowadays, David Murcia is in jail.

That illicit way of obtaining money was also present in Gatsby's case. Although he wasn't a money launderer, he was active in the bootlegging business in a time when alcohol consumption, selling and distribution was prohibited in the U.S.

It's just a matter of time until Jay Gatsby's destiny resembles Murcia's one, perhaps at the end of the novel.  Moreover, it could be that Murcia's destiny is heaven compared to such tragic events that could happen to Gatsby as the novel goes on.