Who said crime doesn’t pay? If we’re led to believe that Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray was criminally negligent in causing his death, it’s certainly paid off for the Michael Jackson estate. A new report estimates in the year since his death, his estate his earned ‘at least’ a billion dollars, which is the equivalent to the gross domestic product of many small African nations. The extraordinary figure includes 24m Michael Jackson albums sold since last June, and around a million more by the Jackson Five and the Jacksons – worth about £250m in sales. Throw in 39.4m song downloads, 4.5m ringtones, internet licensing worth £4m, £175m from the concert film This Is It, TV rights, DVD and Blu-Ray sales, and Jackson’s music publishing empire, which includes the Beatles back catalogue and not only have his debts worth around $US500 million been paid off, it seems that his kids won’t be working at the local McDonalds drive through any time soon.