Barry Minkow, an infamously successful teenage entrepreneur in the 1980s who served seven and a half years in prison for major stock market fraud, will discuss the psychology of fraud Nov. 13 at an event sponsored by the Robinson College of Business.
Convicted entrepreneur to discuss psychology of fraud
November 6, 2002 (ATLANTA) -
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Barry Minkow, an infamously successful teenage entrepreneur in the 1980s who served seven and a half years in prison for major stock market fraud, will discuss the psychology of fraud Nov. 13 at an event sponsored by the Robinson College of Business.
Minkow's free presentation, "Tales of White Collar Crime…and Doing Time," is planned for noon-1:30 p.m. at the Rialto Center at the corner of Broad and Luckie Streets in downtown Atlanta.
Martin Leinweber, managing director of the Robinson College's Center for Enterprise Risk Management and Assurance Services, said Minkow's lecture is timely in light of recent revelations of fraud at companies like Enron and Worldcom. "Minkow is the poster child for this kind of activity," he said.
Minkow founded ZZZZ Best Carpet Cleaning Company in Los Angeles at age 16 and grew it into a business worth $240 million - on paper, anyway. The media and Wall Street touted him as a "whiz kid," and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley even proclaimed a "Barry Minkow Day" for the city. Actually, Minkow had become involved with organized crime, defrauding investors out of millions of dollars. At age 23, he was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison.
Now senior pastor of Community Bible Church in Mira Mesa, Calif., Minkow regularly speaks about fraudulent financial activities. He is author of Clean Sweep: The Inside Story of the ZZZZ Best Scam and Making It In America: Eighteen Years Old and a Million Dollars.
For more information, contact Martin Leinweber 404/651-2738 or visit the CERMAS website:
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