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March 24, 2023

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A Tale of Barry Minkow’s Right to Redemption (or Lack Thereof)

by Adrienne Gonzalez

You may have read that dedicated criminal Barry Minkow has once again been sentenced to prison, this time for ripping off a church to the tune of $3 million. A CHURCH. $3 MILLION. If that isn't the sign of large, brass cojones given his criminal past, I'm not sure what is. But you see, some […]

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According To This Paper, It Takes Cojones To Commit Fraud

by Adrienne Gonzalez

No, really, that's actually what the paper says. The abstract: What factors explain the behaviors of corporate leaders who engage in spectacular frauds? Is it greed? Is it power? Are these leaders, as some critics allege, simply psychopaths? Or is something else going on? In this Essay created for a symposium on the “agency problem,” […]