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Host Lede: Thanks to the likes of Enron, WorldCom and Martha Stewart?there seems to be something in the ether these days with white-collar crime. Not only are we hearing more about white-collar criminals, but courts and judges seem even more intent on dishing out swift justice for those found guilty. Mark Morze (MORE-zz) was a CFO involved in one of the biggest corporate frauds of the 1980?s. The company he worked for, ?ZZZZ Best? (pronounced simply ?Z Best?) was a southern California carpet cleaning business founded by a teenage entrepreneur named Barry Minkow (Mink-oh). Together with Minkow, the two men bilked investors for over one hundred million dollars by creating a paper trail of fake revenue and phony work orders. These days Mark goes around the country tying to educate people about the very real consequences of being convicted of a white-collar crime. http://www.theprosandthecons.com/cons.htm
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Review of The Face of White Collar CrimeI really enjoyed this piece. It is entirely too short to adequately deal with the subject matter at hand. There must be more to this piece to properly complete it. As is it is great as a Morning Edition bit or something like that. I feel that if it were fleshed out it would outstanding on This American Life - a true blow away segment given our current ethic scandals in business and goverment. Maybe a pairing with an interview from someone who was in government who was a crook? Just an idea. |
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Review of The Face of White Collar CrimeThis piece takes you inside, quickly but pretty deeply, the mind and experience of a "white collar" criminal. It's really good, one of the better pieces I've heard about white collar crime. Mark Morze was a CFO convicted of various kinds of fraud and sent to prison for 8 years. Now he's out, and this piece takes you back to how he got in trouble, and why, and the pretty thin line that he crossed (that "one" crosses) when "one" goes from being a legit business person to a criminal. Some of the best parts of the piece are when Mark is talking about what it was like to be in prison, how the other prisoners viewed the "white collar" guys. Mark says, even when he went to prison he did not see himself as a criminal, but the other prisoners showed him that he is a thief, because he did what they did, "lied to people and took their money." This is a very thoughtful, very engaging piece. Listen and see if you can find a place for it. |
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Originally broadcast on Weekend America December, 2006
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Kate McMillan
Posted on December 15, 2008 at 10:40 AM | Permalink
Make this a series!
Its really good, but as mentioned above, this topic needs to be expanded upon.