Barry Minkow

Barry Minkow (born March 17, 1967) was an American teenage entrepreneur who managed to present the front of a successful businessman for a number of years during the 1980s. He was convicted of fraud and became a prison inmate for over 7 years subsequent to his misdeeds. During his time in prison Minkow became involved in Christian ministry, which continued upon his probationary release from prison in April, 1995. Today he is senior pastor of a San Diego, California church, having renounced and forsaken his previous misdeeds. Minkow is also a recognized fraud expert, and speaks on the subject to university students and the business community in an effort to prevent fraud.

Release and a different path

After Minkow's early release from prison in 1995, he went to work at the Church at Rocky Peak in Chatsworth, California (near his Reseda childhood home) as Director of the Bible Institute and Pastor of Evangelism.

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Since 1997 he has served as the senior pastor of San Diego's Community Bible Church. As of 2005, Rev. Minkow remains in this position.

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1997 - San Diego - As of 2005

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Minkow also is an executive at the Fraud Discovery Institute in San Diego, which he helped found. In this capacity, he posed as a potential investor in an investment scheme run by fellow pastor Steve O. Cooper, of the Nu-Way Christian Ministries Inc. of San Diego, then passed the information he received to state and federal authorities. Cooper's scheme was shut down by regulators in August 2005. He has similarly investigated the Turning International Ltd. scam by Derek Turner in the Bahamas, Rainmaker Managed Living, MX Factors, and others.

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Nu-Way Christian Ministries - Turning International Ltd. - Derek Turner - Rainmaker Managed Living - MX Factors

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