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.

Sources/external links

• Minkow, Barry. Clean Sweep:The Inside Story of the Zzzz Best Scam. . . One of Wall Street's Biggest Frauds ISBN 0785279164
• Community Bible Church/Senior Pastor Barry Minkow (biography)
• Students learn from ex-con
• Barry Minkow biography/Fraud Discovery Institute
• Insights Reap Redemption For a White-Collar Criminal (from the Wall Street Journal)
• California regulators shut down pastor's investment firm, AP 19 August 2005