QUOTED FROM A 1996 ARTICLE IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:
(I like the part about posing as a doctor to commit fraud.)
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"In the past, some people have had reason to regret trusting Mr. Trudeau in money matters, according to prosecutors. In 1990, the recruiter pleaded guilty to larceny in a Cambridge, Mass., state court in connection with $80,000 in worthless checks he deposited at a bank. In 1991, he also pleaded guilty to credit-card fraud in Boston federal district court. Among his misdeeds in the federal case, prosecutors said, Mr. Trudeau misappropriated for his own use the credit-card numbers of customers of the memory-improvement courses that he offered at the time. Mr. Trudeau spent nearly two years in prison for his crimes.
Mr. Trudeau, who was in his 20s at the time, blames his "very poor judgment decisions" largely on his youth and the pressure and confusion of trying to build a business empire too quickly. The crimes, he insists, "were not premeditated... "I just shaved the line too close."
But in the sentencing memorandum for his state-court conviction, the Middlesex County district attorney called Mr. Trudeau's larceny "blatant and premeditated." Mr. Trudeau even posed as a doctor to increase his credibility with bank officials, said the court filing."
(I like the part about posing as a doctor to commit fraud.)
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"In the past, some people have had reason to regret trusting Mr. Trudeau in money matters, according to prosecutors. In 1990, the recruiter pleaded guilty to larceny in a Cambridge, Mass., state court in connection with $80,000 in worthless checks he deposited at a bank. In 1991, he also pleaded guilty to credit-card fraud in Boston federal district court. Among his misdeeds in the federal case, prosecutors said, Mr. Trudeau misappropriated for his own use the credit-card numbers of customers of the memory-improvement courses that he offered at the time. Mr. Trudeau spent nearly two years in prison for his crimes.
Mr. Trudeau, who was in his 20s at the time, blames his "very poor judgment decisions" largely on his youth and the pressure and confusion of trying to build a business empire too quickly. The crimes, he insists, "were not premeditated... "I just shaved the line too close."
But in the sentencing memorandum for his state-court conviction, the Middlesex County district attorney called Mr. Trudeau's larceny "blatant and premeditated." Mr. Trudeau even posed as a doctor to increase his credibility with bank officials, said the court filing."
