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For Immediate Release Reformed white-collar criminal Justin Paperny to speak at King’s, April 19 April 12, 2010 –Reformed white-collar criminal Justin Paperny will lecture on ethics, financial crime, and the new perspectives that resulted from his prison sentence during a pair of free public lectures at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 19, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College. Paperny is a former investment executive working at Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and UBS. His financial crime revolves around his oversight of client’s hedge fund that later became a Ponzi scheme. For his role in the crime, Paperny was sentenced to 18 months at Taft Federal Prison Camp. While serving his sentence, he contributed to a daily blog at www.JustinPaperny.com and also authored “Lessons From Prison.” Since his release in August 2009, Paperny began a career as a public speaker, author, and consultant. He co-founded Etika, LCC, a consulting business that provides presentation and educational programs on the topics of ethics for businesses, universities, professional societies, and law enforcement. The lecture is sponsored by King’s Center for Ethics and Public Life and is funded in part by a grant from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc. The late William G. McGowan, founder and CEO of MCI, was a 1952 King’s graduate. The Burke Auditorium is located in King’s William G. McGowan School of Business, located on North River Street. Parking will be available on the on-campus lots. For more information, contact Atty. James Sysko, assistant professor and business ethicist scholar at King’s College, at 208-5900, ext. 5735.
Justin Paperny Editor’s Note: Justin Paperny will be available for phone interviews prior to his lecture at King’s on Monday, April 19. If you would like to schedule a phone interview for pre-event coverage, please contact Joseph Giomboni at 208-5957. King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross. |
