Comments on: Fascinating look into the mind of a white collar criminal http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2007/06/25/fascinating-look-into-the-mind-of-a-white-collar-criminal/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:48:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chuck Gallagher http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2007/06/25/fascinating-look-into-the-mind-of-a-white-collar-criminal/comment-page-1/#comment-72306 Chuck Gallagher Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:26:08 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2007/06/25/fascinating-look-into-the-mind-of-a-white-collar-criminal/#comment-72306 Thinking back 11 years ago, I would never have considered that I, a competent, well educated man, would be sitting in prison. That was a life educational experience where I learned, really for the first time, that there are consequences to every unethical choice we make. Though one might think that we can avoid the consequences, the reality is that they are unavoidable and certain. We just don't know how or when we will face the inevitable. As a former CPA, through a series of bad choices or serious ethics lapses, I became a white-collar criminal. Now, I am an executive in a publicly held company and an international speaker. I now take the time to review my lessons from prison and write about those experiences so that others may gain benefit and perhaps learn from the experience of others. Some of us learn lessons the hard way. Yet, through sharing the experience of my incarceration and return to productivity, others have stated that they've been able to look at their choices in a different and more productive way. Sam considers himself a "two bit thug." I, on the other hand, know from personal experience, that we have the capability of being more than our past actions. I am more than the choices I made in the mid 80's. Today I am defined by the choices I make today and understand that every choice has a consequence. Thinking back 11 years ago, I would never have considered that I, a competent, well educated man, would be sitting in prison. That was a life educational experience where I learned, really for the first time, that there are consequences to every unethical choice we make. Though one might think that we can avoid the consequences, the reality is that they are unavoidable and certain. We just don’t know how or when we will face the inevitable.

As a former CPA, through a series of bad choices or serious ethics lapses, I became a white-collar criminal. Now, I am an executive in a publicly held company and an international speaker. I now take the time to review my lessons from prison and write about those experiences so that others may gain benefit and perhaps learn from the experience of others. Some of us learn lessons the hard way. Yet, through sharing the experience of my incarceration and return to productivity, others have stated that they’ve been able to look at their choices in a different and more productive way.

Sam considers himself a “two bit thug.” I, on the other hand, know from personal experience, that we have the capability of being more than our past actions. I am more than the choices I made in the mid 80’s. Today I am defined by the choices I make today and understand that every choice has a consequence.

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