8:12 pm on Friday June 27, 2008
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Newsless Courier speculates on how Parish duped investors
Read more about Al Parish on our topic page.The Newsless Courier speculates about why Al Parish managed to dupe Charlestonians so:
Charleston isn't accustomed to business fraud on such a scale;
Parish's defenders, such as the Metro Chamber of Commerce, can't accept that they were bamboozled;
Even though Parish was "investing" in $4000 suits and trips to Ireland, they still think he meant to make money for them;
Parish used his religious connections (church and Baptist College--excuse me, Charleston Southern) to defraud while many others use religious connections to generate business;
He's a white male who is non-violent;
Bankrolling his flamboyant lifestyle was worth it for the entertainment value?
