By Ashley Fletcher Frampton
aframpton@scbiznews.com
Published Feb. 13, 2009
Former local economist Al Parish will be featured on Wednesday’s episode of American Greed, a television show on CNBC.
The show’s Web site describes American Greed as a primetime series that examines the dark side of the American Dream.
The episode featuring Parish’s case, called Economan: Superthief, airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday and again at 11 p.m. Feb. 22. The episode includes a separate case on insider trading.
Parish, a former Charleston Southern University economics professor, pleaded guilty to three counts of investment fraud. About 600 people lost nearly $70 million through his Ponzi scheme.
Parish was sentenced in June to 24 years in prison.
CNBC’s American Greed Web site has a slide show about the case and a short video showing some of the items Parish bought with investors’ money, including silver, artwork and jewelry.
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