by Brian Jorgenson | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
December 12, 2014 Preventing Fraud & Other White Collar Crimes The next three on the "list" that I'll touch upon are: Strong sense of rationalizing away the wrongfulness of their actions and quick to justify the activity No prior run-ins with the…
by Brian Jorgenson | Nov 15, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
November 14, 2014 Preventing Fraud & Other White Collar Crimes (Part 2) This is a continuation from a previous post on my thoughts related to how to prevent and mitigate fraud. To quickly recap, I provided a list of eight areas that tended to be…
by Brian Jorgenson | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
November 7, 2014 As I'm nearing the two month mark of my incarceration, I continue to have more interesting conversations with other men in here that found themselves operating on the wrong side of the law. I'm always curious to find out their…
by Brian Jorgenson | Oct 15, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
October 15, 2014 The Trial Penalty There's a recent (or soon-to-be-published) article in a Forbes magazine regarding the "trial penalty" that I wanted to write about. We can define the trial penalty as harsher sentences for those who fight federal…
by Brian Jorgenson | Oct 5, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
October 5, 2014 A Minority in the White Collar Circle Let's start with the numbers first. Here at Herlong there are about 120 inmates at the camp. Of that, I'd guess approximately a dozen of us are in here for white collar crimes. I'm the only…
by Brian Jorgenson | Sep 20, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
September 20, 2014 Surrendered to Herlong Federal Prison Camp This is my first entry since I surrendered to Herlong Federal Prison Camp . Since my last post, I have a new title -- inmate. As I've written before I am serving my sentence at Herlong…
by Justin Paperny | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
September 12, 2014 Self-surrender to Federal Prison I'm days away from the big moment -- having to self-surrender to federal prison. Thanks to people like Justin Paperny, I've been able to mentally prepare as much as possible. For the most part I…
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 24, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 24, 2014 Federal Prison or Reality TV Show? I've recently created an expectation list that I wanted to share: You will be sent to a compound in a remote area to live away from society You will be gone for a significant amount of time You will…
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 20, 2014 – 6 Things I’ve Stopped Doing Prior to Surrendering to Federal Prison Blogging 101 dictates that readers like to go through lists. There’s something satisfying about it and it makes a blog easy to read. With that, this is my first…
by Brian Jorgenson | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Brian Jorgenson
August 11, 2014 – Being Sentenced to Federal Prison “Let me guess, you’re here for US Marshall training?” inquired the elderly security guard at the metal detector entrance of the federal courthouse. Oh, the irony. I hesitated for a moment deciding…