• Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer.

    Alex Berenson: Evidence of defendants' lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer.
    "Ideas & Trends: Overcompensating; In Fraud Cases, Guilt Can Be Skin Deep" by Alex Berenson, www.nytimes.com. February 29, 2004.