… and again and again because it happens all the time: Beware the B-School Boys. That’s a whole category of its own on this blog. And why? Because business school professors constantly run afoul of the law.
The latest finance-professor-gone-wrong is this guy, at Bocconi University. Says on his university page that he’s been “voluntarily suspended (‘How can you be voluntarily suspended?’ asked Mr UD) since November 16, 2012.” (‘Isn’t that in the future?’ asked Mr UD). He’s been way busy lying about the value of his hedge fund, destroying investors, and dealing with the Financial Services Authority.
May 30th, 2012 at 4:36AM
The Marc Hauser of B-school?
The Lysenko of B-school?
The Fleischmann-Pons of B-school?
Argh, none of the aforementioned frauds quite fits the bill…
May 30th, 2012 at 5:32PM
You use rather crude and derogatory terms in your description of my colleague’s behavior: “lying” is a rather vulgar concept – wouldn’t it be better to describe his actions by “correcting the truth a bit”?
Have some pity with him. He will not have an easy life at Bocconi. Now everybody knows that he was not able to fool the regulatory authorities: This is an offense comparable to a woman wearing white shoes outside the veterans day – labor day period. So everybody will talk behind his back, etc – like the mean girls in high school zeroing in on a girl with thick glasses.
May 30th, 2012 at 6:12PM
Yes, econprof, I was rather hard on him. I should have used a fine Italian hand in addressing his… falling short.