"Probably, most of them were pretty well off. But by the time I met most of them, they weren't. And they were hiding and isolated and they didn't have a voice and they were being shunned by their communities. Their children were being kicked out of their schools, parents wouldn't let their children play with their children, as if they had a disease."
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Weekly Zoom meetings gather 40–50 convicted white-collar offenders from across the U.S. and Canada for mutual support. Participants include fraudsters, Ponzi schemers, insider traders, tax evaders, and money launderers. Founder Jeff Grant, a former wire fraud and money-laundering convict, leads meetings and often initiates the Serenity Prayer. Many members lost careers, families, and social standing after convictions and face community shunning, school exclusions for children, and deep isolation. The group labels members as “justice-impacted people” and focuses on compassion, reducing shame, and creating a voice for a stigmatized population concentrated in places such as South Florida.
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