The Nation : Self-Motivator Sentenced

Promoter Glenn Turner, who became a millionaire through self-motivation businesses, was sentenced with his business partner, Edward Rector, to seven years in prison for defrauding investors. Each man also was ordered to pay $32,350 in restitution. A jury in Phoenix, Ariz., convicted the pair on one count of conspiracy, nine counts of fraud and nine counts of promoting a pyramid scheme in connection with the marketing of Challenge Inc. Before sentencing, Turner, 53, told Superior Court Judge Bernard Dougherty he had not meant to hurt anyone. “If I could undo it, I would,” he said. Turner pleaded no contest in Florida in 1975 to misdemeanor charges involving a previous motivation program, “Dare to Be Great.”