Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Gauthier
Not so sure this guy fails  because the rule reads ''The motivation for the crime or the execution of the crime is unusual'' which is the case here: using a religious show to defraud investors via a Ponzi scheme is not a run-of-the-mill white collar crime, but definitely unusual, although there was a case of Jim Bakker a while back, somewhat similar, although probably not a Ponzi scheme, but a sex scandal and misappropriation of funds. While the Gauthier arrest happened in Florida, the case got media attention from newspapers in http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/christian-radio-host-arrested-6-million-ponzi-scheme-article-1.1598124 New York City and even in http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8207597/Christian-radio-talk-show-host-duped-couple-into-giving-away-pensions.html the United Kingdom, giving it international reach. There are sufficient references to meet the GNG in my view: I count five references which talk about the crime in-depth. Last, does it fail the |one event criterion? One could see it as one event, although it took place over many years (from 2005; charge in 2010? then arrest in 2014), involved numerous victims, so perhaps a case could be made that it was more than a single event? There are two other dimensions here that, in my view, give weight to this article's notability -- the religious aspect (the show was carried on a Christian network, involving the network and possibly others -- why didn't the network executives know what was going on?) and the media aspect (that it was broadcast regularly, possibly to a fairly wide Florida audience). That this person has not been convicted yet is not, in my view, a valid reason for not having the article; when the Florida authorities arrest someone, and major papers cover it, it is notable, and in Wikipedia, we state quite clearly that Gauthier was ''charged'' not convicted. The article should cover both sides of the case, that is, Gauthier claiming that what happened was the real estate market went south. Overall, weak keep
— User:Tomwsulcer, 01:50, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CRIME||WP:BLP1E (Wikipedia:Notability)