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Dishonesty Strikes UB:Part 2

The story of Greg Mortenson and his alleged missteps continue to unfold and UB continues to experience the impact of his alleged transgressions. Mortenson, who has been accused of lying and misappropriating funds within the not-for-profit organization, Central Asia Institute (CAI), continues to grab headlines as the details of the story continue to surface. In Wednesday's issue of The Spectrum, Mortenson's behavior and potential wrongdoing was explored, but all the details in connection to UB were not clear at press time. Since then, The Spectrum has learned that Mortenson received $25,000 for his appearance to speak as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series last year.

Dishonesty Strikes UB: Part 1

Members of the UB community may have unassumingly tuned in to 60 Minutes on Sunday night only to witness the school's name sullied by connections to fraud, embezzlement and deceit. In the 60 Minutes feature, it was alleged that Central Asia Institute (CAI) Executive Director Greg Mortenson lied in his book of memoirs, Three Cups of Tea, on several accounts, and has been accused of using the not-for-profit organization as his own personal money tree. Mortenson, founder of the "Pennies for Peace" charity that uses its donations in order to build schools and improve educational systems in Pakistan and Afghanistan, allegedly embellished numerous accounts in his memoirs.