The result was no consensus - default to delete. The discussion came to no particular consensus on this subject, with appeals by participants to both our various policies on the biographies of living persons and our guidelines on inclusion. Many of the participants saying that the individual was notable did not assert why, or indirectly supported the notion that the event and not the person should be covered, to the point of proposing a rename of the article. Other participants supported deletion on the grounds that notability, while existent, was marginal and believed the need to protect the subject of the article was more significant.
As such, this is a classic no consensus close, meaning no consensus to keep or to delete. There is sufficient precedent at AfD to suggest that a discussion on a biography of a living person may default to delete in the case of no consensus, and based on the discussion below this is the course that I have opted for. Fritzpoll (talk) 10:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak delete. WP:BLP1E, combined with the fact that the subject of the article does not appear to want the article in Wikipedia. He's occasionally quoted in the media as an expert on white-collar experience in prison. Eight Google News hits for "Fred Shapiro" and "fraud" (don't confuse with Fred R. Shapiro, the Yale Law librarian when searching). THF (talk) 00:30, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]