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Monday, August 30, 2021

My Experience with Ariely's Modified Shredder: A Followup

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  I mentioned in a prior FraudBytes post that I have some suspicions about a set of experiments that Professor Ariely claimed he ran using ...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Analysis Argues Ariely Retraction was a Sloppy Fraud

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An  analysis by Jonatan Pallesen  shows that the Ariely fabrication that I posted about a few days ago was extremely sloppy. The post concl...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Top Honesty Researcher, Dan Ariely, Has Paper Retracted Due to Fraudulent Data

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Today, truth is on my mind after I read the following quote: "(T)ruth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must ben...
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Finance Professor Exposes "Deeds of Darkness"

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A recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted the work of UT-Austin finance professor John Griffin, and his work in exposing t...

Chinese Spies Infiltrate almost 30 U.S. Companies

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On October 4 th , Bloomberg published an article detailing how Chinese spies placed microchips on motherboards produced for Super Micro Com...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

NY Times Investigation digs into possible President Trump tax fraud

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On October 2 nd , the New York Times published a recent investigation into the President's taxes in the 1990s. The investigation state...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Auditors and Fraud: Interview with Going Concern

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Mark was recently interviewed by Going Concern about auditors' responsibilities to detect fraud. Here are a few highlights:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Moral Hypocrisy: The KPMG / PCAOB Scandal

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Auditors aren't that great at detecting fraud and sometimes claim their audits aren't designed to detect it . It looks like they ma...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Is Bitcoin a Scam?

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First, let's consider what bitcoin isn't.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018

PWC Held Responsible for Not Detecting Fraud

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The Wall Street Journal published an article explaining that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) was held responsible for failing to detect fraud...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Wells Fargo Incentives Lead to Fraud

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Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in America, was fined $185 million for the company’s fraudulent selling practices. A Wall Street Jo...
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Saturday, August 27, 2016

Combating Cheating in the Classroom

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Online resources students may use for cheating Have you ever heard of websites such as Course Hero, Quizlet, or Koofers? If you have, ...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Whose Job is it Anyway? Are Auditors Expected to Detect Fraud?

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A recent article in The Wall Street Journal details what could be one of the only legal cases from the great recession to actually go t...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

HSBC Holdings Receives Nothing More Than a Slap on the Wrist

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A recent article in The Wall Street Journal talks about the Justice Department’s decision to not pursue charges against HSBC for alleg...
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