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Friday, August 28, 2009

Huron and Arthur Andersen

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Some of you probably have heard about Huron Consulting Group Inc's restatement recently. You should read this article about Huron's...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Stanford CFO Pleads Guilty

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As expected, Stanford Financial Group's CFO, James Davis, pleaded guilty today to fraud and conspiracy, admitting that "he and othe...
Monday, August 24, 2009

PwC now being sued in Madoff case...

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Victims in the Madoff case have now expanded their efforts to recover some of their losses by suing PricewaterhouseCoopers. A UK news report...
Friday, August 21, 2009

Overlap

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Usually overlap would be considered an effective deterrent to fraud, at least from the corporate perspective. Internal controls that includ...
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"Putting America to Work"

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Shifting gears for a moment, I have to ask: Who thought it would be a good idea to put up signs like this at road construction sites all acr...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Foregone Opportunities...

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

What do Bernie and Barry have in common?

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Those of you who have studied famous fraudsters, you will know the name of Barry Minkow. Barry was the apparent whiz kid entrepreneur who st...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

HealthSouth fraud: The rest of the story

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The former CFO, Aaron Beam, of HealthSouth spoke at the recent conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He tells a pretty...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A word to Ponzi schemers: Stay away from China!

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The WSJ and AP reported that two Chinese individuals were executed for defrauding others in a Ponzi scheme in which they promised 10% retu...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A break in the Madoff case

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The WSJ just reported that former Madoff aide, Frank DiPascali Jr., plead guilty to knowingly helping Bernie Madoff perpetuate his $50 bill...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

100 years for $126 million fraud

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Continuing the recent trend of harsh prison sentences for convicted fraudsters, Edward Okun was recently sentenced to 100 years in prison fo...
Saturday, August 1, 2009

Apparently not all Madoff victims were victimized equally...

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According to a recent article , the trustee in the Madoff case is suing Jeffry M. Picower so as to obtain $5.1 billion that was apparently ...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Mortgage fraud and bailing out the banks

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As the government has been bailing out banks that are the "victims" of a crazy boom in housing, an investigative report shows tha...
Monday, July 27, 2009

Yachtzi Scheme

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As further evidence supporting the claim that you can sell anything to 3% of the population , the WSJ reports that an outrageous Ponzi schem...
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