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Friday, August 21, 2015

Computer Chip Credit Cards – What it Means for Credit Card Security

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Have you ever received a call from Visa, American Express, or another credit card company telling you that your credit card information wa...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

The Hospital Room Incident: Did Lance Armstrong Pay Off Doctors to Remain Silent?

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While it has been several months since we posted about the Lance Armstrong investigation (see this link for previous posts), the case a...
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Thursday, August 6, 2015

Detecting Fraud in Academic Research

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The scientific community is often considered to be less filled with fraud than other disciplines. Typically when we think of fraud, we thin...
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Business Email Fraud

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According to the FBI, companies worldwide have lost more than $1 billion from October 2013 through June 2015 due to business email fraud,...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Vegetable Gardens and Rationalizing

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I recently spoke with a friend who used to pick vegetables at a vegetable garden when he was younger. At the vegetable garden, workers we...
Friday, June 19, 2015

What Has the Red Cross Done with Almost Half a Billion Dollars of Donations?

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After the 2011 earthquake in Haiti, the American Red Cross raised half a billion dollars and announced plans to build hundreds of permanen...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Even Cancer Research Lacks Integrity

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An article in Discover Magazine details some of the practices that occurred for 50 years in cancer research that both slowed and misled ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

How Chocolate Was Used to Fool Millions

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You may have seen headlines in the news a couple months ago proclaiming things such as “Dieting? Don’t forget the Chocolate,” or “Choco...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Fake Diplomas: Too Good to Be True

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An example of a fake diploma issued by one of Axact's fictitious schools, Grant Town University. Earning a diploma for high schoo...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Industries that Rely on the Illusion of Causality

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I've been intrigued (and somewhat disgusted) by industries that sell worthless products to people who desperately want to find a cure ...
Monday, December 29, 2014

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… For Scammers Too

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During the holiday season, many people choose to give and help others around them, but sometimes due to the spirit of giving that aboun...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Fighting Fraud with Mathematical Weapons

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According to a Wall Street Journal article , forensic accountants recently uncovered a several hundred thousand dollar fraud committed by e...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Individuals Causing the 2008 Housing Crisis Receive No More Than a Slap on the Wrist

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Following the 2008 housing crisis, several of the banks involved paid large settlement fines. JPMorgan Chase was one of those banks. The Ju...

Research Study Suggests That the Culture in the Banking Industry Leads to Dishonesty

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Financial Times recently printed an article about a study done by researchers at the University of Zurich which suggested that bankers h...
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