Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
An audit by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Stuart Bowen Jr., shows significant waste, abuse, and fraud of funds. The Iraq war and reconstruction is estimated to have cost $300 billion so far.
Among the questionable items:
$43.8 million was paid to DynCorp International to construct a residential police training camp that has been [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
In true consumer fight-back style, Ellen Fein has started a website to criticize Dr. Larry Rosenthal. Ellen is one of the authors of the book “The Rules”, while Rosenthal calls himself the “Dentist to the Stars.”
Ellen claims that Rosenthal botched her dental work on her website lyingdentist.com. She says on the site that [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 29, 2007 · 3 Comments
Welcome to another edition of The Carnival of Fraud!
I’ll start off with a very short and sweet post. Our very own Milwaukee Public School District is quite possibly the worst value for its money, when compared to all other school districts nationwide. They can burn through millions and millions like there’s no tomorrow. [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
According to an article in the Janesville Gazette, Wisconsin officials conducted a class to help illegal immigrants understand how to get a drivers license before April 1, 2007. On April 1, those applying for licenses or renewing licenses must have proof of legal residency. Up until then, such proof is not necessary, therefore [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Milwaukee Public Schools officials expect enrollment to drop from 84,900 students to 81,600 students this fall. That’s a drop fo 3,300 or 3.9%.
Here’s the big question: Will their budget drop proportionately????
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
State charges against Bryan Wagner, a private investigator involved in the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal, are to be dropped on Monday. He has pleaded guilty to federal charges of identity theft and conspiracy, and his plea agreement bars the state from prosecuting him.
Wagner allegedly was involved in illegally obtaining phone records during his investigation of [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 26, 2007 · 12 Comments
From Robert FitzPatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert:
In a crucial development that could rock the entire multi-level marketing business, a class action lawsuit has been filed this month against Quixtar (Amway) charging that the company is running an illegal pyramid scheme. (filed in US District court in the northern district of California on January 10, 2007, [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 26, 2007 · 2 Comments
Microsoft’s competitors in Europe alleged today that the new Vista operating system continues the illegal practices by Microsoft discovered in Europe 3 years ago. The group complaining includes IBM, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Oracle, and Red Hat.
In 2004, the European Commission determined that Microsoft purposely made Windows software incompatible with competitors’ server software, as [...]
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment
My article in this week’s Wisconsin Law Journal details some of the mistakes attorneys make when hiring and with expert witnesses. These can lead to “Litigation Disasters” of the worst kind.
Posted by Tracy Coenen on January 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The Chicago Board of Elections distributed computer discs to aldermanic campaigns in 2003 which contained the Social Security numbers of more than a million voters. The voter information on the discs also included names, addresses, and birthdates.
Since this inceident, more discs containing Social Secuirty information have been distributed. Officials said that there was [...]
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