This week’s Carnival of Fraud

Posted by Tracy Coenen on June 3, 2007 · 2 Comments 

Welcome to another edition of the Carnival of Fraud. This week’s submissions include…

SoxFirst discusses the idea of giving whistleblowers financial incentives to come forward. It is suggested that a would-be whistleblower weight the costs and benefits of coming forward. Since coming forward poses many risks, an adequate financial reward might encourage more to speak out.

Patrick at Badger Blogger has done a great rundown on the criminal past (and present) of Michael McGee Jr., the Milwaukee alderman currently in jail and charged with conspiracy to commit substantial battery, as

Trusted Advisor wants to know if trust in business is up or down. Two publications have differing views on this issue, and the author is asking for reader feedback.

Sam Antar at White Collar Fraud talks about trust as well, and as a convicted felon, offers some excellent advice.

Square Feet Blog alerts us that Sam Leccima, a real estate developer in A&E’s FlipThis House, has been formally accused of faking some real estate transactions portrayed on the show, by using family and associates to pose as buyers. Sam was one of the pitiful replacements for Richard Davis and Trademark Properties after he and the company quit working with A&E.

Gary Weiss has an interesting piece on his opinion of Mark Cuban’s Sharesleuth website. Cuban’s Sharesleuth attempts to expose public companies with problems, and Cuban openly shorts these types of stocks.

I’m blogging about a newspaper mention of my consumer education and awareness site, PinkTruth.com. The site offers education and support for victims of multi-level marketing schemes, and is primarily for women who were a part of Mary Kay Cosmetics.

Get your submissions in for next week’s carnival here. Thanks for participating!!


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Comments

2 Responses to “This week’s Carnival of Fraud”
  1. Tate says:
    10 June 2007 at 11:47 am

    Hi Tracy, I just found your carnival and am a few hours late for getting my fraud article in… any chance I could squeeze it into this weeks? It relates to penny stock promotion in major financial publications. Please let me know – thanks!

  2. Tracy says:
    10 June 2007 at 12:15 pm

    Yes you can still submit!

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