Barry Minkow was right about Microsemi CEO (big surprise)

Another successful fraud investigation has been logged by ex-con Barry Minkow. In addition to the more than $1.8 billion in fraud Minkow is responsible for uncovering, he also proactively discovered faked credentials by several public company executives.
One that caused a big stir was that of Microsemi (NASDAQ:MSCC) CEO James Peterson. This one was interesting because [...]

Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) confirms fraud allegations; debunks own lies

In an interesting twist in the case of the Barry Minkow (Fraud Discovery Institute) fraud investigation of Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN)… it appears that Lennar itself has debunked the company’s own lies.
In a new report released today, FDI lays out the original fraud allegations, the lies Lennar used to cover up, and the new admissions which [...]

DownsizeDC.org: Can public works stimulate the economy?

An article courtesy of DownsizeDC.org:
John Maynard Keynes originated the idea that government spending could reverse an economic downturn, but even he was skeptical of using government construction projects for this purpose.
Nevertheless, Congress, and people like Paul Krugman, want to spend hundreds of billions on public works.

Milwaukee event for entrepreneurs interested in social media

You don’t have to be a social media guru to attend this event. You can start learning about how social media can benefit you and your company, and participate in a great networking event too…
When: February 6th, 2009
Where: The Luxurious Iron Horse Hotel – 500 S. Florida Streets
Cost: Free
Time: 5:30PM – 9PM
Guest speakers and LIVE [...]

Scamming Wisconsin’s welfare system

Oops. We’re not really allowed to call it “welfare” anymore. That might hurt someone’s feelings.  Back in the 90’s Wisconsin changed the name from “welfare” to “W2″ (which stands for Wisconsin Works – ha ha ha….)
Wisconsin has long been known as a great place to collect welfare. We’ve had Illinois residents crossing the border for [...]

Brilliant revelation by PCAOB: CFOs are in charge of the numbers

It’s no secret that I feel that audits are almost completely ineffective when it comes to verifying the validity of financial statements. Sure, an audit checks the math and some of the obvious applications of the accounting rules. But audits don’t guard against fraud and usually don’t find fraud.
Those who want audits to do that [...]

More proof of Lennar lies

Could things get much worse for Lennar (NYSE:LEN)? Of course they could. Especially as long as the company continues to lie in order to cover up for the red flags of fraud that Barry Minkow and Fraud Discovery Institute released in a report two weeks ago.
Here’s the latest… Minkow originally raised questions about a $5 [...]

SOHObiztube.com… Like LinkedIn on Steroids

Have you heard of Sohobiztube.com? Maybe not, but you will be hearing a lot about it in the coming months. It’s a social networking site that is focused on business-to-business connections. It’s kind of liked LinkedIn, only much, much better.
How is it different? Your company has its own profile, and you (the employee) have a [...]

Employee theft and the economy

It’s popular to say that because of the economy, employee theft will go up. While that may happen, there’s actually no way of proving it one way or another. ABC News quoted me in this story: Stealing a Slice of the Company Pie.
I elaborate on these comments in an article I wrote for the Wisconsin [...]

The frauds investigated and exposed by Barry Minkow and Fraud Discovery Institute

I’ve had enough of critics calling Barry Minkow a “self-professed” fraud investigator. These critics act as if there is no evidence that Minkow has successfully investigated fraud… thus he is a “self-professed” fraud uncoverer.
I know from firsthand experience that Barry has successfully investigated many frauds. (Full disclosure: I have been paid by FDI for work [...]

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