Homeowners hit by [tag]Hurricane Katrina[/tag] are suing [tag]Nationwide Insurance[/tag] to try to force the company to pay out billions of dollars to pay for [tag]flood damage[/tag] that was not covered by their insurance policies. Richard F. Scruggs, the Pascagoula attorney […]
[tag]Microsoft[/tag] Corp. was fined $357 million today by the [tag]European Union[/tag] for disobeying the 2004 [tag]antitrust[/tag] order to share program code with competitors. Additional fines of $3.82 million per day could be assessed beginning July 31 if the company fails […]
The ACFE’s 2006 [tag]Report to the Nation[/tag] on [tag]Occupational Fraud[/tag] and Abuse has arrived! Get your free download at the ACFE’s website. Read my related post on the report about on-the-job fraud.
A rule in U.S. law called “[tag]abatement ab initio[/tag]” means that [tag]Kenneth Lay[/tag] will have his [tag]conviction[/tag] on [tag]federal charges[/tag] related to the [tag]Enron[/tag] [tag]fraud[/tag] wiped out. A defendant who dies before having the opportunity to [tag]appeal[/tag] the conviction has […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the demand for [tag]disaster insurance[/tag] far exceeds the current available supply, and this is affecting our entire economy. Companies and individuals are quickly buying disaster insurance, and the insurance companies themselves are scrambling to […]
Tracy Coenen: Energetic force behind local firm Sequence Inc. Accounting Magazine – Marquette University By Dan Love A typical workday for Tracy Coenen may start in the early morning hours, or perhaps at 5:00 in the evening, and she may […]
SIU Today By Daniel W. Draz, MS, CFE Many types of insurance policies require that insureds submit financial documentation in support of insurance underwriting applications and claims submitted for payment. While the financial documentation submitted may be totally legitimate, it’s […]
I ran across an interesting post about splog software. What’s splog software, you say? Basically, it’s software that creates spam blogs, or splogs. The splogs are used to link to other sites, so that those other sites can increase their […]
Tonight on Windfall on NBC, and I quote: “I’m a P.I., not a [tag]forensic accountant[/tag].” Oh, yeah!
Three people were charged in federal court with [tag]theft of confidential information[/tag] from The [tag]Coca-Cola[/tag] Co., which they tried to sell to competitor [tag]PepsiCo[/tag] Inc. The group includes Coke employee Joya Williams, an executive administrative assistant. The other two charged […]
