Merge Technologies Inc. disclosed in its 2005 financial statement filings with the SEC that company executives had bypassed [tag]internal controls[/tag] over the accounting function in order to inappropriately increase revenue and profits since 2002. Correcting these [tag]irregularities[/tag] decreases the company’s […]

Warren Jeffs, a known polygamist and fugutive, was caught this week after the Cadillac Escalade in which he was riding was pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol. The trooper who pulled over the vehicle said something didn’t seem right […]

Back in January of this year, County Board Supervisor James White suggested that the Milwaukee Public Museum be subjected to the scrutiny of a [tag]forensic audit[/tag]. The museum’s coffers had been emptied by incompetent and possibly corrupt employees. At that […]

Former Milwaukee [tag]police officer[/tag] Jon Bartlett has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison following his convictions on [tag]felony[/tag] charges related to [tag]bail jumping[/tag] and threatening to blow up the police station where he used to work. Judge David […]

The United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers and the New York Stock Exchange, are expected to announce a civil settlement with Prudential Financial Inc. on Monday. This will settle claims […]

ABC News is reporting that [tag]State Farm Insurance[/tag] supervisors demanded that hurricane damage reports be altered so that the company would not have to pay claims. Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby were [tag]independent adjusters[/tag] working exclusively for State Farm for […]

In March 2005, Northwestern Mutual filed suit against David Stinnett, a former NML agent in Evansville, Indiana and his company, Policyowner Protection Service Inc. The company claimed that Stinnett and the company started the website www.nmlcomplaints.com in 1999 in order […]

I am participating in a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, bloggers will be posting tributes to the 2,996 victims who lost their lives in the tragedy. The tribute is described by the organizer: 2,996 is […]

As I’ve mentioned several times before, Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald has been a fascinating read. He dug so far into the details of the demise of the company and its executives. The company was in a downward spiral, […]

While Enron and Dynegy executives were trying to work out the details of their pending merger, William McLucas, one of Enron’s outside lawyers began questioning Jeff Skilling about the Southampton partnership and LJM. These were two of the several entities […]