• Alder-thug collects over $67,000 plus benefits while behind bars

    Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee (also known as Micheal Jackson, depending upon which laws he’s trying to skirt) has been sitting in jail since Memorial Day last year. And he’s been paid his full salary the entire time, although he obviously […]

  • Herbalife Red Flags for Fraud Issued

    Disclosure: Barry Minkow is currently shorting Herbalife stock, and intends to short any stock he reports on in the future. Details found on page 3 of this document. Today Barry Minkow and Fraud Discovery Institute released a list of the […]

  • More red flags for the IRS

    Scared of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service or your state taxing authority? That’s what they want! They hope the fear of an audit will keep you honest. And although the average taxpayer has a very low chance of […]

  • Back to #1 in Auditing at Amazon.com

    The product rankings on Amazon are of limited usefulness, basically because they’re updated every hour, and a sale of one or two books can bump you up far. My book, Essentials of Corporate Fraud, just jumped back up to #1 […]

  • Tax Audit Red Flags

    As tax day nears…. taxpayers around the country are in a panic. Some because they’re not ready for April 15. Others because they’re deathly afraid of being audited. Here are some common audit red flags to ponder. The IRS purposely […]

  • Why Do People Fall For These Scams?

    I was just reading on TechCrunch about a scam called Bux.to that looks poised to fold. Members are complaining that they are not being paid the money they’ve earned. The site shows some comments from supposed members who say they’ve […]

  • Gradient Analytics’ Early Research Identified Same Issues as Charges in SEC Complaint against Biovail

    SEC Credits Analysts Who Questioned Biovail, But Retaliation Against Independent Researchers Through Lawsuits Continues SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gradient Analytics said recently its research into Biovail from 2002 to 2003 identified the same issues that are now the centerpiece of the accounting-fraud […]

  • Till Death Do I Blog

    Today the New York Times ran a story about people who died from blogging. Sort of. One technology blogger died recently of a heart attack, another tech blogger died of a massive coronary, and a third blogger had a heart […]

  • “Whistleblowers” barred from testifying as witnesses in State Farm Insurance Hurricane Katrina case

    Back in August 2006, I reported on Kerri Rigsby and Cori Rigsby, sisters who worked as independent adjusters for State Farm. The sisters were deemed “whistleblowers,” for their allegations of corruption at State Farm Insurance. The sisters came forward, claiming […]

  • A Sneak Peek At the Cover of My Next Book

    I’m currently writing my second book, and we’re working on the cover. The book is a guide to doing fraud investigations. This isn’t the final draft of the cover, but it’s pretty close. Feel free to leave your comments…