The Federal Trade Commission is taking what it calls “historic action” against Amway, one of the oldest and largest multilevel marketing companies in the United States. And yet, you’d be hard pressed to find any news stories about this. All […]

Venture capital investors gave Shiloh Luckey (fka Shiloh Johnson) more than $13 million for her tax compliance startup, ComplYant. Federal prosecutors now say she lied about the company’s revenue, customers, subscriptions and cash balances. She allegedly used some of the […]

After more than 30 years conducting fraud investigations, I have learned a lot about fraudsters, their methods, and the companies they work for. Hotlines cut fraud losses in half. Anonymous reporting mechanisms like fraud hotlines decrease the cost of internal […]

Andrew Left made a career out of telling investors which stocks he thought were winners and losers, and people listened. That turned out to be very profitable for Left. A federal jury has now decided that some of those profits […]

Convicted felon and unlicensed doctor Luann Moraski is working again in a medical practice called Juniper Health and Wellness. She is prohibited from providing most medical services that require a professional license since she does not have a license to […]

Every time there is turmoil in the stock market, we hear about allegations of investment fraud. Are there more investment scams occurring, or do market conditions just lead to the discovery of more of these schemes? I’ll guess the latter, […]

Divorces between older couples who have been married a long time are sometimes referred to as “gray divorces.”  Sources say that while divorce rates overall have been dropping in the United States over the last 20 years, among those age […]