• Penny stock trader, author, entrepreneur Timothy Sykes (aka Timmay) has put on his little detective hat and found a fraud in progress. Being promoted by none other than CNBC “reporter” Sri Jegarajah. Timmay makes an excellent point…. Networks like CNBC […]

  • For all those waiting until the last minute to do their taxes…

  • It seems that those who think taxes aren’t high enough are always pushing for increases… so long as the increases are for someone else. Did you know that half of American households pay no income tax? And those are the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]