• Starbucks thinks they own the green circle

    I’m generally a fan of Starbucks. They have overpriced coffee and it’s not my favorite, but it is convenient and they have built a fantastic business operation that I admire in many ways. But this is just silly. According to […]

  • Tracking employees who are slackers

    Why don’t I have employees? Quite simply put, I’m not interested in doing adult daycare again. I’ve been there, done that, and I’m not doing that again. The day I had to explain to an employee why little pigtails (the […]

  • Hidden taxes!

    Our government? No, never! Not even in Wisconsin, one of the states with the biggest tax burden in the country. And it’s no wonder… the state was started by Socialists and continues to be overrun by lefties. Seriously – hidden […]

  • Consumerist, Where Have You Been All My Life?

    I don’t know if I was living under a rock or what, but I first discovered Consumerist a couple of months ago. I know, I know… I investigate fraud for a living and you’d think that I’d be on the […]

  • Washington D.C. employees charged in fraud scheme

    The Washington Post reports that two Washington D.C. government employees have stolen over $16 million in phony tax refunds in a scam that has gone on for at least three years. Harriette Walters and Diane Gustus have been charged The […]

  • Usana’s Bradford Richardson Unloads Another $600k of Stock

    Today Bradford Richardson sold $600,000 more of his Usana stock. He’s liquidating all of it. With only 400 shares of stock left, I think TerminatedRamp has this one right…. Bradford Richardson, Usana’s Executive VP of Asia Pacific is going to […]

  • Whole Foods bans executives from message boards

    From Zac Bissonnette at BloggingStocks: After Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFMI) CEO John Mackey bizarre antics prompted an SEC investigation and widespread media hoopla, the company’s board of directors has decided on a new policy. Top executives and directors will […]

  • Usana: Sell Now or Forever Hold Your Peace?

    The Usana executive in the best position to know how factually accurate the Fraud Discovery Institute allegations about Cheating in China … keeps unloading his Usana stock. Go, Bradford Richardson! Richardson is Usana’s Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific. Sounds […]

  • A Nice Warmup for the SEC on Herbalife

    News on Herbalife (NYSE:HLF): 5:25PM Herbalife in its 10Q discloses SEC has issued a formal investigation (HLF) 39.35 +0.65 : The co says “on September 20, 2007, the Company was orally advised by the Los Angeles Regional Office of the […]

  • FDI Responds To Herbalife: “Enron Was On The NYSE Also”

    According to the November 5, 2007, Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) response to the Fraud Discovery Institute (FDI) report, the company states: “We have confidence in our direct-selling business model, our integrity and transparency as a NYSE-listed company and the fundamentals of our […]