• Siemens Bribery Investigation Ends With a Fine

    The investigation into bribery allegations at Siemens AG ends with a fine and a charge for illegal profits. The company is paying the equivalent of $284 million in a case that prosecutors have referred to as Europe’s largest bribery investigation […]

  • New Charges Against Terry Gaouette Regarding Milwaukee Public Museum

    Today, two new charges were filed against the former CFO of the Milwaukee Public Museum. Terry Gaouette was originally charged with four felonies, including one count of theft by officer and three counts of fraudulent writings. The new misdemeanor charges […]

  • Bank of America cheating 80-year-old woman out of her money

    When I first saw headlines about this case, I was sure there must be a whole lot to the story and that the bank would have laws and documentation on their side. Wrong! Below is a narrative written by Greg […]

  • Smearing Rush Limbaugh

    What’s the easiest way to smear someone like Rush Limbaugh? Lie and misrepresent. Take his words out of context. Don’t give anyone the context. And they just might believe you. (Especially if you do this lie and misrepresent thing over […]

  • Morgan Stanley fined for faking lost emails due to September 11

    Morgan Stanley will pay a $12.5 million fine to settle claims that the company improperly withheld emails in arbitration cases by saying that they were lost in the September 11 attacks. 12 of the company’s email servers in New York […]

  • Larger Student Loans a Concern for U.S. Economy?

    Experts are concerned by the growing level of student loan debt, and its potential impact on our future economy. Especially concerning are the “private loans” students use for college, which can have variable interest rates as high as 20%. These […]

  • Credit monitoring services doing more harm than good?

    With stories of identity theft surfacing daily, it’s no wonder that consumers want to be able to keep an eye on their credit reports from Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax. But there can be a hidden problem with these credit monitoring […]

  • Caution: Proof Merchant Accounts are Ripping You Off

    Screen shots showing Costco and Quickbooks merchant account services hiding their transaction fees. I am sure they are not the only ones. Time to go double check the fine print. read more | digg story

  • My book is already listed on Amazon.com

    I had no idea books get listed on Amazon so early, but they do! Essentials of Corporate Fraud is listed there with the official publish date of March 14, 2008. My final manuscript got a big thumbs-up from my editor, […]

  • Mark Cuban and Sharesleuth.com: Good or bad idea?

    Wired Magazine featured an article on Mark Cuban and his Sharesleuth.com website. In theory, it kind of sounds like a good idea. Mark and company think that the media has given up critically examining public companies. They think there are […]