Sal and Mabel Mangano, owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina, were acquitted of 35 counts of negligent homicide and 24 counts of cruelty yesterday. The trial lasted three weeks, but the decision by the […]

Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron is appealing his federal conviction and arguing that his 24 year sentence is unconstitutional. In May 2006, Skilling was convicted of 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading in the Enron case. […]

UnitedHealth Group will pay up to $20 million to settle with 36 states regarding the system UnitedHealth used to pay claims. The company will also implement a “process improvement” plan with quarterly reporting required. UnitedHealth will be trying to reduce […]

No, I am not making this up. The New York Times reports that law enforcement is cracking down on prostitution via Craigslist.com. Craigslist is a huge classified advertising site used mostly for selling personal items and finding jobs. But law […]

Today (bold added by me): USNAannounced Wednesday that PricewaterhouseCoopers has been hired as the company’s new independent auditor. We are encouraged by this news as we view PwC’s new role as a sign of Usana’s financial legitimacy; however, we are […]

You’d think that management at Usana Health Sciences would be careful about these things, wouldn’t you? Nope. They’re Usana. They don’t have to. They’re Usana, after all. Credit Barry Minkow with uncovering another fraud being committed by Usana. After Barry […]

Yesterday Belgian prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen recommended criminal charges of fraud and extortion for the U.S.-based Church of Scientology. He said that the results of a ten-year investigation show that the church should be labeled a criminal organization. The prosecutor […]

After Caesars Indiana sued Jenny Kephart for not repaying $125,000 she borrowed during a March 2006 visit to a riverboat, she has countersued. She says that the casino should have realized she was addicted to gambling and should have stopped […]

The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article about the Hutterites, a group of people closely related to the Amish. There are about 49,000 of them, and they are Anabaptist Christians living in the northern U.S. plains and in Canada. […]

A public company which shall remain nameless is currently searching for new independent auditors. Is your auditing firm interested? Here are some notable facts about the company. Please email me if you’d like information on this new potential client!!! This […]