I’m not sure what you call it when a psychic commits fraud. Some would say that all “psychics” are frauds. Sylvia Browne is supposedly one of the world’s best psychics, but this story by CNN from January shows differently.

Apple via iTunes could be offering movie rentals. The new iTunes has options for requesting a refund due to non-delivery of rental movies or have accidental purchase, poor content quality, duplicate purchase, wrong version, bad metadata, and “other” problems relating […]

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 […]