• Passionate About Forensic Accounting

    Accounting Crossing By Amit Agarwal A certified public accountant and a nationally recognized expert in fraud investigation, Tracy Coenen is a successful entrepreneur. She has worked in the area of forensic accounting for more than 10 years and has been […]

  • Prosecutor in Duke Lacrosse Case Held in Contempt

    Mike Nifong, the former Durham County district attorney prosecuting the Duke University lacrosse witch hunt, has been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to the judge during the proceedings. He was sentenced to a whopping one day in […]

  • But I Meeded Money. (Don’t We All?)

    The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a story on poverty, and shared the tale of woe of Jonniemae Ashford. She’s a 41-year-old grandmother raising 5 of her grandchildren. She says she takes home $187 every two weeks as a patient care […]

  • Corporate moles

    A growing problem for companies is the presence of corporate moles – – employees who are stealing information and giving or selling it to outsiders (especially competitors). Anti-fraud software maker Actimize conducted a survey on this issue, and included 40 […]

  • Six signs of internal fraud

    This is taken from the White-Collar Crime Fighter newsletter. You can subscribe to the full newsletter here, as well as access other fraud-fighting resources.

  • Home Depot fires employee for apprehending thief

    Yes, you read that correctly. Home Depot fired (former) employee Dustin Chester, who worked at a store in Murfreesboro, TN, after he apprehended a thief. Last week, Dustin saw a man with a crowbar by a soda machine in front […]

  • IRS and work product

    Yesterday, a judge ruled that the IRS was not entitled to see workpapers that were deemed work product. This is a very important ruling in tax matters. “Work product” is used in legal cases to protect papers that you don’t […]

  • Threats

    Those who have been involved in high-profile fraud investigations and general scam-busting are used to getting threats. The wackos typically like to threaten jobs, reputations, and families, and the levels to which they will stoop seem to have no lower […]

  • Tax deductions by Usana distributors

    This is from TerminatedRamp on the Yahoo message board for Usana. He raises an excellent issue. The IRS already has a generally dim view on multi-level marketing because the odds of turning a profit are less than 1:100 (1%). In […]

  • News on Amway class action suit from Pyramid Scheme Alert

    Robert FitzPatrick at Pyramid Scheme Alert reported in his recent newsletter on the class action suit that has been brought against Amway (Quixtar) by high-ranking distributors: The lawsuit states: * Quixtar’s (Amway and Quixtar are both part of the same […]