A grand jury has indicted Democratic Representative William Jefferson of Louisiana on corruption charges. The 16-count indictment includes charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes, depriving citizens of honest services, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Racketeering Influence Corrupt Organization, and money laundering. In […]
Last week, the U.S. Atorney’s office unsealed an indictment of Ernst & Young tax partners. The indictment alleges that Robert Coplan, Martin Nissenbaum, Richard Shapiro, and Brian Vaughn created and marketed tax shelters which were fraudulent, for use by individuals […]
Stock Broker Fraud blog offers an interesting perspective on some recent SEC actions. The SEC is protecting Tenet Healthcare Corp. from shareholder lawsuits even though the company has committed fraud. Tenet is paying $10 million to settle allgations of failure […]
Late last month, the SEC filed an action against Raymond C. Chop and Nicholas F. Chop for insider tradeing related to Serologicals, Inc. Allegedly, the two met with a Serologicals employee on April 23, 2005, and found out that the […]
A fluff piece about a Mary Kay Cosmetics distributor in the Springfield News Sun this morning mentions my website, pinktruth.com. The fluff piece focuses on a woman who drives a “Mary Kay car” and reportedly has good pay. Yet at […]
20/20 did a hidden camera investigation for 3 months, going to Mannatech sales pitches around the country. The meetings start with disclaimers that the products don’t cure anything. Yet the meetings are full of testimonials from people who claim they […]
Milberg Weiss & Bershad LLP is talking with federal prosecutors about a potential settlement regarding the accusations of improper kickbacks in class-action suits. Milberg partner David Bershad is also in talks with prosecutors about a personal guilty plea. The firm […]
Milwaukee Public Schools is probably in the running for one of the worst school districts in the United States. Yet the taxpayers keep letting the administration spend OUR money on ridiculous things. Early this morning, taxpayers were screwed again with […]
Robert Alan Soloway, described by many as one of the world’s biggest spammers, was arrested yesterday in Seattle for Internet crimes. He is accused of using “zombie” computers to send millions of spam emails to individuals and businesses. Last week […]
Patrick at Badger Blogger has audio of Michael McGee on the radio this morning. He said in part: It’s the government trying to be nosey in somebody’s personal business. This is a family altercation. They wasn’t even… you know.. us […]
