Why? Because they think the cost of making a collect call out of the County Jail is too expensive. The calls cost between 22 cents and 37 cents per minute. They say that it’s unfair, especially since many of the […]
The [tag]Wall Street Journal[/tag] had an interesting article today about moving to Nevada to [tag]avoid taxes[/tag]. The story mentions David Duffield, an entrepreneur who left California to build a $50 million estate in Nevada. He was hoping to save millions […]
Last week I presented at the annual Fraud Conference put on by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). I was presenting the topic “Marketing Your Anti-Fraud Practice.” I presented the topic twice, and had great attendance at each. The […]
[tag]UnitedHealthcare[/tag], a unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc., and two affiliates have been fined $600,000 for failing to properly respond to consumer complaints, no paying certain benefits, and violations of other insurance regulations. The settlement was reached between the company and […]
Homeowners hit by [tag]Hurricane Katrina[/tag] are suing [tag]Nationwide Insurance[/tag] to try to force the company to pay out billions of dollars to pay for [tag]flood damage[/tag] that was not covered by their insurance policies. Richard F. Scruggs, the Pascagoula attorney […]
[tag]Microsoft[/tag] Corp. was fined $357 million today by the [tag]European Union[/tag] for disobeying the 2004 [tag]antitrust[/tag] order to share program code with competitors. Additional fines of $3.82 million per day could be assessed beginning July 31 if the company fails […]
The ACFE’s 2006 [tag]Report to the Nation[/tag] on [tag]Occupational Fraud[/tag] and Abuse has arrived! Get your free download at the ACFE’s website. Read my related post on the report about on-the-job fraud.
A rule in U.S. law called “[tag]abatement ab initio[/tag]” means that [tag]Kenneth Lay[/tag] will have his [tag]conviction[/tag] on [tag]federal charges[/tag] related to the [tag]Enron[/tag] [tag]fraud[/tag] wiped out. A defendant who dies before having the opportunity to [tag]appeal[/tag] the conviction has […]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the demand for [tag]disaster insurance[/tag] far exceeds the current available supply, and this is affecting our entire economy. Companies and individuals are quickly buying disaster insurance, and the insurance companies themselves are scrambling to […]
Tracy Coenen: Energetic force behind local firm Sequence Inc. Accounting Magazine – Marquette University By Dan Love A typical workday for Tracy Coenen may start in the early morning hours, or perhaps at 5:00 in the evening, and she may […]
