Blogger Gautam Ghosh posted a brief discussion on how social software could affect companies and their brands. I think this is an interesting topic, and I wish Gautam had discussed his views on it a bit more. Many of us […]
Yale University has been subpoenaed by three federal agencies seeking information about the school’s use of research grants over the past decade. The agencies seeking information are the Defense Department, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Health and […]
The shutdown of New Jersey’s government by Governor Jon Corzine means that Atlantic City’s casinos must close. The state has no budget, as an agreement cannot be reached on the governor’s proposed 1% sales tax increase. The courts have ruled […]
[tag]Merge[/tag] Technologies announces the [tag]resignation[/tag] of director and interim CEO William C. Mortimore, Chief Financial Officer Scott T. Veech, and senior vice president of strategic business development David M. Noshay. Following the resignations, the companys stock price fell dramatically. The […]
Last week I spent three days in the Atlanta area providing training for the Georgia CPA Society. One of the topics I presented was an in-depth session on internal investigations, called Books, Crooks & Rooks: Internal Corporate Fraud Investigations. Here […]
Richard Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth Corp., has been convicted of paying $500,000 in [tag]bribes[/tag] to receive a spot on a state board that approves hospital construction projects. The guilty verdicts on six charges included [tag]bribery[/tag], [tag]conspiracy[/tag], and […]
The News Leader By Brad Zinn WAYNESBORO – As the office manager at Central Virginia Rental since 1997, Lori M. Guyer took in money, balanced the books, made the deposits and handled the company credit cards. She also made off […]
The justice department has been investigating Tenet Healthcare since late 2002, after questions were raised about the company’s Medicare revenue. The case started when questions came up about Medicare payments for outliers, a hospital’s sickest patients. Outlier payments are bonuses […]
The federal judge in the KMPG accounting fraud case in New York ruled that federal prosecutors cannot pressure companies to stop paying legal fees for indicted employees. In doing so, the government would get an unfair advantage and violate due […]
Massive frauds at companies such as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom brought significant attention to the subject of fraud in public companies. The frauds became real as jobs were eliminated, investors lost millions of dollars, and families lost their savings. Faith […]
