[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 […]

The city of Milwaukee hired the Los Angeles-based Police Assessment Resource Center to analyze police oversight in the city. The group determined that the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission spends too much time on personnel issues, and almost no time […]

The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance has analyzed state and local taxes and U.S.Census data, and has determined that the state is sixth highest in taxes as a percentage of personal income. If measured per capita, Wisconsin ranks twelfth. And if only […]

A Fargo, North Dakota judged sentenced convicted murderer Dennis Gaede to life in prison without parole yesterday. Gaede was found guilty of killing Timothy Wicks, a Milwaukee-area drummer and house painter. After stealing his identity and moving to North Dakota, […]