John Forney, an Enron energy trader, came up with an idea to skirt the trading rules in California. Enron and Portland General were considered related, so California did not allow them to deal with each other on energy trading transactions. […]

From CFO Magazine: In April, the chairman of the House [tag]Small Business[/tag] Committee accuse the [tag]IRS[/tag] of unfairly going after small businesses with [tag]audits[/tag] and complex rules. In 2005, the number of IRS audits of small companies increased in all […]

Georgia Thompson was found guilty of 2 federal felonies of misapplication of funds and participation in a scheme to defraud the state of the right to honest services. Thompson was a purchasing division supervisor who was part of a team […]

It seems that our dear friends at [tag]Microsoft[/tag] continue to spy on us. It is all in our best interest, of course, so that the company can give us what they think we need. (Tongue firmly implanted in cheek.) I’m […]

The [tag]IRS[/tag] issued a press release touting the success of its corproate [tag]e-filing[/tag] program. The nation’s largest [tag]tax return [/tag]comes from General Electric (GE), and if printed, would be 24,000 pages long. This is the first year that large corporations […]

Former Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera and former Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey have been convicted in the [tag]Las Vegas[/tag] “[tag]G Sting[/tag]” trial. They were both found guilty of federal charges of [tag]conspiracy[/tag], [tag]wire fraud[/tag], and [tag]extortion[/tag] under color of official right. […]

Securities regulators in New Hampshire have accused units of ING Groep NV of taking fees from poorly performing mutual funds that were sold in state retirement plans. They also accuse ING of market timing (rapid trading) in some of the […]

The [tag]Association of Certified Fraud Examiners[/tag] ([tag]ACFE[/tag]) will be releasing their latest [tag]Report to the Nation[/tag] on [tag]Occupational Fraud[/tag] & Abuse later this month. 1,134 [tag]Certified Fraud Examiners[/tag] ([tag]CFE[/tag]) participated in the survey that produced these results. Key findings of […]

So many people are addicted to their BlackBerry wireless devices, that some have begun referring to them as the CrackBerry. Some users type on the mini keyboards so much that they’re developing a tendonitis condition referred to as BlackBerry Thumb. […]

Dan Sweet at FRATCAT (Free Resume and Career Toolbox) has posted an interesting little piece on companies firing employees who [tag]smoke[/tag] at any time, whether on the job or not. He mentions a couple of companies that have policies such […]