Timothy Sykes is a fantastically successful blogger, penny stock trader, and educator. He makes a living by teaching people how to recognize “pump and dump” schemes by penny stock promoters… and then short those stocks for a profit. They make […]
Who do you trust? That’s an issue that often arises for the former CFO of Crazy Eddie, Sam Antar. He’s been writing extensively about the financial statement fraud at Overstock.com, and has been dismissed by some as a con artist […]
Jane Pribek – Wisconsin Law Journal Beaver Dam attorney James H. Olson, of Olson Law Offices LLC, got a sick feeling when a letter from a nearby community bank arrived at his home. The letter was from the bank vice-president, […]
An article in today’s Compliance Week, Koss Fraud Spotlights Small Filers’ Internal Control Issues (subscription required), quotes me on internal controls and the auditors as it relates to the huge fraud committed by VP of Finance Sue Sachdeva at Koss […]
Compliance Week – Tammy Whitehouse As Congress debates whether to exempt non-accelerated filers permanently from internal control audits—and that debate may take much longer than many expect—lawmakers might want to ponder the breathtaking fraud at Koss Corp. and its implications […]
Dear Colleagues, Consumers and Pyramid Scheme Alert Supporters, A new essay recently posted on the False Profits Blog addresses a question many of you have raised. Why are multi-level marketing pyramids and financial ponzis able to ensnare so many people […]
The case of the alleged theft of at least $31 million by Sue Sachdeva from Koss Corp. (NASDAQ:KOSS) carries on. Last week, Sachdeva was charged with 6 counts of wire fraud. Experts are saying this indictment came much faster than […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Rick Romell Tracy Coenen was a criminology major at Marquette University when a class on investigating financial crimes sparked her interest in forensic accounting – a field she had never heard of until then. She started […]
Professor David Albrecht wrote a great piece today about the push to move from U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). His conclusion? The push to switch is motivated purely by greed. Accounting standards exist […]
Almost three years ago, Barry Minkow and Fraud Discovery Institute released a report on Usana Health Sciences (NSDAQ:USNA), listing ten red flags of fraud he and his team (which included me) uncovered about the company. The report criticized the company’s […]
