Mike Nifong, the former Durham County district attorney prosecuting the Duke University lacrosse witch hunt, has been held in criminal contempt of court for lying to the judge during the proceedings. He was sentenced to a whopping one day in […]

A growing problem for companies is the presence of corporate moles – – employees who are stealing information and giving or selling it to outsiders (especially competitors). Anti-fraud software maker Actimize conducted a survey on this issue, and included 40 […]

Yes, you read that correctly. Home Depot fired (former) employee Dustin Chester, who worked at a store in Murfreesboro, TN, after he apprehended a thief. Last week, Dustin saw a man with a crowbar by a soda machine in front […]

Studies have shown that fraud awareness training is one of the keys to preventing and detecting fraud at corporations. If employees know what fraud looks like, they can help avoid it and they can report suspicious behavior. And corporate executives […]

The recent focus on the near-collapse of the subprime mortgage market has raised some interesting issues regarding fraud. Some borrowers are unable to meet their obligations due to legitimate reasons, while other are defaulting because of fraud committed in the […]

What has this world come to when neighbors are protesting against a house for elderly people? God forbid that the elderly people’s family members come to visit them. They might bring with them *gasp* traffic! This is the house that […]

Back in June, I reported that homeowners who lost homes in Katrina were waiting for a major ruling in their case against insurance companies. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. had ruled in November that the insurance polices were ambiguous […]

To hell with profits. Overstock wants to send newsletters.

On my other site I have Google ads. It’s a nifty way to recover some of the costs of running the site. It wasn’t until recently that I started to use the “channels” feature. Basically you can set up different […]

I openly admit to being a reality television fan. My favorites are Survivor and Amazing Race, but just about any reality show will do. So when I saw commercials for this new show called “Kid Nation,” I was intrigued. 40 […]