According to the Financial Times, the Securities and Exchange Commission has been working to create four groups that will focus on fraud. The groups include one for hedge funds and insider trading, one for stock options backdating, and one for […]
Just take a look on this beauty of a penthouse in New York that costs more than $70,000,000! read more | digg story
The Internet retailer has spammed and abused Wikipedia once too often. Now nobody can edit from Overstock.com IP addresses. read more | digg story
I’m not sure what you call it when a psychic commits fraud. Some would say that all “psychics” are frauds. Sylvia Browne is supposedly one of the world’s best psychics, but this story by CNN from January shows differently.
Apple via iTunes could be offering movie rentals. The new iTunes has options for requesting a refund due to non-delivery of rental movies or have accidental purchase, poor content quality, duplicate purchase, wrong version, bad metadata, and “other” problems relating […]
Sal and Mabel Mangano, owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina, were acquitted of 35 counts of negligent homicide and 24 counts of cruelty yesterday. The trial lasted three weeks, but the decision by the […]
UnitedHealth Group will pay up to $20 million to settle with 36 states regarding the system UnitedHealth used to pay claims. The company will also implement a “process improvement” plan with quarterly reporting required. UnitedHealth will be trying to reduce […]
No, I am not making this up. The New York Times reports that law enforcement is cracking down on prostitution via Craigslist.com. Craigslist is a huge classified advertising site used mostly for selling personal items and finding jobs. But law […]
Yesterday Belgian prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen recommended criminal charges of fraud and extortion for the U.S.-based Church of Scientology. He said that the results of a ten-year investigation show that the church should be labeled a criminal organization. The prosecutor […]
