There was never a tax increase that Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle didn’t like! Here’s the list from his latest budget: Tax on a pack of cigarettes: from $1.25 to $2.02 Vehicle registration fees: from $55 to $75 Driver’s license fees: […]

A story in the Wall Street Journal details the new credit card quietly being offered by Bank of America. This new credit card is being offered to customers without Social Security numbers, and common sense tells us that this means […]

Another miracle of modern technology, aimed at making life easier for us, may likely be the new target of fraudsters. The new service was unveiled yesterday in Barcelona. Mobile phone users can now send money with the push of a […]

Chris Silvey has a thought-provoking post about the long hours demanded of accounting and auditing professionals in the United States. The job adds up to long hours and work that can be mundane. This leads to the annual exodus from […]

It’s all a blur to me, but isn’t this the same goof who said lied that he’d hold the line on taxes when he was campaigning for re-election? Diamond Jim is proposing that there be a new tax on oil […]

Milwaukee police recently started busting people involved in prostitution by cruising Craig’s List. One of the local television stations did a ride-along, and was surprised at one of the women arrested that night. Annie Schrader is an ex-con who claimed […]

Federal charges were filed against former hedge fund manager John Wittier of Hailey, Idaho, for a securities fraud scheme that created losses of $88 million. He has been charged with one count of securities fraud, one count of failing to […]

Yesterday I mentioned that the research staff at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) published some interesting facts about r?sum? fraud. The staff points out some ways to detect and prevent this type of fraud: Records of education rather […]

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) recently published an interesting piece on r?sum? [tag]fraud[/tag]. I have always been amazed how often in my [tag]fraud examination[/tag] practice I’ve found that perpetrators of fraud also lied on their r?sum?s. I’m not […]

In true consumer fight-back style, Ellen Fein has started a website to criticize Dr. Larry Rosenthal. Ellen is one of the authors of the book “The Rules”, while Rosenthal calls himself the “Dentist to the Stars.” Ellen claims that Rosenthal […]