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 […]

According to an article in the Janesville Gazette, Wisconsin officials conducted a class to help illegal immigrants understand how to get a drivers license before April 1, 2007. On April 1, those applying for licenses or renewing licenses must have […]

Milwaukee Public Schools officials expect enrollment to drop from 84,900 students to 81,600 students this fall. That’s a drop fo 3,300 or 3.9%. Here’s the big question: Will their budget drop proportionately????

Microsoft’s competitors in Europe alleged today that the new Vista operating system continues the illegal practices by Microsoft discovered in Europe 3 years ago. The group complaining includes IBM, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Adobe, Oracle, and Red Hat. In 2004, the […]

The Chicago Board of Elections distributed computer discs to aldermanic campaigns in 2003 which contained the Social Security numbers of more than a million voters. The voter information on the discs also included names, addresses, and birthdates. Since this inceident, […]

A story in the Wall Street Journal tells how an 89-year-old survivor of Nazi concentration camps stayed alive because of his ability to counterfeit money. Adolf Burger and 140 other prisoners forged so much British currency, that 12% of all […]

Bryan Wagner, the investigator contracted by Hewlett-Packard to help find the source of information leaks, has been charged in federal court with crimes of aggravated [tag]identity theft[/tag] and [tag]conspiracy[/tag]. The conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 5 years in […]