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 […]
Fraud Magazine editor Dick Carozza did an interview with Sherron Watkins, the internal [tag]whistleblower[/tag] who started raising hell at [tag]Enron[/tag] when she started discovering problems with the numbers. He asked Sherron why the Enron [tag]fraud[/tag] happened… whether management lost its […]
As I mentioned in last week’s post about the A&E television show Flip This House, Richard Davis and Trademark Properties have sued A&E. Richard claims that A&E essentially stole his idea for the show and never paid him either for […]
