The city of Milwaukee hired the Los Angeles-based Police Assessment Resource Center to analyze police oversight in the city. The group determined that the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission spends too much time on personnel issues, and almost no time […]

A Fargo, North Dakota judged sentenced convicted murderer Dennis Gaede to life in prison without parole yesterday. Gaede was found guilty of killing Timothy Wicks, a Milwaukee-area drummer and house painter. After stealing his identity and moving to North Dakota, […]

[tag]Fraud[/tag] is expensive when you look at the dollars lost under the various schemes perpetrated by employees. An estimated 5% of revenues is lost to [tag]occupational fraud[/tag] each year, which amounts to $652 billion in the U.S. alone. These statistics […]

Verizon Communications Inc. has filed a [tag]patent infringement[/tag] [tag]lawsuit[/tag] against Vonage Holdings Corp. The suit is based upon information in technical documents and diagrams, which was filed with the SEC in their pursuit to go public. In the suit, Verizon […]

Michael Gral, a former partner in the law firm Michael Best & Friedrich has been sentenced in the Bielinski Brothers fraud and conspiracy case. Gral pleaded guilty to mail fraud for his role in the fraud perpetrated by Bob Brownell, […]

It seems that our dear friends at [tag]Microsoft[/tag] continue to spy on us. It is all in our best interest, of course, so that the company can give us what they think we need. (Tongue firmly implanted in cheek.) I’m […]

Securities regulators in New Hampshire have accused units of ING Groep NV of taking fees from poorly performing mutual funds that were sold in state retirement plans. They also accuse ING of market timing (rapid trading) in some of the […]

The [tag]Association of Certified Fraud Examiners[/tag] ([tag]ACFE[/tag]) will be releasing their latest [tag]Report to the Nation[/tag] on [tag]Occupational Fraud[/tag] & Abuse later this month. 1,134 [tag]Certified Fraud Examiners[/tag] ([tag]CFE[/tag]) participated in the survey that produced these results. Key findings of […]

So many people are addicted to their BlackBerry wireless devices, that some have begun referring to them as the CrackBerry. Some users type on the mini keyboards so much that they’re developing a tendonitis condition referred to as BlackBerry Thumb. […]

Dan Sweet at FRATCAT (Free Resume and Career Toolbox) has posted an interesting little piece on companies firing employees who [tag]smoke[/tag] at any time, whether on the job or not. He mentions a couple of companies that have policies such […]