If you follow white collar crime stories you may notice a pattern: Most investigators talk about fraud, but very few can actually prove it with documents alone. Sam Antar can. He has an almost unnerving ability to take a messy […]
A common point of contention in fraud cases focuses on one important word: material. The defense attorneys say a false statement made by the defendant didn’t matter because it wasn’t material. It wasn’t important enough, or it didn’t really change […]
Intent is one of the keys to a fraud case. False statements alone are not enough. Prosecutors must show the defendant knew the statements were false and made them to gain an advantage. In the Letitia James mortgage fraud case, […]
Sam Antar was the first professional to report on the Letitia James mortgage fraud case because he was the person who uncovered it. Although the media tries to report on the case, they keep getting it wrong, and it is […]
Forensic accountant Sam Antar is the person who uncovered the Letitia James mortgage fraud, despite the fact that most media fails to mention it. James was indicted by a grand jury last week, and the New York Times wrote an […]
When a company is struggling, it is tempting to manipulate the financial statements to make things look better. Even when things are going well, management may want or need the company to look even better than it already does. Banks, […]
Sam Antar, former CFO of Crazy Eddie, a massive fraud in the 1980s, has been following Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) for a long time. He has pointed out red flags of fraud over and over, and the current problem […]
Yesterday Reuters Insider published a video of an interview with Sam Antar, former CFO of fraudulent Crazy Eddie, talking about the efforts of the FBI to profile white collar criminals. The starting point for the interview was this article about […]
Sam Antar has often referred to Overstock.com and CEO Patrick Byrne as the gifts that keep on giving. And he sure is right! There is never a dull moment when it comes to wacky conspiracy theories and accounting woes that […]
I’ve written extensively in the past about the train wreck that is Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) and its nutty CEO, Patrick Byrne. Just when I think there couldn’t possibly be more to write about the horrible company and Byrne’s crazy antics, I’m […]
