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America has been transfixed by the Casey Anthony trial. We’ve been so interested because of her extensive lies, her apparent coldness and her allegedly dysfunctional family. When the verdict came in, she was acquitted of the murder charge, the manslaughter charge and the child abuse charge

My grandmother lived to be a very old lady. She lived by herself until the very end. She loved talk radio. Grandma didn’t believe in prescription drugs and treated all her ailments with herbs. She had a little money in the bank. She wasn’t wealthy, but she was comfortable.

Affinity frauds are investment frauds that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The perpetrator will often enlist respected members within the group to spread the word and lend credibility to the fraud. Those members become unwitting pawns in a fraud that exploits trust and friendship that exist in groups of people with something in common. Often the actual fraud is a Ponzi scheme.

A client called me and said he was excited because he received an e-mail from the IRS notifying him that he had an additional refund just waiting for him to claim. He went on to say that all he had ...

If your employer provides you with a vehicle, it’s possible they know where you are whenever you use it. A construction superintendent told me he received a call from his home office one day, wanting to know where he was. ...

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In the fraud arena, whistleblowers are heroes. Time magazine selected three whistleblowers as its “People of the Year” in 2002. Harry Markopolos recently became famous for trying, and trying, to blow the whistle on Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Whistleblowers are crucial ...

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Now is a great time in American history to be a fraud professional. Fraud is rampant. Actually, it’s been rampant for a long time, but a lot of cases are just coming to light because the economic downturn makes some ...

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