fraud

Victimizing the Victim – A First For Me In Over 20 Years

Just when I thought I had seen close to everything, and the worse in people… I recently finished an embezzlement case, and since the individual who handled all the financial aspects of this company for the retirement-aged owners was terminated for stealing, the owners turned to a well-known temporary agency to solicit help running their business. Today I received the …

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The Penguin Caper – One You Won’t Believe

As part of a recent trade show, we purchased a number of stuffed animals, penguins to be specific, to display on our table and our booth.  It was an appropriate theme, as we were sponsoring a visit from the local aquarium with their live pengins for the attendees to meet. There were two conferences that day, and several sponsor displays …

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An Appropriate Sentence Long Over Due For Financial Crimes

Spending months of time, energy and funds investigating an employee theft and embezzlement, only to have the individual responsible receive a non-jail sentence, can be very frustrating to the victim of the crime.  Often the decision to pursue criminal charges is based in part on the likelihood of whether the police will investigate it, the prosecutor will prosecute it, and …

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Financial Crime – On An Upswing?

Lately we have been inundated with calls for new matters involving thefts and other financial matters.  Just having finished writing up another embezzlement investigation, there remains one for me to document and two in progress waiting on the last pieces of information.   Two more are waiting to be started.  We just completed 8 to 9 cases of theft or embezzlement, …

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Criminal Records: Changes in Hiring For Connecticut

As reported in the Journal Inquirer June 28, 2010, Connecticut joins the growing list of states and cities adopting what is termed the “ban the box” movement within the hiring process. The box the article is referring to is on the job application completed by each candidate.  The question asks if the candidate has ever been convicted of a crime. …

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