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In preparing for a presentation I am making at University of Connecticut next week, I was searching the Internet tonight for images of credit and debit card skimming. I came across a frightening image. It was a picture of a redbox movie rental station, focused in on the credit card swipe area. Much to my surprise I learned the folks …
I found this great book on employee embezzlement and bought it on-line. Used, it cost me a few dollars. The title – “The Embezzler.” What a great book. It is a simple story of a bank employee embezzling from the bank customer’s savings accounts, and how a superior bank employee discovers the theft. What made this book and story interesting …
They are found virtually everywhere, and they can be easy to spot, like the classic USB stick drive, or they can be hidden within other objects, such as within pens, nick knacks, desktop items and even jewelry. While convenient for transporting files home to work on, or for sharing files and photos with friends, these USB drives pose a serious …
In the movie “Men In Black” (MIB) staring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D’Onofrio, there is a scene where they visit a newsstand to collect the recent tabloids. Kay (Jones) tells Smith that the tabloids are what they use to keep track of the aliens living on the planet. He makes a reference to Elvis, and tells him …
FDA pressured to combat rising ‘food fraud’ Searching today’s news posts for fraud related articles to be incorporated into two sessions I will be presenting in Miami in May, I came across this article in The Washington Post. Although I am well aware of manufacturers and producers misrepresenting their ingredients or nutritional claims , at times puffing versus out right …