Battle on Fraud

Who said accounting was boring?

I read this story on-line tonight. There hasn’t been a television series based on forensic accounting – but maybe there can be if it focused on stories like this one. Maybe I am a bit cynical and biased by my experience in fraud and forensic accounting, but what a coincidence that this fellow was murdered just days after his wife …

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Another Reason To Support AIG

Continuing to receive taxpayer funds to replace their use of funds for personal benefit, why are we using taxpayer funds to support AIG? The politicians remind us of the poor folks struggling to maintain AIG’s financial health as they allow taxpayer funds to pour into the company. Why not feel sorry for them, beyond the lavish retreats, dinners and meetings …

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Irony or Darwin Material?

Why would members of a group whose mission is to oversee the police department choose to steal from the organization? The organizations individuals choose to victimize never stops amazing me. Was it a flawed victim selection process, or did the individuals really think they could pull it off without detection? My dad’s constant reminder growing up rings true here – …

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Google News on Embezzlement

Tonight’s search, much like every night’s search, produced pages of news articles regarding employee embezzlements – just from today. I have been reading news articles on employee embezzlements pretty much every night for the past few weeks using Google News – keyword “embezzlement.” Staggering to me is that every night the entire first page of search results is just articles …

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What a Small World. You just never know.

I hope this article, very close to home, proves out to be other than reported. Last year we won a ride in a police car to school at a silent auction. My kids were so excited when Officer Wagner came to our house one morning in her police car, talked to them about police work, and drove them to school …

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