Topic
Fraud
3,061 published works
Asset Search Blog
Mr. Francis Supposedly Built A Business Empire By Defrauding The US
By Fred Abrams
Leonard Glenn Francis is a Malaysian national who is the CEO and owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, a general contractor to the United States Navy. He is suspected…
Education Law Prof Blog
Pennsylvania Staying on the Bandwagon to Halt Cyber Charters: How Did We Get to This Point?
By Derek Black
Over the past six months, a growing number of states have either ended their virtual charter school or placed a temporary moratorium on them. Late in the summer, I posted…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Court Shuts Down Yellow Page Websites for Bilking $14M
By Peter Vogel
US small businesses and churches were targeted by websites based in Montreal, Canada and as a result were bilked out of $14 million . After receiving more than 13,000 consumer complaints the…
Employer Law Report
Sixth Circuit En Banc Decision Rejects RICO Claim for Alleged Workers’ Compensation Fraud
By Brian Hall
Every once in a while – okay maybe more frequently than that – I realize that I have missed a court decision on an issue I have been following. Most…
Securities Law Prof Blog
NASAA: Statement on SEC Investment Adviser Exam Funding
North American Securities Administrators Association President, Andrea Seidt, has issued a statement on the SEC Adviser Exam Funding. Seidt states:NASAA shares the concerns of the [Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor…
Canadian Fraud Law
Lawyer for financial advisor in fraud case found in contempt by Ontario’s highest court for violating Mareva injunction.
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently reinstated a lower court’s contempt finding against a lawyer who paid himself $60,000 and returned $440,000 to his client, a financial advisor facing multiple…
Health Industry Washington Watch
OIG Examines Inappropriate Medicare Payments on Behalf of Deceased or Unlawfully-Present Beneficiaries
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Medicare program continues to make inappropriate payments on behalf deceased beneficiaries and beneficiaries who are unlawfully-present in the country. First,…
Energy & the Law
Haynesville Shale Fraud Judgment Reversed
Co-author Brooke Sizer Vestiges of the early Haynesville Shale land rush remain. Imagine: The lease is about to expire. Lessee (Mecom) offers lessor (Henderson) $90 per acre for an extension,…
Beneficially Yours
What Should ERISA Plan Administrators Know About Allegations of Fraud and Abuse of In The Social Security Disability Trust Fund?
By: Ian Morrison and Jim Goodfellow Administrators of ERISA plans, especially those attempting to distinguish SSA findings irreconcilable with their own conclusions, should watch this issue carefully. Senator Tom Coburn…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Investor Protection Trust Work on Elder Investment Fraud
By rmorgan
Have you looked at the Investor Protection Trust website recently? IPT "provide[s] independent, objective information needed by consumers to make informed investment decisions." Check out their resources on fighting elder investment fraud, which includes booklets,…