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Fraud
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former KBR (Halliburton) Employee Makes the Blog
By Ellen Podgor
Jurist alerts us that "US Indicts Former Halliburton Subsidiary Employee for Fraud."So what's it all about? Well, it seems that "Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Former Qwest CEO and Other Executives Sued by SEC for Fraud
By Ellen Podgor
Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio, two former CFOs, and five other former senior executives at the Baby Bell were sued by the SEC for fraudulent accounting at the company; two…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Breakfast of Champions at Texas TechURL: http://blog.kir.com/archives/2005_03.asp#001801IP: 216.250.116.20BLOG NAME: Houston’s Clear ThinkersDATE: 03/14/2005 05:22:38 AMThis press release from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas reports on the fraud conviction of Aaron Shelley, the former “sports nutritionist” at Texas Tech University. Turns out that Mr. Shelley had set up a scam operation…
By Ellen Podgor
A sports nutritionist hired by Texas Tech University to obtain nutritional supplements for the football team -- and then for athletes in other sports at the school -- received a…
Business and Commercial
Fair Business Practices Act, Fraud
By Ken Shigley
In Marrale v. Gwinnett Place Ford, the Court of Appeals helped to clear up some earlier case law that had treated used car sales at dealerships as "private transactions" outside…
Business and Commercial
Fair Business Practices Act, Fraud
By Ken Shigley
In Marrale v. Gwinnett Place Ford, the Court of Appeals helped to clear up some earlier case law that had treated used car sales at dealerships as "private transactions" outside…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Scam Targets Libraries
By Ellen Podgor
The volume of information any decent-sized university library must maintain, and the number of providers selling that information on a daily basis, has led to a developing scam involving fake…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Curious grants of new trials based onBooker
Main February 15, 2005Curious grants of new trials based on BookerA reader this morning passed along two notable Booker decisions issued earlier this month which have only recently come on-line.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Another Bequest Scam
Below is an excerpt of an e-mail I received earlier today.NOTIFICATION OF BEQUESTThis is sequel to your non response of our earlier letter to you on behalf of the Trustees…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Weight Reveals Fraud
A man claiming to be John Vieira, Jr. brought a will to a notary for notarization on August 21, 2000. Later, it was discovered that John had actually died on…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Botox Users Beware!
By Ellen Podgor
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida (Miami) announced the indictment of three doctors and four corporations on mail/wire fraud, drug labeling, and conspiracy charges related to…