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Fraud
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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…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Scrushy & Ebbers – 1/27/05
By Ellen Podgor
Today in the Scrushy trial, an AP story relates how despite testifying against Scrushy, Aaron Beam told the jury that "HealthSouth CEO never told him to break the law at…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Testimony Begins in Ebbers Trial
By Ellen Podgor
According to the Wall Street Journal, the first two witnesses testified in the trial of Bernie Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom Inc. These two witnesses provided background information, something that…
ContractsProf Blog
GAO: Most of government at “high risk” of waste
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released its 2005 list of 25 government programs that are at "high risk" of vulnerability to waste, fraud, and mismanagement. The good news is…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Fallout from Ponzi Scheme Hits Family
By Ellen Podgor
An article in the Denver Business Journal (Jan. 21) discusses bankruptcy court proceedings against the relatives of Will Hoover, whose eponymous company was a ponzi scheme that resulted in investor…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Barry Minkow on the Rebound with New Book
By Ellen Podgor
Barry Minkow's company, ZZZZ Best, made him the face of fraud in the early 1990s along with Mike Milken and Charles Keating. A media darling for founding a purported multi-million…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Fraud: Even Compliance Officers Need Oversight
By Ellen Podgor
Many fraud cases arise from situations where oversight is lacking. What proves to be the most unfortunate are those cases where the individual handling the company oversight is the person…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Defending Cendant’s CEO
By Ellen Podgor
With the trials of former CEOs Bernie Ebbers, Richard Scrushy, and Dennis Kozlowski just getting under way, and the trial of Enron's two former CEOs (Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling)…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Another Take on Ebbers Trial
By Ellen Podgor
The New York Times weighed in with its take on the upcoming trial of Bernie Ebbers, former CEO of WorldCom. In an article on Jan. 16 "Superlatives (and Contradictions) in…