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Tuesday Aug 29 2023 Check out philosiblog.com This is the about [age a link to the blog is included I ran across this while searching for material for the classes, exactly what we study in ethics, forensics, and audit. Here's the blog This piece on character caught my attention, takea a read
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UBS Fined $1.44B This is ironic as UBS has taken over the assets of frmer Credit Suisse the 2nd largest bank in Switzerland, and now the number one bank is a fraudster to boot
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Weekend Aug 12 2023 A Federal Judge was concerned that Fried was tamperiing with witnesses. His record setting $ 250 M bail was revoked and he is in jail awaiting trial. Not so smart now, eh?
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Tuesday Aug 8 2023 Meet Ron Long by clicking here This is my first run through with ACCT 5312 Forensic and Fraud. Real people who have been involved in real events, like former CFO Aaron Beam of Health South, have resonated well with past classes. Se below, Ron is the 'real deal' having investigated all…
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Monday Aug 7 2023 Terrence Williams leads NBA players on health care fraud 15 NFL Players Commit Health Care Fraud
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Weekend Aug 5 2023 hWilliams is a former top NBA draft pick. He and doctors manufactured fake invoices for health care to the NBA Health and Benefit Plan. Fraudulent medical claims are common especially regarding medicare. Williams apparently frittered away his earnings during the NBA career, the Judge noted, and then resorted to this fraud.
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Tuesday May 30 2023 Holmes, who dropped out of Stanford University at age 19 to start Theranos, is now 39 with a partner, Billy Evans, and two children under the age of 2. In addition to her 135-month prison sentence, she and a former top Theranos executive, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, have been ordered to pay…
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Thursday May 18 WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has overcounted the value of the weaponry it has sent to Ukraine by at least $3 billion, an error that could eliminate the administration’s need to ask Congress for more money to keep Kyiv in the fight this spring, people familiar with the situation said. The military services inadvertently used…
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Tuesday May 16 2023 Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes can’t stay out of prison pending her appeal, a court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said Ms. Holmes’s appeal doesn’t raise a substantial question of law and that even if it did, it is unlikely that it would be enough to…
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Weekend April 30 223 General Scott Bethel is off to prison. Note to audit students, see this comment from the article A large team of federal investigators looked into his case — from the IRS, General Services Administration Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Gen Bethel handily provided…
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