Before Black Friday But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy me something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith’s. This is fit for kings, and rich men who represent kings, and a false state of property, to make presents of gold and silver…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/former-san-antonio-bookkeeper-sentenced-stealing-16-million   87 months to do for theft      

Thursday Nov 17 2022 Here Are the Wildest Parts of the New FTX Bankruptcy Filing “Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls…” By Tracy Alloway November 17, 2022 at 8:42 AM EST Bloomberg Lawyers for the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX filed today in Delaware, asking a federal judge…

Tuesday Nov 15, 2022 Prosecutors ask for 15 years for Holmes Holmes' attorneys filed an 82-page document late Thursday calling for a lenient sentence of no more than 18 months, saying her reputation was permanently destroyed, turning her into a "caricature to be mocked and vilified."   that's a hoot, she did it to herself…

Thursday Nov 10 2022 SA City Councilman Clayton Perry now faces arrest for leaving an accident scene in an apparently hit and run. Kiefer Sutherland made a similar mistake a few years back. Ed McMahon, co host of the Tonight Show  in Johnny Carson days always had a hired car and driver in his contract.…

Tuesday Nov 8 2022 A federal judge denied Elizabeth Holmes’s bid for a new trial, the latest setback for the Theranos Inc. founder who was convicted of fraud in January. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who oversaw Ms. Holmes’s trial which began last year, said in a ruling late Monday that the arguments in her…

Monday October 31 2022 The U.S. audit regulator is getting tougher on rule-breaking accountants after years of criticism for its alleged light touch. But there are limits to how much it can change. The shift is being led by the new chairwoman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Erica Williams, who said, "When people…

Monday Oct 31 2022 The Texas Regional Ethics Bowl is next week, Saturday 12 November from 8:00 to 3:00 (volunteers will be able to leave around 1:30). We have 16 teams of students from 12 colleges and universities spanning 4 states who will be on campus to compete in this event. The top three schools…

Wed Oct 12 2022 SAN ANTONIO — The fraud allegedly committed by Christopher “Chris” Pettit may amount to more than twice what the disgraced ex-attorney has reported in court filings. Creditors in Pettit’s bankruptcy cases have submitted roughly 200 claims totaling $259 million, a figure that dwarfs the $112.2 million he reported — which had…