Category: Ethics

  • Friday Sept 3, 20 21  

  • Wed Sept 1 2021 Well yea just never know. A sure sign of fraud is someone living a high lifestyle they could otherwise not afford. That was the case for Rita Crundwell. Now we find a hUSAA banker dealing 20 and 50 kilos of cocaine. Prosecuting attorneys called this living in plain sight. He had…

  • Tuesday August 31 2021 Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos promising a myriad of tests from a single drop of blood. She is using a novel 'temporary insanity' defense, saying she was so upset by her former boyfriend she was not aware of the scam. She also recently had a baby, that is probably the back up…

  • Thursday August 26, 2021 ?Today I recorded an interview on webex with Aaron Beam. Aaron is the former CFO of Health South.  This was Richard Scrushey's out patient firm.  Scrushey's desire to be the richest man in Alabama led to pressure to cook the books. Aaron describes his role in fan detail.  I will be…

  • Weekend July 31,2021 Recall that some of the highest level KPMG execs hired a former PCAOB employee. With a poor record of too many errors in their public audits, the execs coerced the PCAOB employee to reveal which audits would be examined. This did not stay a secret.  The SEC has barred them from practice.…

  • Monday July 26, 2021 Michael Taylor and has son received 2year an 1 year eight  month sentences for helping Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan to Lebanon. Ghosn warned them to stay in Lebanon, instead they returned home to MA, where they were extradited back to Japan. Well what were they thinking? Edward Fox warned of…

  • Weekend June 26, 2021 Another big Whoops for KPMG Seems they were working both sides of the street helping one client buy another client without the burden of the pension fund.   This sort of thing has plagued KPMG ever since their  $450 M fine for tax shelter abuse in the US. Being To Big…

  • Tuesday June 22, 2021 One of my twelve recommendations in Conquer Accounting is that students should subscribe to the Wall Street Journal. A student subscription is only a dollar a week. Accounting students will greatly increase their understanding of business context. Here are some examples from today's WSJ.   Auditors See Improved Conditions   of…

  • Monday June 14, 2021 https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bribery-case-at-Joint-Base-San-Antonio-Randolph-16246415.php?sid=5bbcfeb73f92a45e831e00e8&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headlines&utm_campaign=SAEN_210Report   Read how a company with  $4 M in sales and a handful of employees grew to lot of employees and millions of dollars. The fraudster was  $65 K employee. Notice that he actually texted his request for a  $70 K Audi on the internet, how foolish was that? And…

  •   Wed June 9 2021 A Nun who took a vow of povertyhas stolen $835 K from a sschool. It is always the one you would least suspect.   Los Angeles nun to plead guilty to $835,000 school theft   Tue, June 8, 2021, 6:09 PM     LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles…