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Category Archives: Fraud
Who Finds Fraud
A study about to be published in the Journal of Finance contains some surprises. The study analyzed cases of corporate fraud to determine how the schemes were uncovered. Government regulators ranked near the bottom of the list, while employee tipsters … Continue reading
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Top Execs Out At Huron Consulting
The top three executives at Huron Consulting are bailing. Their auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers, has to be running scared. Here’s Huron’s last 10K… here’s the string of recent 8Ks announcing all the “changes”.
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GE Pays $50M For SEC Problem To Go Away, KPMG OK So Far
General Electric has agreed to a $50-million (US) fine to end a dogged SEC contention that they defrauded investors in 2003. KPMG was the auditor those years. Here are the financials for 2003.
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Big Fraud Gets Taxman Tossed In Prison
Harriet Walters was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison last week. She had managed the tax department for the District of Columbia, and rigged millions in fraudulent tax refunds for her accomplices before getting caught. The fraud, which went … Continue reading
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