Posted on February 4th, 2010 by John
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said Tuesday that it would not pursue legal action against the local operations of Bernard L. Madoff, the U.S. financier now in jail in the United States.
In a statement, the S.F.O. said its investigation had found “ insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction” against either the company or [...]
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Filed under: HEADLINES, LAW, LITIGATION
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by John
On the false profits blog an article was published by Robert Fitzpatrick, founder of Pyramid Scheme Alert and co-author of the book False Profits. The main theme of the article is on why people fall for pyramid and Ponzi schemes.
The Evolution of Fraud
01/17/2010 07:21 PM
As business has grown more complex, fraud has evolved and adapted [...]
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Filed under: LAW, LITIGATION, SCAMS AND SCHEMES
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by John
This post is updated on 8 October 2009.
More and more sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedin, Bebo and other social networking sites are being praised by investigators ad intelligence workers working on cases such as missing person cases, skip traces, infidelity cases but also background research and intelligence workers as a tool to assess reputation, [...]
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Filed under: LAW, LITIGATION, PRODUCTS/SERVICES, SOCIAL MEDIA
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by John
(Originally Posted at the ARCIS FRAUD DISCOVERY & EXPOSURE CENTRE 19 April 2009)
HOW THE DIVIDE BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC IS GETTING MORE AND MORE VAGUE.
The rise in numbers and users of social networking sites was bound always bound to bring new developments. Some years ago headlines were made with a story of [...]
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Filed under: FILING CABINET, FRAUD EXAMINATION, INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES, LITIGATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by John
Even though not used too often yet, slideshows like for instance a Powerpoint presentation can have a significant impact in your case. Opening statements and closing submissions are two of the few opportunities where you can prepare your story in advance and present it to the court hopefully without too many distractions. Preparing a series [...]
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