knew from the very beginning that he wanted to be an entrepreneur" says James Cameron‚ who is currently writing a book on CyberNet and its late chief executive. The FBI first investigated Watson in 1986 as the subject of a fraud probe. In 1987‚ Watson pled guilty to mail fraud after investigators determined he had swindled the unnamed investor as well as others and used the money for his personal expenses. He was sentenced to three years in prison‚ serving just less than 24 months at Allenwood Federal
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Memorandum to file. Date: June 24th‚ 2013. Subject: Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme. The purpose of this memo is to document my research on Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi scheme‚ the biggest fraud case in Florida. Did Scott Rothstein knowingly lie and take money from investors‚ promising high fake returns‚ only to benefit himself and his conspirators? How he got away with this scheme without being caught is outlined. I have also included some of the red flags that were missed. Facts Rothstein
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’s stock. Caught by surprise‚ CFO Tim couldn ’t come up with a decent response. Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his son Timothy were sentenced of conspiracy‚ bank fraud and securities fraud for looting the cable company and cheating its investors.The two were convicted of all 15 securities fraud charges against them and other counts. The Rigases and Mulcahey were charged with hiding $2.3 billion in debt at
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President and Controller) and Buford Yates (Director of General Accounting)‚ used shady accounting methods to mask its declining financial condition by falsely professing financial growth and profitability to increase the price of WorldCom’s stock. The fraud was done in two main ways. First‚ WorldCom’s accounting department underreported “line costs”‚ which are interconnection expenses with other telecommunication companies‚ by capitalizing these costs on the balance sheet rather than properly expensing
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Jickling‚ 2). Under the pressure of declining profit and market expectations of continuing growth‚ top management at WorldCom began to manipulate its accounting reports in an attempt to avoid or delay market losses (Lyke and Jickling‚ 1). Accounting fraud was committed in mainly two ways. First‚ over $3.8 billion of “line cost‚” or payment made to other companies for use of their communication networks‚ was classified as capital expenditures rather than current expenses (Lyke and Jickling‚ 2). Since
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year . I think the CFO Scott Sullivan got a light sentence and consciously knew what he was doing and could have put a stop to it. He should have been the good advisor telling Ebbers not to proceed with this fraud. Ebbers probably could not have figured out how to produce this type of fraud without financial experts doing the dirty work. Even if Ebbers was the one telling his accountants to cook the books‚ his accountants and the auditors should have put a stop to it. There were too many people
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capabilities and applications. ATMs –Automated Teller Machine ATMs have become the order of the day in banking. Most banks are networking the ATMs. A network of connected ATMs of various banks has resulted in the improvement of customer services. They can effectively reach out a large customer base at low cost. The customers by inserting a plastic card get currency notes from ATMs and their bank balance is revealed through ATMs. When the card is inserted in the ATM‚ the machine identifies the
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Actuarial Accounting: A Cautionary Report Dan R. Young‚ Esq. Attorney at Law Law Offices of Dan R. Young Seattle‚ Washington danryoung@netzero.net Presented the Spring Meeting of the CAS New Orleans‚ Louisiana May 6‚ 2009 The Story of the AIG Accounting Scandal The Companies The Participants Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies The Prosecution Case The Defense Case Relevant Laws and Regulations The Fate of the Participants The Companies AIG Overview (2007)
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killed.In a developed country it is unfortunate that‚their is no protection for truth neither it is cared for until the situation worsens and becomes an eye-opener.As many as agencies either in the state or at federal level could not investigate such frauds‚ but have priorities for other unwanted activities.The pure negligence if in future could result in causing effects like" Great depression"‚"economic slow down" and "Recession" which would lead to other
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Preventing EBT Fraud in Florida For my project proposal I would like to inform the reader of the benefits of preventing many fraudulent uses by some EBT recipients in the State of Florida. Contents: This project should inform the reader to the possible benefits of preventing fraudulent uses with the EBT program. This policy would help the state’s economy by saving tax dollars that is pumped into the farm bill and is a large part of Florida’s budget. The EBT program is designed to help low income
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