INTRODUCTION: The Citadel of Buhen was built on the west of the Nile spread over 150 meters. Buhen Fortress had a mixture of interesting features‚ including “moats carved three meters deep into bedrock‚ revetments‚ drawbridges‚ bastions‚ buttresses‚ ramparts‚ battlements‚ embrasures‚ loopholes‚ and catapult stations” (Craig‚ Alan Sherman‚ William R.Will‚ Jeffrey D.‚ 2009‚ Introduction Section‚ p.227‚ para.1). The citadel was built along the Nile‚ and each built was near enough to be seen by a human
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Memorandum to the File Date: From: Re: The Scott Rothstein Ponzi Scheme Introduction Scott Rothstein was a prominent Fort Lauderdale attorney. From 2004 until 2009 Rothstein ran South Florida’s largest Ponzi scheme (Franceschina‚ 2010). His Ponzi scheme collected 1.2 billion dollars during the time it was in operation‚ and like all Ponzi schemes he relied on payments by new investors to pay the previous investors. When his scheme began to fall apart‚ Rothstein fled to Morocco. He
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During World War II‚ the greatest art thief in history to occur; Nazi’s looted 650‚000 works‚ worth billions‚ from Europe. About 2 years ago in November‚ German authorities found 1‚280 paintings‚ drawings‚ and prints in the Munich apartment of a haunted white haired recluse. The found paintings‚ drawings and prints are said to be worth more than a billion dollars. September 2010‚ Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt was traveling on the train from Zurich to Munich for business at an art gallery. Gurlitt
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The Babylon Ishtar Gate There are many wonders of the ancient world that have been found by archeologists. Of these treasures found‚ one of the greatest and most beautiful has been the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. Babylon was the capital of a city in Mesopotamia‚ in the current day Iraq.(Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) Babylon was damaged by weather‚ age and wars (the Iraq and USA war) but still archeologists managed to find the gate. (Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) The Ishtar gate was built in the reign
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September 10‚ 2009 case 1-428-849 Jaipur Rugs: Connecting Rural India to Global Markets Introduction The Jaipur Rugs case explores how a company can benefit the poor by connecting them with global markets. Jaipur Rugs makes this connection by building and orchestrating a global supply chain on a massive scale—one focused on developing human capability and skills at the grassroots level‚ providing steady incomes for rural men and women in the most depressed parts of India and connecting them
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Earl Jones was born in Montreal on June 24‚ 1963. He started to work at Montreal TRUST for over 16 years; he worked 8-10 different positions including investment management‚ estates‚ trust administration‚ will planning and manager of the mortgage department. In 1970 Jones left the company to start his own business‚ he began holding courses on taking care of finances. He then launched a company he called “Earl Jones Consultant and Administration Corporation‚ an administrative and financial advising”
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Kevin Han Case #1: Stanford Financial R. Allen Stanford is accused of pulling off a $7 billion Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. Prosecutors allege that Stanford lured investors to purchase Certificate of Deposits with returns that were consistently higher than the market and used the proceeds to finance his lavish lifestyle. Stanford currently faces 14 criminal charges‚ including wire and mail fraud‚ in addition to civil suit from the SEC. Adding to the case are charges against
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Robin Wake 10/24/12 Choice Theories Madoff was a master thief and financier. In 2008‚ he revealed that the asset management arm of his firm‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities‚ was "just one big lie". In what he described as a Ponzi scheme‚ he took his investors for $65 billion over the course of two decades. The scheme wasn’t revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes (How Ponzi Schemes Work). I believe this is based on the rational choice theory. For example‚ a drug addict may
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1. What are the ethical issues involved in the Madoff case? Bernard Madoff was accused of fraud and creation of a Ponzi scheme which lead to a $65 billion investment loss. He established himself as a trusting and respectable figure‚ who was really involved in a white-collar crime. Madoff deceived many people into thinking his operation as legitimate‚ and completely abused his respectable name and position of power for his own personal advances. 2. Do you believe that Bernard Madoff worked
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Barnard Lawrence Madoff he is an American with a background in stockbroker‚ investment‚ advisor‚ and financier. Barnard Lawrence Madoff had committed largest financial fraud in the United States history‚ with a fraud over $17.179 billion. He was charge money laundering‚ mail fraud‚ wire fraud‚ false statements‚ perjury‚ securities fraud‚ investment advisor fraud‚ and theft from employee benefit plan adding to all these criminal charges he was sentenced for 150 years in prison on June 29‚ 2009. Referring
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