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Fri. November 20, 2009

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Computer security firm McAfee, Inc. warns Internet users about the "twelve scams of Christmas." As consumers get ready to hit the Internet in droves to buy ...
He continued to say that the scam is known internationally as a malicious virus and piece of malware that has been used to attack 10000 worldwide Computers ...
The United States government recovered $2.4 billion in settlements from fraud cases in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. Nearly $2 billion came from lawsuits ...
There is widespread fraud in a multi-billion dollar program intended to help service-disabled veterans compete for government projects, according to a ...

Moscow, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia has the world's most fraudulent economy and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime have done little ...
A federal jury found the former chairman of McKesson guilty of fraud on Thursday, nearly 10 years after he played a central role in a costly corporate ...
This is believed to be the first prosecution and conviction of a straw buyer in a mortgage fraud scheme in Queens County. Rebecca Tharpe, 32, of 44 Third ...
CyberKey's former CEO, James E. Plant, started serving a 97 month federal prison term in March for his part in the fraud. He was indicted in federal court ...
prosecutors say the defendants were part of a scheme in which fraudulent video relay service (VRS) bills were submitted to the Federal Communications ...
Sholom Rubashkin is guilty of bank fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and more when he was CEO at the Agriprocessors. At the time, the May 12, ...
In a statement Wednesday Douglas L. Hoffman blamed voter fraud for his loss in the special election earlier this month and made a fresh pitch for donations ...
"It's no secret that health care fraud is a top priority of the Civil Division of the Department of Justice and the administration," Assistant Attorney ...
He had done similar scams in Iowa, Wisconsin and Washington, where each state issued him a cease-and-desist order, Riverside County District Atty. ...
Of more than 100 allegations of fraud and abuse, GAO audited 10 firms between October 2008 and November 2009 and found that ineligible companies improperly ...
There's little sign that global economic crime and accounting fraud are slowing down, according to the latest survey data from ...
San Francisco -- A former chairman of McKesson Corp. was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco Thursday of securities fraud in connection with an ...
PAUL, Minn., Nov 19 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday confronted Tom Petters over his claim that after he belatedly became aware of the fraud that ...
In a deal with prosecutors, the 56-year-old pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and bankruptcy. Indictments in Tennessee and South Carolina ...
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- the US Department of Justice has nearly 1000 pending civil cases involving health-care fraud, a caseload that has grown by more ...
Almost one quarter (24 per cent) of Canadian companies that were victims of fraud during the survey period estimated their fraud-related losses to be ...
Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, who heads the unit, said the suspects were the first people in Europe to be arrested in connection with the scam. ...
When the Medicare prescription drug program was set up, the feds hired private companies to investigate complaints and fraudulent claims. ...
Fraud is a growing issue for Irish businesses and is running ahead of the western European experience. A new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers has also ...
President Obama is expected to sign an executive order within the week that will focus on eliminating government waste and fraud, particularly in Medicare ...
Medicare and Medicaid fraud is a perennial target of government cost-cutters. While a perfectly honest system-which we will ...
Two attorneys who are already charged with taking part in a mortgage fraud scam with a former Suffolk legislator and a dominatrix have been charged with two ...
AP TRENTON, NJ - A northern New Jersey hospital will pay more than $3 million to settle claims it defrauded Medicare. The agreement announced Wednesday by ...
And because so-called phishing scams use fake Web sites to collect username and password information, SafeCentral takes an extra step to verify the ...
Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, who heads the unit, said the suspects were the first people in Europe to be arrested in connection with the scam. ...
Another example is the bill filed by Senator Chuck Grassley (D-Iowa), which proposes to freeze Medicare payments that could be fraudulent, abusive or ...
Two attorneys who are already charged with taking part in a mortgage fraud scam with a former Suffolk legislator and a dominatrix have been charged with two ...
McMonagle says Forte will be sentenced early next year on loan fraud, bank bribery and conspiracy counts. Federal prosecutors said Forte used his position ...
In April, Brown sued three wells Fargo investment subsidiaries, alleging they had committed securities fraud by telling California investors that the risky ...
Two suspected computer hackers have been arrested in Manchester in a major inquiry into a global internet scam designed to steal personal details. ...
In fiscal year 2009, the government spent about $54 billion on fraudulent payments for Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Medicare fee-for-service, ...
Posing as providers of services to state agencies, they allegedly managed to scam $1.2 million from Massachusetts, $919000 from West Virginia, $869000 from ...
It also comes amid criticism that regulators ignored irregularities that allowed imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff to perpetrate one of the biggest frauds ...
Ronald Persaud, 58, was convicted last year for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 12 counts of substantive wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud and ...
"I would say it's not uncommon for people to seek drugs by fraudulent means or threats from any medical providers." Shay, 31, was booked into King County ...


 


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