Satyam: The "Truth" Will Out
By now, most people have probably heard about the huge Satyam scandal, where the company’s founder and chairman, Ramalinga Raju, has taken responsibility for massive fraud in reporting the company’s earnings, profits, and cash ... American legal firms are filing lawsuits against Satyam, claiming fraud. Distressingly, PriceWaterhouse [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 15:46:26
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Live-Blogging the Hearings for Obama’s SEC Chairman Pick
Mary Schapiro, President Barack Obama’s vaguely controversial pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, is appearing on the Dodd & Shelby Show today (otherwise known as the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, of which Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd is the chairman and Alabama Republican Richard Shelby is the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:16:09
Live-Blogging the Hearings for Obama’s SEC Chairman Pick
Mary Schapiro, President Barack Obama’s vaguely controversial pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, is appearing on the Dodd & Shelby Show today (otherwise known as the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, of which Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd is the chairman and Alabama Republican Richard Shelby is the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:43
Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of January 16, 2009
Foreclosures And The Mortgage Meltdown Continues to Plague America - usreoproperties ... either being foreclosed upon or delinquent. The nation … package aiming to thaw the frozen credit ... 01/16/2009 Toyota is developing a miniature, environmentally friendly car that is powered entirely [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:21:19
Fraud enablers, customer non-knowledge and more
Could we maybe sell you the same thing twice? Or more? Don’t companies know anything about their customers? ... . To make a long story short, I bought stuff from the merchant who used Payson as their credit card ... inquiries, so I called my credit card company. Alas, they cannot do anything as their customer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 20:34:02
99 and counting: more charges filed against Rubashkin
Sholom Rubashkin, former chief executive of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, has been granted a new bail hearing, but the legal victory is bittersweet when placed in the shadow of a fourth superceeding indictment containing 99 criminal charges. Sholom M. Rubashkin On Friday U.S [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 23:06:45
Debt Fraud is Real: What you Should Know
Recent statistics have shown that millions of consumers are affected by debt fraud each year, ... the identity of the debt collection agency. They do not consider the possibility that the whole thing ... even deeper in debt. Credit elimination experts indicate to consumers potential ways they could [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:24:21
Don’t Let Identity Theft Destroy Your Credit - And Your Life
by Pat Lowe Identity theft is a growing concern for many people. It can cause both financial problems and emotional pain for its victims ... for fraudulent purposes. The most common cases of identity theft involve credit card and check fraud. The most common outcome is the destruction of your credit rating. Identity thieves will apply [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 10:51:44
Fraud Prevention for Internet Purchases
This evening, I did a whirlwind trip through Target to purchase the collection of toys, hats, ... with a liability not to exceed $50 and the customer does not have to pay the credit card bill ... this year. Of course, I will be using my credit/debit cards to make these purchases.USA Today [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 03:16:00
It Keeps Getting Better And Better In California
The Daily Press reports from California. “First-time home buyers jumped into the local real estate market in December, pushing sales of existing homes up by 17 percent for the month and 207 percent compared to a year ago, according to new from the Victor Valley MLS compiled by Larry Trombley, an agent in Hesperia [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:46:59
Countrywide Sends Fraud Alert Letters: 'Your Info May Have Been Sold' [Countrywide]
A Countrywide customer emailed to tell us he received a unpleasant surprise in the mail today: ... on to say they will give you 2 years of Triple Advantage credit report monitoring for free ... a former Countrwide employee may have sold his loan info. I received a letter from Countrywide [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 22:57:49
"Billion Dollar Tax Havens For TARP Recipients?"
Fri Jan 16, 7:56 PM ETThe Bank of America (BOTTOM) and Citibank (R) ... -dollar losses from the ongoing global credit crisis.Bank of America posted its first quarterly loss ... assets.Also scrambling to survive huge new losses triggered by the credit crunch was Citigroup, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:32:00
Satan Has A 350 Credit Score
By John Rasor indulgence, greed and envy can take over and send your credit in a downward spiral. The lowest credit score you can have is a 350 ... , gluttony and being a debtor with outright disrespect to the creditor can earn you a bad credit rating. I have personally never seen a 350 credit score but supposedly they do exist. If you have bad cred [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:48
Cows, Milk And Madoff II: The Long ConbyR.E. Prindle Kevin MacDonald is hot on the trail of athe financial malefactors of which Madoff is a star ... . Its what the criminals call a Long Con. A short con is a fraud that takes a short time to accomplish; a Long Con ... of the financial scheme of the both the macro of international credit and the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 02:45:02
Should the Supreme Court Grant Cert in Rambus (Revisited, and Cross-Posted at Patently-O)
[Rutgers Professor Michael Carrier recently posted as a guest at Patently-O arguing in favor of the FTC’s position in Rambus and the Supreme Court granting certiorari. I thought Professor Crouch might be interested in sharing with his readers a different perspective on the merits of the FTC’s petition for cert in Rambus sketched out in my [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:07:57
SEC should have been serious before scandal
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be serious about identifying which officials failed to uncover Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and ... and detect fraud.” But the SEC should have been more serious about its regulatory responsibilities before the Madoff scandal and the credit crisis. The SEC’s inspector general is looking at whether [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 12:01:15
Online finance site notifies users of fraudulent charges
Online finance site notifies users of fraudulent charges Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 11:39 am Categories: Offbeat news Tags: Personal Finance, Site, ... called Adele has been fraudulently charging 25 cent-micropayments to millions of credit cards across ... . While no one would fault Mint for notifying its members of fraud, the move has sparked a [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:39:53
Felten for CTO?
comments) The True Story of the Telephone I grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, just down the street from where the telephone was invented. I now live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just down the street from where it was stolen. Seth Shulman’s recent book The Telephone Gambit lays out the clearest case yet of how it all happened [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:30:52
Capital One Mails Fraud Claim To The Person Committing Fraud [Defeating The Purpose]
"Lisa" writes, "I recently found out that I was a victim of identity theft ... in LA. Capital One Bank— while I appreciate them sending me a letter telling me they sent a credit card ... at all three Credit Bureaus— why ON EARTH would they still send out a card? I called Capital One immediately [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 01:51:59
LETTERS, OPINIONS, & COMMENTARY
January 17, 2009 I read the Cadillac News article about the three companies who have been negotiating with Wexford County about purchasing the landfill. The only one I was really enthused about was TransGreen Energy. The other two are merely the Wexford County Landfill with a different name and potentially the same problems that have always been [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 06:44:18
Bank Fraud: What If You Find Fraud in Your Checking Account?
You opened up your checking account statement for this month, and tons of weird charges are looking back at you ... . Report the fraud to the FTC at 1-877-ID-THEFT or on their website http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu ... they will probably not do much, but they should file a police report. Call your bank or credit card [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 13:41:08
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Date: 2009-01-18 04:43:52
Fortune Frowns on Lying CEOs
Fortune Frowns on Lying CEOs Topics: corporations | ethics Source: Fortune, January 6, 2009 ... on pikes," reports Fortune magazine's Roger Parloff. "The question for the courts ... losses" on the company's credit default swaps portfolios less than three months before they posted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 03:45:33
And If The Promotion Doesn’t Yield A Sale? What’s Next?
It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Foreclosure filings in Gallatin County have tripled since 2006, when 37 homes were foreclosed upon ... of Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Tulsa, said the past year shows that the state isn’t immune [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:04:08
LifeLock Review
LifeLock is the company that has a picture of their CEO, Todd Davis, ... . They will remember to put fraud alerts on your credit history at the three bureaus every 90 days ... , and they will request your credit history every 12 months from the three bureaus. It’s not a lot of work [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:19:44
Protection From Identity Theft Is A Must Today
Protection From Identity Theft Is A Must Today By Matthew Stanton on Jan 16, 2009 in Security | comments(0) Fraud and scams are so rampant today, without even noticing it you have already been cheated ... review and a trusted ID review. This is very helpful in guarding against identity theft through a fraud [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:19:52
Should the Supreme Court Grant Cert in Rambus?
This post was written by Professor Josh Wright. Wright is a professor at George Mason University Law School, but is visiting this semester at the University of Texas Law School in Austin. This post was originally published on the blog Truth on the Market. As noted, the FTC has exercised its right under 15 USC 56(a)(3) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:14:28
Tribute Band Scammed By Fake Check [Advance Fee Fraud]
Joe's tribute band was booked by a man named Rodrigues Collin for a gig in San Francisco, but it turned out to be an advance fee fraud ... such a large amount and put me through to the fraud division. I did not understand why I was being questioned [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:41:42
WaMu's Inability To Mail Letters Costs Man $3,400 [Wamu]
Wamu's fraud department has a problem sending letters ... to do anything for me. The third party does not even have a contact phone number. I then called WAMU ... my account. I canceled that debit card, filed the dispute and was given a provisional credit within [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 23:10:20
Nigerian Email Scammer takes $150,000.00 from Canadian Man
These kinds of stories will break your heart ... $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees ... out, but it doesn’t. It’s a very bad feeling. I had lots of friends.” Read the full story on the Windsor Star [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 08:01:10
10 Tips to Keep Identity Theft from Ruining Holiday Travel Plans
From Brian Lapidus, Chief Operating Officer for Kroll Fraud Solutions Attention Holiday Travelers: There’s good news and bad news to report about the 2008 holiday travel season. The good news ... the house key. Don’t leave out tax returns, credit card statements, utility bills and the like. It’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 06:24:11
How The FTC Helps To Protect Your Credit Repair Consumer Rights
The FTC or Federal Trade Commission works on behalf of consumers throughout the United States for more than 90 years. They gather and publish consumer information to educate and inform them. They also investigate consumer complaints of fraud and unfair business practices. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 14:01:14
The Biggest Loser: Season 3 Winner Gains Back 122 Pounds
On the third season of The Biggest Loser , Erik Chopin took home the prize for losing 214 pounds ... him on The Biggest Loser and felt like a fraud. In an interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Access Hollywood he talked ... Credit: NBC ShareThis Related posts:The Biggest Loser Renewed For Third Season, Season Two Finale [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 00:00:48
Synthetic man
Susan Crane’s book on Ritual, Identity and Clothing During the 100 Years War has a chapter on “Talking Garments” ... (“FTC”) has identified it as the fastest growing white collar crime; federal and state governments [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:08
Insider Trading: Now Brought to You by Masters of the Universe
Not since Bud Fox whispered “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel” in Wall Street has the world of mergers and acquisitions been so overtaken by prominent accusations of insider trading. A scandal quietly hit the world of mergers and acquisitions yesterday: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:04:09
Insider Trading: Now Brought to You by Masters of the Universe
Not since Bud Fox whispered “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel” in Wall Street has the world of mergers and acquisitions been so overtaken by prominent accusations of insider trading. A scandal quietly hit the world of mergers and acquisitions yesterday: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:43
Use a Credit Card to Boost Retirement Savings
Mr. GoTo is not a fan of credit cards in general for two reasons ... in trouble. That being said, we do have one Visa credit card. We use it to earn travel vouchers ... . Second, card issuers have not treated consumers well, either in not adequately explaining the costs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:39:38
The Bubble Was Bound To Break
WCSH 6 reports from Maine. “2008 was a difficult year for real estate on many fronts. But 2009 is a new year, with new opportunities and challenges — both for those looking to buy and sell. In Maine the number of housing units sold fell 21% from 2007 to 2008…. and those that did sell, sold for 9% less [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:37:16
State AGs to Obama: Curb Federal Pre-Emption
The number one legal priority for business, we've been hearing for the last few years, is federal pre-emption ... is especially important, the paper states, as legislation is crafted to handle the credit crisis ... banking laws "contributed significantly to the ongoing mortgage and credit disasters at the heart [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 21:24:42
1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. Bush
1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. BushAP Photo/Gerald HerbertPresident George W. Bush's time in the White House is ending but we'll always have his wide variety of facial expressions to remember him by.This series of photos, taken during Bush's final press conference on Monday, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:00:00
How to Dispute on a Credit Report
Inaccuracies are not uncommon when it comes to your credit report. That is why it is very advisable to keep checking your report in order to make sure that everything listed is accurate. You have the right to manage your credit and according to the Fair Credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:06:45
CREDIT CRUNCH NEWS - Harper, premiers agree on action plan aimed at economy - Moose Jaw Times-Herald
Harper, premiers agree on action plan aimed at economyMoose Jaw Times-Herald, ... among investors after several high profile case of corporate fraud, Mobius said it should ... Police probe Fla. fraud claim, missing fund leaderModesto Bee, CA - 2 minutes agoFlorida authorities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:02:00
Financial Bad Habits
Financial Bad Habits It is easy to get into bad habits with financial matters ... have to plan their purchases and stay vigilant to keep themselves solvent. Many people have bad habits of getting too far in debt with credit cards. The cards are easy to get. You can get a handful of Visas [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 21:47:33
Invest in Community Financial Institutions
By Rowan Wolf Congress approved the release of the remaining $350 billion in TARP funds to address the financial meltdown ... banks and credit unions, and not into big finance. On January 6th David Goldman calculated that thus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:35:02
Invest in Community Financial Institutions
By Rowan Wolf Congress approved the release of the remaining $350 billion in TARP funds to address the financial meltdown ... banks and credit unions, and not into big finance. On January 6th David Goldman calculated that thus [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:36:27
Barry Ritholtz tears into the National Association of Realtors
Barry Ritholtz, who has one of the top ten econ blogs on the internet, recently tore into NAR: Of all the various parties who contributed to the boom and bust in housing and credit, none ... -in-Chief, David Lereah. The NAR turned a blind eye to fraud amongst realtors in terms of referrals [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:33:01
Internet Scams Work At Home Scams
Internet Scams Work At Home Scams Internet Scams Work At Home Scams By: ... with the National Fraud Information Center at: www.fraud.org to see if the company or person is listed ... to deposit money into your bank account. (7) Try to use your credit card instead of cash if you buy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 05:03:00
Another Reason To Double Check Credit Card Statements.
In case you needed another reason to check credit card statements. Reports of a mysterious 25 cent fee are hitting card holders from a fake company out of New York. I always check my credit card statement and ask my wife if she was aware of any purchases before [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 13:00:03
This Day in Geek History: January 17
1882 Leroy B. Firman receives the first patent for a telephone switchboard. (U.S. No. 252,576 ) The invention will play a fundamental role in the success of the telephone industry. Thomas Alva Edison is issued a patent for the carbon microphone for the telephone. (US No. 252,442) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:00:45
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a ,500 tax credit; local school districts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:07:28
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