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Salon.com May 17, 2002 Damien Cave |
Lock up the analysts and throw away the key An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it... |
Reason April 2004 Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
CFO April 1, 2003 Julia Homer |
They ARE Out to Get You So far, relatively few executives have gone to jail for white-collar crimes. That may be about to change. |
Salon.com January 16, 2003 Arianna Huffington |
Cold feet Eliot Spitzer caved to Wall Street criminals. Maybe he decided that taking on the most powerful people in the country might not be the best strategy for a man considering a run for governor. |
CFO Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
BusinessWeek May 12, 2011 Roger Lowenstein |
Wall Street: Not Guilty Why have no executives gone to jail for their roles in the financial crisis? Perhaps because risk-taking and stupidity aren't criminal. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 Jane Sasseen |
White-Collar Crime: Who Does Time? Corporate criminals are punished more harshly today than in the '80s, but hands-off executives may still face better odds. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Defending Wall Street The criminal investigations that are being launched against Wall Street firms are woefully misdirected. |
CFO April 1, 2003 Kris Frieswick |
Fraud Squad Federal investigators are on a crusade to elevate corporate misdeeds to criminal offenses. |
Reason July 2008 Kerry Howley |
Striking Distance Few states have enforced the "three strikes" law with as much zeal as California. But thanks to perverse incentives built into the legislation, the law may encourage some of those offenders to commit more-violent crimes in the future. |
CFO February 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
The Best Defense In today's high-stakes legal environment, top white-collar attorneys are ready to defend the CFO. |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Spitzer Slips New York's ace prosecutor loses a big financial fraud case -- the first of many? Even the U.S. Supreme Court is toughening standards for prosecuting white-collar crime. |
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Former CA CEO Indicted Sanjay Kumar is charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction offenses, while his former company Computer Associates strikes a deal to avoid court. |
CFO January 30, 2004 Tim Reason |
Cheese It, the States! Corporate wrong-doers are finding state cops more aggressive than the feds. |
Fast Company March 2000 Rekha Balu |
Cyber Crime Report from the Futurist |
Wired October 2009 Vince Beiser |
Nils Christie: Empty the Prisons From the death penalty to "three strikes" laws, Americans love tough responses to crime, but not necessarily smart ones. Nils Christie has a better idea: Stop treating lawbreakers like criminals. |
InternetNews September 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Bill Would Give ID Theft Victims More Weapons A bill containing provisions against cyber criminals that awaits the President's signature. Does it do enough? |
Reason July 2007 Jeff Taylor |
Little Criminals Locking up bad kids with bad adults has long been recognized as counterproductive. Yet a recent report from the Justice Policy Institute reveals that many states simply do not have enough juvenile detention slots for young offenders, even those who commit nonviolent crimes. |
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Bill Mann |
A Step Closer to Ken Lay? The first of Enron's top brass may be closing plea bargains with time in the slammer. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004 David A. Feldman |
What the Martha and Peter Case Means to You The recent convictions of Stewart and Bacanovic have important implications for all financial advisors. |
Fast Company January 2003 Linda Tischler |
Master of Deception Police veteran Dennis Marlock has written the book on scams, cons, and frauds, which makes him an expert witness to what's gone wrong in the executive suites of corporate America. Does everyone lie? Aren't we too smart to get conned? Some honest talk about dishonest business. |
Reason April 2009 Anderson & Jackson |
Putting Stars Behind Bars How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense? |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
On Trial This year, the wheels of justice may catch up to some corporate movers and shakers. |
IDB America March 2002 Daniel Drosdoff |
Prompt justice Venezuela undertakes a sweeping reform of its courts... |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Stephen B. Shepard |
Straight Talk from Eliot Spitzer The New York Attorney General speaks on the mutual-fund investigations and other issues |
BusinessWeek July 4, 2005 Mike France |
Courtroom Strategies On Trial Recent high-profile verdicts have prosecutors and defense attorneys rewriting their playbooks. |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Woellert & France |
Corporate Cases: Time To Cut A Deal? A new ruling could empower white collar defendants -- until Congress rewrites sentencing rules. |
ifeminists December 30, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Criminals Owe Debt to Victims, Not Society I believe both civil and criminal court systems should aim at compensating the victim. What would a criminal system organized around restitution look like? |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Amy Borrus |
What To Expect From Chris Cox His SEC could be a less aggressive cop. But business won't get a pushover. |
InternetNews July 15, 2004 Roy Mark |
Identity Theft Law Hits Back at 'Phishers' The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, signed into law by President Bush, mandates federal prison terms for using a false identity in the commission of a felony. |
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Hard time for soft crimes Two million Americans are locked up, most for nonviolent drug offenses. Some maverick Republicans -- yes, Republicans -- are trying to change that. |
Salon.com January 12, 2001 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Hardest hit by the prison craze Oklahoma executes black woman Wanda Jean Allen at a time when black women have become the new menace to society. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Egg On Enron Faces The people who brought about the Enron debacle are slowly starting to pay for their crimes. |
Salon.com July 26, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
Busting the prison-industrial complex After years of tougher sentencing laws and increased incarceration of juveniles, the tide in California is beginning to turn... |
Reason June 2004 Jarett Decker |
Criminal Representation U.S. courts may find the ban on "expert advice and assistance" as applied to defense lawyers too much to stomach. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
The Senate's Cop Cracks Down on Financial Fraud "Fraud and potential criminal conduct were at the heart of the financial crisis," Senator Ted Kaufman (D, Del) said in a speech last month on the Senate floor. |
InternetNews April 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Nab E-Rate Fraudsters A Houston-based networking company agreed Friday to pay more than $4.6 million in fines and restitution to settle E-Rate fraud charges. |
Bank Technology News September 2010 Tom Leuchtner |
Patrolling the Neighborhood Cyber criminals are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to perpetrate financial crimes. |
InternetNews April 7, 2005 Roy Mark |
Federal E-Rate Indictments Grow Six companies and five individuals charged with wire fraud, collusion, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy. |
CFO October 1, 2002 Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
BusinessWeek May 13, 2010 |
Former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn The former Hewlett-Packard chairman on fighting criminal fraud charges in 2006 after a company investigation of leaks to reporters |
Reason January 2006 John Berlau |
Sarbanes-Oxley vs. the Free Press How the U.S. government used business regulations to strong-arm the media. |
Reason May 2008 Ed Burns |
Rewiring the System The author offers three reforms that he believes would improve the American criminal justice system. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Morgan House |
Why So Few Ended Up in Jail After the Financial Crisis Banks took down the economy. Why they walked away unscathed. |
Salon.com October 10, 2000 Eric Lassiter |
"Scared Straight" for the business set MBA students take a mandatory trip to prison for a lesson on ethics from corporate criminals... |
CFO Alix Nyberg |
Executive Indictments Prosecutors looking to pin corporate scandals on the top dog often press other executives for information that could prove a case against the CEO in exchange for leniency for the informers. Finance chiefs facing criminal sentencing have traditionally jumped at the offer. |
U.S. Banker June 2009 Davies & Marquez-Garrett |
Financial Misconduct Is Not Just a Civil Matter The FBI is shifting more than $75 million in resources from counterterrorism work to help sort through what has been characterized as "the wreckage of the financial meltdown," and financial industry professionals are bracing themselves for the newest wave of recourse: criminal prosecution. |
Salon.com August 10, 2000 Arianna Huffington |
No more lies Americans see clearly that the war on drugs isn't working. Now some of our leaders are starting to open their eyes. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Seth Jayson |
Another Fastow in the Slammer Enron's Lea Fastow gets a year behind bars for her efforts to hide her husband's frauds. |