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BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 |
Corporate Justice Recent decisions in cases involving Enron, Computer Associates and WorldCom. |
InternetNews April 20, 2007 Michael Hickins |
'Justice is Served' to Nacchio Did the former Qwest CEO miss an opportunity to save himself some jail time? |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2005 Tom Taulli |
Ebbers on CEO Death Row Ebbers gets no mercy: received a 25-year sentence (and there is no parole in the federal system). It's about time a clear message was sent. Hopefully, many CEOs will now think twice before engaging in illicit conduct. |
PC Magazine May 16, 2007 |
Who Gets Hit Most by Online Fraud? Protect yourself now! Find out where and how most online fraud originates. |
InternetNews August 11, 2005 Tim Gray |
WorldCom Finance Boss Gets Five Years The government's key witness in the biggest fraud scandal in history is spared a long sentence. |
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. |
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. |
Bank Technology News October 2004 Holly Sraeel |
Fraud is Rising, But Victims, Banks are Fighting It Talk about fraud in banking circles and one will inevitably hit a nerve. |
Bank Technology News February 2007 Holly Sraeel |
ID Theft Needs Little Fuel to Fan The Flames. Or Does It? With financial crime -- particularly cybercrime -- becoming more sophisticated among for-profit criminals, some industry observers argue that ID fraud is rising, and that many victims are still unaware of it. |
CFO June 1, 2010 Marie Leone |
Something Wicked This Way Comes Fraudsters are preying on corporate coffers and catching the crooks will take more than accounting controls. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 10, 2010 Penny Crosman |
ID Fraud Grew 12% in 2009, But Wells Fargo's Fraud Losses Are Down Javelin Research's latest fraud survey finds identity fraud continues to rise, but losses are down at some banks due to fraud detection technology improvements. |
Inc. September 18, 2002 Carole Matthews |
Preventing Small-Business Fraud Small businesses are more likely to become the victims of fraud than larger businesses. Here's how you can prevent fraudulent activity in your workplace. |
CFO June 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
"I Should Have Said No." A CFO who confessed to fraud wants business students to learn from his mistakes. An interview with Aaron Beam, former CFO, HealthSouth Corp. |
CFO March 1, 2011 Laton McCartney |
Where There's Smoke, There's Fraud Sarbanes-Oxley has done little to curb corporate malfeasance. Therefore, CFOs should implement a range of fraud-prevention measures. |
CFO October 1, 2002 Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
Entrepreneur July 2006 Jacquelyn Lynn |
Honesty Pays Insurance fraud is not only a crime - it's costly, too. |
InternetNews March 31, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Internet Crime Complaints Soared 33% in 2008 Driven by problems with e-commerce transactions and fraud, complaints skyrocketed last year. |
InternetNews August 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
WorldCom Execs Face Sentencing Former execs learn how much time they will serve for their roles in the telecom's massive fraud. |
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. |
U.S. Banker December 2010 Katie Kuehner-Hebert |
Inside Jobs Large and small banks alike are dealing with a spike in fraud, much of it by trusted employees. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Ebbers: Killing 'Em Softly WorldCom's ex-CEO says his acts of kindness earn him a shorter sentence. Bernie may indeed have been a good buddy to some, but shareholders weren't on the list. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 27, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Evolving Fraud Schemes Keep Pressure on Evolving Payments Instruments While some of the latest schemes borrow from scams past, today's fraud schemes are as sophisticated as banks' most advanced payments systems. And stopping them is still a challenge. |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 David Williamson |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Jeffrey Skilling Jeffrey Skilling, former president of Enron, was convicted on charges of fraud, conspiracy, and insider trading and forced to serve 292 months, a little over 24 years, in federal prison. What's he up to now? |
Bank Technology News June 2006 Rubina Johannes |
The Demographics Of ID Fraud Not every group is victimized, or protected, in the same way or at the same level. Javelin examines how incidents and precautions differ based on age, income and ethnicity. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2005 Tim Beyers |
The Real Price of Spam A 30-year-old spammer is sentenced to nine years in prison. How will that compare to Bernie Ebbers' fate? He gets sentenced June 13 for an $11 billion fraud that bilked millions of investors. The feeling is that he won't be asked to serve nine years, let alone nine months. |
Bank Technology News February 2007 Glen Fest |
Identity Fraud: ID Theft Victims, Losses Take Welcome Nosedive New account vulnerabilities are toughened, but 'vishing,' limited alerts practices, and consumers' misguided personal trust in acquaintances still leave the doors wide open. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Nancy Feig |
International Fraud Could Be Slowed By Data Sharing, Study Shows First Data study reveals that data sharing could be the key to stopping cross-border bank fraud. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt |
Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Bill Mann |
Another Brick in the Enron Wall Prosecutors get their biggest prize to date: Enron executive Jeff Skilling. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Jane Worthington |
Ways to Stop Fraud Firms can take effective steps to lessen the risk of fraud. Begin with thorough background checks before hiring. |
CFO April 1, 2009 S.L. Mintz |
The Gauge of Innocence Fraud takes many forms. Count on all of them to increase this year. |
BusinessWeek May 8, 2006 Lorraine Woellert |
The-Reporter-Did-It-Defense Ken Lay claims the press sped Enron's fall by scaring investors. Does he have a case? |
Bank Systems & Technology September 3, 2009 Nathan Conz |
Oracle Mantas Fraud Released The new release of Oracle Mantas Fraud gives banks an integrated view across accounts, customers and business lines to facilitate earlier detection of fraud schemes and financial crime rings, and enhance loss prevention and mitigation efforts. |
U.S. Banker September 2004 Karen Krebsbach |
Security: The Inside Job Your employees wouldn't rip you off, right? Think again. Their theft will cost banks $2.4 billion this year. |
Search Engine Watch October 28, 2010 Melissa Mackey |
Click Fraud Rising - Should You Be Concerned? Lost revenue from click fraud can be minimized. Here's what search advertisers can do to avoid wasting budget. |
Insurance & Technology August 13, 2008 Peggy Kendler |
Emerging Technologies Fight Claims Fraud Industry insiders discuss predictive modeling and other tools allowing special investigations units (SIUs) to be more proactive in their fight against claims fraud. |
Salon.com July 16, 2002 Arianna Huffington |
Send the bastards to jail! Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt |
Keeping Up With Fraudsters As fraud schemes become more sophisticated, banks need to examine a wider array of data to identify fraud trends. That means investing in more sophisticated technology systems, adding personnel and employing additional fraud-fighting processes. |
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003. |
U.S. Banker April 2011 |
Noted & Noteworthy A recently released survey from electronic-payments firm ACI Worldwide found that nearly one-third of consumers say they were victims of credit or debit card fraud in 2010. |
PC World October 14, 2002 Gideon F. For-Mukwai |
Nigerian E-Mail Scammers Reported On Run International authorities close in on 22 Nigerians accused of e-mail bank fraud. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Nancy Feig |
BITS Releases Insider Fraud Database BITS, a nonprofit consortium of 100 of the largest U.S. financial institutions, released its own insider fraud prevention service, which consists of a list of former financial institution employees who have compromised consumer information and/or knowingly caused financial losses. |
CFO September 1, 2002 Lori Calabro |
I Told You So To controversial securities litigator Bill Lerach, the current wave of corporate fraud scandals was both inevitable and preventable. |
InternetNews January 26, 2005 Erin Joyce |
Ebbers' Fraud Trial Under Way Defense for former CEO of failed WorldCom seeks to point finger at others in accounting fraud trial. |
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... |
ifeminists June 1, 2005 Tony Zizza |
Is Paternity Fraud The Perfect Crime? You know the absolute destruction of "right and wrong" is complete when the global problem of paternity fraud appears to be just a matter of judicial bias and fodder for escapist television shows like Desperate Housewives. |
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 |
A Matter of Chance Despite increased awareness of the threat of fraud and businesses' confidence in risk controls, more financial wrongdoing within businesses is uncovered by accident than by internal controls, according to a survey. |
U.S. Banker March 2011 Tim Grace |
Mortgage Buybacks Point To Need for Better Analytics With mortgage fraud rising, the need for consistent, industry-wide fraud controls are a fundamental building block for improved loan quality. |
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
J.P. Morgan Stepping Up Fight Against Corporate Payments Fraud The bank issued a white paper that looks at the growing area of corporate payments fraud and suggests best practices for safeguarding accounts. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 29, 2008 Nancy Feig |
Internal Fraud Still a Danger as Banks Adjust Strategy Internal fraud occurs every day at banks across the world. New internal fraud-detection technologies allow banks to identify suspicious employee behavior. |