Fraud

Apology Accepted

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, John Hagee, Mccain, Obama, Election Results, Right Wing, Election, Palin, Jeremiah Wright, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

The cat apparently has Rush Limbaugh's tongue. We hear none of his blather about the "Obama recession" after the market rose nearly 800 points in two days in a vote of confidence.

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Alberto Vilar Fraud Conviction Comes After Heated Deliberation

New York Times | DANIEL J. WAKIN | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Money Laundering, Alberto Vilar, Alberto Vilar Charges, Alberto Vilar Fraud, Business News

Alberto W. Vilar, the investor and music lover accustomed to opulent living, front-row opera seats and the gratitude of arts impresarios, now faces a ...

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America: Get Your Financial Act Together

Diane Francis | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Ayatollahs, U.S. Economy, Meltdown, Economy, U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Global Crisis, Global Rescue Effort, g20, U.S. Recession, Housing Crisis, Fraud, Aig, Iran, Wall Street Crisis, Worldwide Recession, Wall Street, Bailout, Atomic Bombs, u.s. Economy Problems, Real Estate Bubble, Skullduggery, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Tech Bubble, Business News
Diane Francis

It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.

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Unauditable

Dina Rasor | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Pentagon Waste, Mccaskill, Obama, Government Waste, Obama Transition, DOD Contracting, Pentagon Spending, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Dina Rasor

It seems like every group has their hand out claiming that they need more money in these bad economic times. As messy as these problems are, there is no bigger mess than the Department of Defense.

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My Nigerian Email Scam

Tom McNichol | Posted 10.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Meltdown, Wall Street, Email, Fraud, Internet Scams, Humor, Satire, Business News
Tom McNichol

AN URGENT EMAIL TO MY ESTEEMED FRIEND IN NIGERIA Dear MR. HAJIA MARIAM ABACHA, First, 1,000 apologies for not responding to the valued emails you've...

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Bachmann Withdraws Pardon Request For Campaign Contributor Tied To $3 Billion Fraud Scheme

St. Cloud Times | Lawrence Schumacher | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Pro-America, Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, Nuts, Tom Petters, House Races, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote a letter last year recommending a federal pardon for a major campaign contributor who was once convicted of felony mo...

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ASBL Recommendations to End Fraud, Abuse, and Loopholes in Federal Small Business Contracting

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, American Small Business League, Loopholes, John McCain, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League believes that it does not make sense to create new programs when the existing programs that were designed to direct federal contracts to middle class firms have been corrupted.

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Smells Like Republican Schadenfreude

Kamala Lopez | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, John McCain, Actors, Election Fraud, Latino Voters, Latino, Breaking Politics News, Obama, Voting With the Stars, Las Vegas, Hispanic, Democrat, Barack Obama, Republican, Independent, Voter Fraud, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.

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AIG Fraud Case: Using the Market To Set Jail Terms

BusinessWeek | Michael Orey | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Aig, Ronald Ferguson, Bailout, AIG Loss Reserves, Economy, AIG Shareholders, AIG Fraud Case, AIG Bailout, Business News

In coming weeks, five former insurance executives, including General Reinsurance ex-CEO Ronald Ferguson, are due to appear in federal court in Hartfor...

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Obama and McCain Response To One Question Could Redirect Billions Into Middle Class Economy

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, John McCain, Small Business, Abuse, Loopholes, Barack Obama, American Small Business, Economy, Middle Class, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Mainstream Media Could Save Thousands of Small Businesses With One Question For Obama and McCain Thousands of small businesses around the country co...

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Iraq Waste, Fraud Bill Comes To $13 Billion

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Fraud, Fraud, Government Waste, Iraq, Politics News

A former Iraqi official estimated yesterday that more than $13 billion meant for reconstruction projects in Iraq was wasted or stolen through elaborat...

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Scientology On Trial: French Court Will Try Top Members For Fraud

AP | VERENA VON DERSCHAU | Posted 09.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Scientology, Church of Scientology, France, French Court, Scientology Fraud, Fraud, Scientology on Trial, Tom Cruise, Home News

PARIS — The Church of Scientology and seven of its top members are to stand trial in Paris on fraud charges after an investigation into allegati...

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Raffaello Follieri Nears Guilty Plea In Burkle-Related Money Laundering, Fraud

Wall Street Journal | John R. Emshwiller | Posted 09.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Follieri Fraud, Ron Burkle, Follieri Trial, Follieri Pope, Rafaelo Folieri, Money Laundering, Follieri Guilty Plea, Follieri Vatican, Follieri Money Laundering, Raffaello Follieri, Yucaipa Cos., Business News

Raffaello Follieri, the 30-year-old Italian entrepreneur who has attracted attention for business dealings with billionaire Ron Burkle, is near an agr...

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Eric Butler, Julian Tzolov Accused Of Securities Fraud, Tzolov Flees Country

New York Times | Jenny Anderson | Posted 09.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Credit Suisse Fraud, Securities Fraud, Wall Street, Julian Tzolov, Credit Suisse Securities, Auction-Rate Securities, Eric Butler, Business News

The broker said the securities were as safe as cash. After all, he claimed, the outfit that issued them, Glacier Education Loan, bought student loans ...

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Is Al Franken "Good Enough, Smart Enough?"

Mike Smith | Posted 08.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Fraud, Iraq, General Petraeus, Al Franken, Home News
Mike Smith

Franken used his fundraiser in Denver to press his case and harkened back to the legendary Sen. Paul Wellstone. Well, I knew Paul Wellstone. Wellstone was a friend of mine, and Franken is no Wellstone.

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New Government Policy Helps Big Businesses Hide in Small Business Database

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Bush Administration, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Abuse, Ccr; Central Contractors Registration, Economy, Procurement, Contracting, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

A new Bush Administration policy will make it easier for large businesses to land government small business contracts by misrepresenting themselves as...

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Seth Colter Walls

Affirmative Action Ban Likely To Be Stripped From Arizona Ballot, Opponents Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Ward Connerly, Affirmative Action, Arizona, Signature Gatherers, Affirmative Action Ban in Arizona, Politics News

On Monday, opponents of an Arizona ballot initiative that would bar public institutions from adopting affirmative action policies filed what observers...

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Draws Ire Of Senate Judiciary Committee

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Rights, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Exxon Mobil, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Tracy Barker, Exxon Valdez, Liberties, Roberts Court, Fraud, Senate, Haliburton, Securities, Hearings, National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, Justice, Arbitration, Home News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.

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Roxanna Brown: How Can This Happen in America?

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Homeland Security, Freedoms, Civil Rights, Fraud, Thailand, Roxanna Brown, Identity Theft, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Mort Rosenblum

However unintended, Roxanna Brown suffered capital punishment without trial because of what appears to be simple identity theft, now so common to our daily lives.

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Freddie and Fannie: Republican victims

Diane Francis | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Lending Sector, George Bush, Sub-Prime, Housing, Investment Banks, U.S. Treasury, Fannie Mae, Eliot Spitzer, Real Estate Sector, Fraud, Mortgages, Fannie Mae Bailout, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns Bailout, Wall Street, Economy, Rrepublicans, Business News
Diane Francis

The announcement on Sunday that the Fed and U.S. Treasury will backstop these two financial intermediaries is an entirely predictable, latter-day outcome as a result of cowboy capitalism.

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Government Small Business Contracts Went to Fortune 500 Companies

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Mcgraw-Hill, Small Business, Economy, Dell, Department of Interior, Shwerwin Williams, Business, Home Depot, Ricoh, Barack Obama 2008, Fraud, John Deere, Contractor Fraud, Starwood Hotels, Gtsi, Xerox, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Federal investigations clearly show that Fortune 500 corporations are the actual recipients of federal small business contracts, and yet the Bush administration continues to maintain that this is a myth.

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Congress To Investigate Iraq Fuel Deal Involving McCain Fundraiser

MSNBC News | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Fraud, Mccain Fundraiser Under Investigation, McCain Fundraiser, Election 2008, John McCain 2008, No-Bid Government Contracts, Harry Sargeant, International Oil Trading Company, John McCain, Politics News

An NBC News exclusive report that ran on msnbc.com about an unusual Pentagon fuel deal has sparked an inquiry by the House Committee on Oversight and ...

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Rapture-Ready Evangelicals Impersonate Army Officers -- Bush Administration Gives Organization Members Award

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Religion in the Military, Military, Missionaries, Politics News
Chris Rodda

I was about to add Marshall Minute to our files as yet another example of a military ministries that exist near about every military installation, when a link on their site caught my eye -- a link to military recommendations.

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Suicide?: Disgraced Hedge Fund Trader Samuel Israel III Missing

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 06.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Hedge Fund Traders, White Collar Crime, Hedge Funds, Bayou Hedge Fund, Suicide, Convicted Trader, Samuel Israel III, Business News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A car abandoned on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled in the dust on its hood is registered to a hedge...

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Henry T. Nicholas III, Broadcom Co-founder, Indicted On Cocaine, Ecstasy And Fraud Charges

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Nicholas, Henry T. Nicholas III, Broadcom, Cocaine, Ecstasy, Backdated Stock Options, Shenanigans, Fraud, Business News

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III was indicted on federal narcotics charges that include allegations he slippe...

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