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    David Hilzenrath

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    Insider trading is essentially the trading of confidential information that is basically sold to the highest bidder. David Hilzenrath, a journalist, describes, “Given the scope of the allegations to date, we are not talking simply about the occasional corrupt individual, we’re talking about something verging on a corrupt business model…” (Hilzenrath). Hilzenrath is suggesting that Wall Street as a whole is being deceitful and doing more than they are letting the public know. Insider trading is not

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    The Limewire Court Case

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    In the copyright lawsuit, that was filed in 2006, the labels and the R.I.A.A., accused LimeWire of running a Website that could be used for allowing users to upload and download music without permission. LimeWire began in 2000, and the labels contend that Mark Gorton, who was the site’s creator and a defendant in the case, continued to operate the business even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that a similiar act was held by Grokster, could potentially be accountable for infringement. Although

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    it’s going out there for wide consumption.”says a false news producer.They really don’t care if it's false because they don't get in trouble and they make money no matter what. The internet is losing a grip on how to keep fake news off the internet.We can’t really control how much false news is going out on the internet so we really have no method of stopping it so we

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    This issue has been solved when Williamson catch Levene act and speak clumsily and force Levene to admit that he was the one who broke into the office yesterday night. This all happen when Levene accidentally revealed that he knew Williamson was lying to Rome claiming that he already deposited the check that given by his client Linkg in the bank but Williamson actually left the check on his desk. In fact, that Levene should have no way of knowing that Williamson was lying like Roma and he should

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    rose to prominence like a whirlwind and, then years after the euphoria, he fell from grace. Bernard Ebbers, a Mississippian native, became the face of America’s corporate world just for a short time. Then, his glory ended only to face allegations of fraud, abuse, and other corporate malpractices. The rise and fall of Bernie Ebbers shocked the business world for he lived, then, in modesty, supported education and contributed to his community. Ebbers’ community called him “responsible business leader”

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    Fraud Case Report

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    I reviewed this file on 07/14/17 in preparation for a hearing coming up on 07/19/17. It is on for a fraud trial and we are going to take testimony from the owner of the company, Dean West as he took some photographs which he will authenticate and give his testimony about seeing the claimant working. He saw him weed whacking in front of a motel on two separate occasion. He saw him working with another employee of Windustrial. We also asked for an investigator and we 2 disks worth of surveillance.

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    applications, biometric identification is not replacing passwords or PINs – it is pro- viding new types of fraud-reducing functionality. Fraud Detection. Identification systems are deployed to determine whether a person’s biometric information exists more than once in a database. By locating and identifying individuals who have already registered for a program or service, biometrics can reduce fraud. In a public benefits program, for example, a person may be able to register under multiple identities

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    have a bad reputation due to billing fraud. These acts are committed by individuals and organizations to proceed personal or business advantage. In fact, health care fraud is a type of crime that may be committed by health care providers or companies which provide medical supplies or services, and health care organizations. It is a recent trend to which physicians and their practices are unfortunately doing by organized crime groups in complex health care fraud schemes. There are several different

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    The Ponzi Scheme

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    According to Ferrell , Fraedrich and Ferrell (2015) text, The Chair of SEC disclosed that the SEC examiner missed several red flags while reviewing the Madoff firm. Madoff also admitted to the unethical and illegal behavior of deceit. Madoff disclosed operating the Ponzi scheme since 1990 (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2015). The Ponzi scheme was very successful until the crash of the economy and the inability to bring in new investors. Madoff was able to maintain this scheme for well over 30 years

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    Fraud Assessment “A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors” (Ponzi Schemes 2013). Ponzi schemes enable fraudsters to approach victims and solicit funds from them by guaranteeing that their low risk investments will yield high rates of return. In return, investors receive dividends paid by the fraudster from the funds solicited from newer victims. The attraction of new victims enables

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