Fraud
Fraud
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Fintechs were almost five times more likely than traditional lenders to be involved with suspicious loans issued through the program, according to a new study.
August 18 - Non-profits
The gun-rights group hasn’t cleaned up rampant financial and managerial misconduct, New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a court filing.
August 18 -
The ex-chief executive and two other SAEX execs pleaded guilty to fraudulently and materially inflating the company's publicly reported revenue of by tens of millions of dollars and misappropriating millions of dollars.
August 13 -
For rent; lien on me; really creative; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
July 22 -
A federal jury convicted a former Internal Revenue Service IT specialist on fraud charges for stealing a victim’s identity and using it to buy $58,000 worth of plane tickets, hotel rooms and home-remodeling materials.
July 20 -
Anti-fraud professionals are anticipating a rise in fraud this year after seeing it go up since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
June 21 -
Just print n’ pay; all hair stylists are alike; risky business; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
June 17 -
Bait, switch and threaten; power corrupts; Herbal remedy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
June 3 -
A crook named Kusok; more holes than a Swiss cheese; anti-social media; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
May 27 -
The leader of an agency overseeing stimulus programs said that Treasury officials had resisted his attempts to investigate fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program.
May 3 -
John Hanson, managing director of BDO's Forensic Investigation and Litigation Services practice, discusses the tell-tale signs to look out for in businesses during the pandemic.
April 19 -
Suppose there was an embezzlement at a large client? What would you wish you had done to stop it?
April 19 -
Founded on fraud; what’s in a name?; taken for granted; and other highlights of recent tax cases.
April 15 -
Bernard Madoff’s death in prison doesn’t change much for his victims, many of whom are still waiting to be made whole.
April 15 -
The Manhattan investment adviser defrauded his A-list clients of more than $19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme.
April 14 -
The COVID-19 pandemic could give remote employees around-the-clock access to company funds with little supervision and lead to embezzlement.
March 19 -
A donor has asked the IRS to open a fraud investigation into a nonprofit that builds schools in Africa, and for Canada’s federal police to seize its records.
March 5 -
A U.S. donor to Canada’s WE Charity said he has asked the Internal Revenue Service to open a fraud investigation into the organization after testifying that it took down a plaque on a Kenya school built to honor his dead son and replaced it with that of another donor.
March 2 -
Data-driven processes can help auditors focus on high-risk issues for further analysis and investigation.
February 26 -
The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Small Business Administration to fix some problems that businesses are encountering when applying for loans from the Paycheck Protection Program.
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