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Many business taxpayers fail to pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). By doing so they expose themselves to personal liability pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6672 known as the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP). Generally, corporate officers, shareholders and others who have the responsibility for withholding and paying over payroll taxes can be held personally

There are many ways we can use our human energy to lighten the load on natural resources and tread lightly on our home planet. Check how many of these you do already: Recession, Bank fraud , Styam fraud,wipro banned from world bank,price hike hell what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. Recycle and re-useWherever possible, separate waste into compost material, bottles, tins, paper, clothing etc and make sure th

Fraud sucks.We sell primarily online, so we're very wary of fraud. We've been targetted several times in the past by fraudsters from the four corners of the globe. While it's easy to say that country X or country Y is a "hotbed" of fraud, the reality is that fraud is an international problem.People get phished all the time. It's not nice, but it happens. Before we launched our new system we had to

Chairman of Satyam Computer Ramalinga Raju has resigned from the company’s board. In a shocking disclosure, he has revealed some financial irregularities in the company, including an inflated cash balance of Rs 5,040 crore.WTF it’s all about?The beleaguered IT giant, already under scanner over the aborted acquisition of firms promoted by the Chairman's family, received a rude shock days ahead

Once investors get over their initial shock that they were being bilked by Bernard Madoff in a massive Ponzi scheme they will be looking for ways lessen the impact. One of those ways is through the tax laws. Our tax attorneys have identified at least two possibilities. The first is that investors may be entitled to a theft loss pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 165. Unfortunately the year

A sharp smart head on a Qatar princess's shoulders lead to a Sheikh regaining some of the millions of euros he lost to a former employee.The employee had been withdrawing €4m a month from the sheik's personal bank account - a fact that wasn't noticed until the Sheikhs wife, Princess Kasia Al-Thani, noticed some suspicious papers lying on her husband's desk.The employee had set up a bank account

In the following press release Seton Hall University School of Law announced that Seton Hall Professors Linda Fisher and Chinh Q. Le along with Seton Hall Law students Katherine A. Kelly and Molly Moynihan filed a pleading and counterclaim defending elderly homeowner victims from foreclosure. CSJ filed an answer, counterclaim and third party complaint on behalf of William and Daphne Webb, an eld

In the following press release Marty J. Jackely, United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota announced that Benjamin Ashley Markham, age 31, of Sioux Falls, appeared before US Magistrate Judge John E. Simko on December 16, 2008, and pled guilty to two counts of an indictment that charged him with bank fraud and fraudulent use of a social security number. The maximum penalty upon convic

One we missed from November. California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the arrests of three members of a fraud ring who preyed on desperate Southern California homeowners by falsely promising to renegotiate their home loans, but instead “ripped them off for thousands of dollars” while their homes fell into foreclosure. “It’s appalling how these scammer

  In the following press release R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that, on December 18, 2008, a federal grand jury returned a five count indictment charging Bienvenido “Benny” Benach, Jr., Ramon Puentes, Danny Flores, Rolando Alfonso, J

In the following press release Thomas P. O’Brien, United States Attorney for the Central District of California announced that a Norwalk man who owned and operated Best Diamond Funding, a real estate brokerage and mortgage lending company, was arrested on federal charges for allegedly running an investment fraud, also known as a ponzi, scheme that lured more than 2,000 victims into investing

by Rep Ron Paul Billions of dollars were recently lost in the collapse of Bernie Madoff’s self-described Ponzi scheme, in which too-good-to-be-true returns on investments were not really returns at all, but the funds of defrauded new investors.  The pyramid scheme collapsed dramatically when too many clients called in their accounts, and not enough new victims [...]

In the following press release Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida today (7/28/08) announced the return of a 47-count Indictment against four individuals charging them with conspiracy, making false statements in connection with bank loans, a scheme to defraud seven FDIC - insured banks, and money laundering.The indicted defendants are:(1) NEIL MOHAMED

Court records show that Ohio couple Joy Freeman and Shawn E. Pass have been indicted in Drug Trafficking and mortgage fraud allegations. Freeman pleased guilty on December 11, 2008 and Pass is due for trial in January. Counts 12 to 14 of the indictment allege that in May 2004 Freeman applied for a $367,200 mortgage with Countrywide to purcahse a new home from Duffy Homes. at 5290 Port Haven, Lewis

David Leppard of The Times reports that Detectives are investigating one of Britain’s biggest buy-to-let schemes in which large numbers of investors have seen their savings wiped out. They fear thousands of people who sought to cash in on the buy-to-let dream during the boom years of 2004 to 2007 may turn out to have been victims of organised fraud. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investig

Anne Gibson reports for the New Zealand Herald that a group of former Auckland Barfoot & Thompson agents who engaged in mortgage fraud have been banned from the real estate business for life. The Real Estate Agents Licensing Board has cancelled the sales certificates of Raghu Aryasomayajula, Philip Cavanagh and Philip Niall. Barfoot director Peter Thompson said he did not know of another agent

According to Court Records and an article in The San Francisco Chronicle Sonia Alburez, 37 of Livermore, CA has been indicted with 4 counts of Bankruptcy fraud in the US District Court, Oakland. Prosecutors allege that in order to attract people to her scheme Alburez mailed ads to homeowners who were delinquent in their mortgage payments and were close to foreclosure. She claimed that her company,

Some of the world's biggest banks have revealed that they are victims of a fraud which has lost $50bn (£33bn).Bernard Madoff has been charged with fraud in what is being described as one of the biggest-ever such cases.Among the banks which have been affected are Britain's RBS, Spain's Santander and France's BNP Paribas.One of the City's best-known fund managers has criticised US financial regulat

If any of you receives an immediate and urgent mail from "Paypal", please do not reply by clicking on the link provided, this is just another scam link that is repeatedly sent out from other sources trying to gain access to your account.The Email sent clearly indicated a paypal link but within, it lies another weblink "". I was convince, i had some issues since i just received an amount from a rev

Plastic Power www.theregister.co.uk, December 02, 2008 - A new hi-tech credit card from CryptoCard bundles two-factor authentication onto the plastic in a bid to clamp down on phishing and other forms of banking fraud. The CD-1 Credit Card Display token, launched on Tuesday [2nd December], is designed to combat fraud in online and telephone banking. Looking further ahead, CryptoCard

BOSTON, MA - October 8, 2008 - A Springfield man was convicted today in U.S. District Court of mail fraud and possessing document-making implements. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Jerry Carmody, Acting Inspector in Charge of the United States Postal Inspection Service and Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent In Charge of the United States Immigration [...]

Lori Drew, 49, who used a fake MySpace identity to taunt 13-year-old Megan Meier, was convicted yesterday of computer fraud. Meier killed herself after being bullied online by 16-year old "Josh," who turned out to be a sockpuppet created by Drew to humiliate her. Jurors aquitted her of felony charges and were deadlocked on a conspiracy charge, returning misdemeanor verdicts on three counts of acce

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – September 4, 2008 - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Springfield, Mo., police officer was convicted by a federal jury today for using his ex-wife’s identity in a scheme to defraud a credit card company and an online payment service. [...]

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Much like the Community Redevelopment Act (CRA) for housing, the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program was designed to encourage economic development in historically underutilized business zones and, like the CRA, it looked remarkably good on paper. The problem happened when it was put into practice. The story on usnews.com describes that problem like this:

It is the most frustrating thing to happen in your life when you get stumbled upon a fraud job. Usually, this will happen to unsuspecting people who are eagerly looking for online jobs only to find themselves trapped to non-legit operations later on. So what are the possible measures that we should be remember when [...]

Council on American-Islamic Relations:Anyone CAIR for an After-Dinner Summons?Racketeering? Fraud? Sound's like CAIR's been having a grand ole time over the past few years.The guy speaking at the time of the serving of the summons is MN congressman Keith Ellison. This is the press release by SANE (Society of Americans for National Existence), a multi faith, anti-terror advocacy group (video follow

The Theft -- Atreyu There was certainly a great deal of kool aid being consumed during the bubble. People were paying ridiculous prices for real estate only because prices were going up. Since there is no valuation metric that makes any sense in a financial mania, it is difficult to tell if the late buyers were simply stupid, or if there was something more sinister goi

In the following press release Benton J. Campbell United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced that two indictments were unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging sixteen defendants for their participation in two separate schemes to defraud mortgage lenders of more than $13 million in mortgage loans. A third indictment was unsealed charging four defendant

In the following press release Catherine Hanaway, United States Attorney for the Eastern District announced the formation of the U.S. Attorney’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force. The first meeting of the U.S. Attorney’s Task Force on Mortgage Fraud occurred today at the U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis. “Most of us have learned the hard way that the mortgage industry is a cruci

In the following press release Catherine L. Hanaway, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that Russell Todd McBridge of Creve Coeur, MO and Robert P. Wrolstad of O’Fallon, MO have been indicted in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of residential real estate located in Sikeston, Missouri. McBride and Wrolstad have been charged in a 34-count indictment

In the following press release Dana Boente, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Vijay K. Taneja, age 47, of Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving his company, Financial Mortgage, Inc., (“FMI”), which originated and sold mortgages on reside

Three Defendants Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme Also Indicted for Cocaine Distribution New York - Two indictments were unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging sixteen defendants for their participation in two separate schemes to defraud mortgage lenders of more than $13 million in mortgage loans. A third indictment was unsealed charging four defendants, including three indict

Baltimore, Maryland - April 2008 - U.S. District Judge Andre M. Davis sentenced a 33 year old woman from Edgewater, Maryland, to three years and one day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. [...]

St. Louis, MO: Earlier in 2008, a St. Louis man pled guilty to stealing a list of names and identity information to obtain credit and debit cards, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today. According to the facts filed with the court, in December 2007, the man was arrested by St. Louis City Police on [...]

When this happens a lot of online fraud action. Symantec's program Online Fraud Protection. This program is designed to protect businesses that make the volume of financial transactions to avoid... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Identity theft in the United States has reached more than 27 million cases and tend to continue to increase each year. Company where you store all the data was important to take preventive steps to protect your identity and your account to avoid the scammers.The bank now make such a password protection for online transaction. When you use online services, is expected to keep the secret that will b

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (July 15, 2008) John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a mortgage fraud scheme in which she used stolen identities to purchase homes in Lee’s Summit. The 43 year old woman of Lee’s [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (April 16, 2008) - John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two co-defendants pleaded guilty in federal court today to wire fraud for their roles in a multi-million dollar scheme that involved stealing the identities of hundreds of victims, primarily nursing home residents, [...]

Sandra Bullock's mechanic husband Jesse James is facing legal action from a fashion firm accusing him of fraud.James, the owner of custom motorcycle firm West Coast Choppers, Inc., is alleged to have pulled out of a clothing deal with California-based Fortune Fashion Industries LLC at the last minute, which would have seen a collaborative line of garments named America's Brand sold through U.S. su

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Just click to Drudge for all the rest of the news. Virginia is turning into Florida!Source: Hampton Roads

WASHINGTON – A federal jury today convicted Lance K. Poulsen, former president, owner and chief executive officer of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart for the Southern District of Ohio announced. The charges stemmed from a schem

What kind of royal screw-up led to Roxanna Brown’s death? Details of the ill-fated detention of the esteemed Dr Brown is recounted in the Seattle Times, with disturbing and sad revelations over how she was denied medical care and attention which led to her untimely and unnecessary death. (Thanks to Black Rose Press for the [...]

Congress and the Administration must work together to improve the management of the H1-B visa program and adopt reforms that will allow the program to better meet the nation’s workforce needs....(read more)

Why is it so difficult to produce a trustworthy electronic voting machine? I know Maryland has had electronic voting for quite a few elections, but it seems that many places can not make it work. I have seen examples of machines that count the votes wrong during testing, favor one candidate over another, or are [...]

MILBURN, N.J. -- The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered The Charles Schwab Corp. to reinstate and pay back pay and damages to two employees who were fired in violation of the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The whistleblower complaint was filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on June 15, 2007, naming The Charles Schwab Corp., Charles Schwa

As the owner of a long series of online shops, I have learned with difficulty - from experience - that online criminals who are constantly trying to take advantage of the easy navigation for the purpose of committing fraud in the network. For consumers whose credit card used online fraud, no losses. False accusations almost always comes back. But for a network of retailers, which linked to the pro

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman and man were indicted by a federal grand jury for using stolen identity information to make fraudulent credit purchases at area retail stores. The 30 year old woman and a 51 year old [...]

Its eleven days to go and the reports are stunning on how Barak Obama is moving confidently to win his feat of getting to the White House. His campaign is in full throttle to take off... landing scheduled for the White House. Will he make it? Can he make it? All signs are that it can, but in the interim be prepared to hear ... see, all that mixes, and interprets as old style 'politricks' to distra

UPDATE - PITTSBURGH POLICE CONFIRM WOMAN MADE UP STORY, SHE NOW FACES CHARGES.This one is pretty interesting. Yesterday, Drudge was trying to play this one up, claiming that someone robbed and "mutilated" a McCain supporter yesterday. We don't buy it, and from what we can tell, neither does anyone else. Not even bomb-throwing right-winger Michelle Malkin. Throughout my career, I’ve covered d

By Dr. Abdul Match-fixing is not a new phenomenon in cricket; it has been going on ever since cricket was introduced by the Englishmen as a sport of “gentlemen” in order to keep their colonies in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Beware of a new scam that is using the iKobo.com’s name to try and get your personal information. iKobo is a “person to person” money transfer agent or payment processor much like Paypal and they do not send unsolicited emails such as this one asking for you to send information back to them. Here’s a copy [...]

In the following press release Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force announced a 60-count indictment on eight defendants and six companies for mortgage fraud offenses involving seven houses located in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Lyndhurst, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike. The seven houses totaled approximately 3 million dollars in fraudulent loans

Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Kenneth Donohue, Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, announced the filing of a civil complaint against Madison Home Equities, Inc., a mortgage lender located in Carle Place, Long Island, seeking a court-ordered injunction to prevent the company from making loans insured by the Fe

The following article was taken from the Channel 4 TV News website and was originally posted on 10/20/2008. The reporter for the article was Katie Razzall. Channel 4 News has discovered that mortgage fraud is booming as house prices continue to fall. Mortgage lending has slumped to its lowest monthly level for more than three and a half years, hit by weak demand and the financial crisis. But just

In a press release (0.8mb) the Broward County (FL) Sheriff’s Department made the following announcement At the height of the housing boom six acres of land for $100,000 might have sounded like a great deal, but as the story usually goes, it was too good to be true. Back in 2005, Bhola Sookram fell victim to a man who offered to sell him six acres of land in Levy County for $100,800. The sell

In the following press release Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Richard A. Forde, age 50, formerly of Great Falls, Virginia, was arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him on October 15, 2008 on charges of conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud, and bank fraud. Also present at the annoucement were W. Clarkson McDow, Jr., United States Trustee;

in the following press releaese the Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today (10/21/08) filed an enforcement action against a Nevada-based online real estate speculator who unlawfully offered to sell land in West Texas. According to documents filed with the Travis County district court, Brian F. Quilty failed to file required plats in local county offices before subdividing and selling lots in rur

Federal authorities have charged that a prominent criminal lawyer cut from his brother's will helped produce fakes after the brother and sister-in-law died in a plane crash.According to the indictment, John Karoly and his brother, Peter, disbanded their law practice in an acrimonious 1986 split. A year earlier, Peter Karoly and his wife, Lauren Angstadt, had signed wills leaving their estate to va

Many banks have become very responsible for preventing fraud and bank scams. Some of their methods include sending e-mails to their customers informing them of such scams and how to spot them. Scammers have become more sophisticated and have learned to counter the bank's campaigns to increase awareness. These types of fraudsters have traditionally sent e-mails first claiming to be from your ba

Now here's more on the Presidential election, from the Guardian in England (as I've said here, it seems we have to go to the other side of the Atlantic to get the best reports on our own election): Brad Friedman: The Republican voter fraud hoax guardian.co.uk. Well, some of the real story is also being reported right here in the USA, though not as widely as the ACORN hoax story. The important

Now here's more on the Presidential election, from the Guardian in England (as I've said here, it seems we have to go to the other side of the Atlantic to get the best reports on our own election): Brad Friedman: The Republican voter fraud hoax guardian.co.uk. Well, some of the real story is also being reported right here in the USA, though not as widely as the ACORN hoax story. The important

It is very clear that Barack Obama has a huge lead over John McCain now. Electoral-vote.com has Obama with 364 electoral votes and McCain with only 171. But massive, widespread vote fraud could still steal this election from Obama.The Charleston Gazette is reporting that at least 3 early voters in West Virginia are testifying that they tried to vote for Barack Obama, but the machine switched their

John McCain and Barack Obama are both accusing each other of massive voter fraud today, with ACORN’s name coming up in the voter fraud discussion. McCain and Obama’s Bob Bauer claim voter fraud by either party is already on pace and are seeking it stopped in courts this week across the country. As LALATE recently [...]

While it lasted, working as a mortgage broker was a sure-fire way to make good money without the need for a license or even a high school diploma. Of course what went along with that was a great deal of fraud, and it looks like we're about to hear of various indictments being handed out to the scofflaws. From an AP story via MSNBC.com:The top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles indicated Thursday

– Woman uses two men’s identities to steal $37,000 and open 15 separate credit cards in their name BOWLING GREEN, KY - (August 22, 2008) - A 45 year old female caregiver of Cadiz, Kentucky, formerly a resident of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky, for [...]

Under the guise of protecting elections from voter fraud, the GOP is seeking to disenfranchise new, poor, minority and new voters? Is It a racist strategy, absolutely, and African-Americans and Latinos are perfect targets. It is a simple three-step process. Fraud allegations lead to restrictive voter laws, which lead to a class-skewed electorate. As the [...]

"..voter registration cards have become the focus of fraud investigations in Nevada, Connecticut, Missouri and at least five other states. Election officials in Ohio and North Carolina also recently questioned the group's voter forms." (From the Breitbart article linked above).Ohio elections chief asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene; dispute over voter registration, read here. This article relat

This week over at Radioactive Liberty I take a look at more election silliness...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election. A senior law enforcement official confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press on Thursday. A second senior law enforcement official says the FBI was looking at results of recent raids on [...]

Voter fraud is nothing new – one must understand that ballot stuffing has been happening at least since Tammany Hall; it is the way of the Republic in which we live. When a group or an individual finds themselves in a situation where they feel that their position and/or candidate are critical to the nations survival, they will do whatever it takes in order reach their objective. Actions can ran

“After eight years of the Bush administration, the Republican Party (GOP) — to put it bluntly — is a mess and a fraud.” Now that it’s election time, the party — as usual — is trying to convince Americans that it stands on the side of the little guy. Sarah Palin has been trotted out [...]

The electronic voting systems have long been suspect of being unsafe. One of the most famous recent reports is Ohio secretary of state Jennifer Brunner's EVEREST report (an article, the report). Election fraud is not a wild conspiracy theory but a real threat concerning the electronic voting systems around the US and which hasn't been discussed widely enough.One of the more famous voting machine h

4,000 dead voters in Houston. Meanwhile, the ACORN voter fraud scandal is developing. Read here.Paul.Related reading here.

In the following press release McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging DEREK DAVIS aka Terry McCullough, 62, of Sacramento, and DINO ROSETTI, 39, of Roseville, with mail fraud and making false statements in loan documents. DAVIS was separately charged with attempting to caus

In the following press release on 10/9/2008, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey announced that a Prince George’s County Grand Jury has indicted Leon Thomas Coleman, 38, and Emma Coleman of the 2100 Block of Springholly Dr., District Heights, Maryland and Kathy Lynn Ridley, 45, of  Ellicott City, Maryland. The Colemans face fifty-seven counts of aggregat

In the following press release Martin C. Carlson, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Pike County man was arrested Wednesday by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a federal charge of mail fraud related to participating in a scheme to obtain fraudulent mortgages during a three-year time period. Carlson stated that Alex Gambini, age 42, of

  In the following press release David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Joseph Sterling Jetton, 61, of Woodstock, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District  Judge Beverly B. Martin on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering related to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. United States

In the following press release Marietta Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas announced that David Kostelec, 53 Leawood, Kan., has pleaded guilty to charges he and other conspirators fraudulently obtained more than $12 million in home loans, Acting U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker announced today. In his plea, Kostelec admitted that from July 20, 2002, through Oct. 14,2005, he and o

Nevada authorities have raided the Las Vegas office of the community-organizing group ACORN seeking evidence of voter fraud. Readers of this Blog are already aware that Senator Barack Obama has been associated with ACORN in the past. Read here.Meanwhile, in an article for Newsweek entitled "Obama's 'Good Will' Hunting," Michael Isikoff addresses a campaign-financing scandal: "The Obama campaign ha