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Herbalife hires PricewaterhouseCoopers as its new auditor
Seven weeks after its auditor resigned in an insider trading scandal, Herbalife Ltd. retained major accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers as its new auditor. The Los Angeles nutritional products company said Tuesday that PricewaterhouseCoopers would...
Tags: Corporate Crime, KPMG, Herbalife Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Skechers USA Incorporated
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Prosecutors consider using racketeering law against SAC: source
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter. Prosecutors may use the...Tags: Lawyers, Labor Legislation, Finance, Prosecution, Mathew Martoma
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Herbalife hires PwC as new auditor, shares up
Reuters(Reuters) - Herbalife Ltd said on Tuesday it has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor, replacing KPMG in the wake of alleged insider trading. Shares of the nutritional products company rose 4 percent in afternoon trading, as the engagement...Tags: Corporate Crime, Herbalife Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Skechers USA Incorporated, Scott London
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Q&A: Tampa lawyer Chris Cutler
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.A dozen years ago, lawyer Chris Cutler was among a small group of Securities and Exchange Commission staffers examining the books of relatively unknown Texas energy company Enron Corp. "When the SEC opened its investigation, three of us started going at...Tags: Lawyers, Corporate Crime, Lou Pearlman, Criminals, Finance
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Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and wife surrender to authorities on tax evasion charges
Miami HeraldIn 2010, while peeling back the layers of Hialeah's "shadow banking" industry, federal prosecutors pressed the city's mayor about allegations that he had collected exorbitant cash interest payments on more than $1 million in loans he made to friends and...Tags: Lawyers, Corporate Crime, The Miami Herald, Prosecution, Hialeah
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Questionable insurance claims up in Ohio, U.S., report says
The Columbus DispatchThe number of questionable insurance claims being flagged by insurers as potentially fraudulent rose again in 2012 in Ohio and the U.S., according to a report released today. The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that the number of questionable...Tags: Corporate Crime, France, Insurance
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After ATM heist, India's IT sector again in unwelcome spotlight
ReutersBy Swati Pandey and Harichandan Arakali MUMBAI/BANGALORE, May 15 (Reuters) - A breach of security at two payment card processing companies in India that led to heists at cash machines around the world has reopened questions on the risks of outsourcing...Tags: Corporate Crime, Banking, Fidelity National Corporation, Theft, Finance
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Swift Justice: Chapter 13, cross-country claims and property titles
Swift JusticeDear Jackie, I am in month 22 of a 60 month payment plan in Chapter 13 bankruptcy. I would like to know if the bankruptcy court can re-evaluate my income, assets, etc., at any time during the plan and adjust to higher (or lower) monthly payments. Also,...Tags: Lawyers, Corporate Crime, Companies and Corporations, Financially Distressed Companies, Judges
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Data breaches persist despite heightened security
Earlier this year, some employees of Schneider Electric of Palatine got an unwelcome surprise in a letter about the stock purchase plan in which they participate. Visible through the address window were their Social Security numbers. One of Schneider's...
Tags: Lawyers, Social Security, Theft, Litigation, Finance
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Prepaid debit cards: a weak link in bank security
ReutersBy Emily Flitter and Tanya Agrawal May 10 (Reuters) - A brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit cards. Cyber security experts and...Tags: Corporate Crime, Banking, Organized Crime, Criminals, Credit and Debt
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Swindle targets Pocono businesses
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Scammers are flooding Pocono businesses with official-looking letters asking for $125 for a bogus "Annual Meeting Disclosure" statement. In a scam that's hit other parts of the state and country, the mailings went to several Stroudsburg businesses....Tags: Lawyers, Business, Corporate Crime, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Criminals
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