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Seen that? - Baseball Betting Scandal Hits Taiwan
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...aiwan is once again going through a baseball betting scandal as police are looking into game fixing allegations in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), detaining 10 suspects including a co...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
...EC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms has brought allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals.
The charged defendants include hedge fund manag...
Bribery charges turn personal
in Sox First, on October 9, 2009
...t with the Justice Department widening its probe into British defense contractor BAE Systems over allegations of bribery deals with Saudi Arabia, Europe and Africa. Or will the Justice Department pu...
BAE brought to justice (finally)
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...oke out after Britain's Serious Fraud Office dropped its investigation into the alleged bribery allegations. Now, it looks like the Serious Fraud Office is trying to restore its reputation with r...
Disney and toxic waste allegations
in Sox First, on June 15, 2009
...land stuff? We now have reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is looking carefully at allegations that Walt Disney Company had for decades contaminated groundwater with toxic chemicals, ...
Blagojevich and Spitzer: a moral tale about power
in Sox First, on January 8, 2009
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now embroiled in allegations that he tried to flog to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat, and former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who...
Bill Richardson Withdraws As Commerce Secretary Designee
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 5, 2009
...orn in.
Richardson has recently come under scrutiny by a New Mexico State grand jury investigating allegations of "pay to play" involving a company that was awarded a state contract after d...
SEC and Madoff: shutting the stable gate after the horse has bolted
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
... admitted has the SEC screwed up badly. "The Commission has learned that credible and specific allegations regarding Mr. Madoff's financial wrongdoing, going back to at least 1999, were repea...
Google Blocks World’s Largest Porn Torrent Tracker
in Wangtam, on 2008-12-09
... British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
• Technology start-ups to be given £1bn fund
• Interview With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Products, Funding, Competi...
Another KBR scandal
in Sox First, on December 6, 2008
...ucts, which caused cases of salmonella poisoning, according to the lawsuit." Add to that the allegations that the company has been using slave labor in Iraq, confining 1000 Asian workers in wi...
Britain moves on bribery
in Sox First, on November 28, 2008
...of course more famously, the former Prime Minister Tony Blair stopped an investigation into the allegations surrounding BAE systems....
Atletico ban put on hold
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 16, 2008
...against Liverpool on 22nd October and at Anfield on 4th November.
Atletico deny nearly all of the allegations.
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Oil watchdog's "corruption"
in Sox First, on October 15, 2008
...ndustry was lavishing the agency's employees with improper gifts and gratuities. There are also allegations of drug use and totally inappropriate sexual relations. And the fascinating part is how ...
BAE - more bribery allegations
in Sox First, on October 1, 2008
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Defense contractor BAE Systems is reeling from allegations that it was involved in bribery and corruption in relation to the Al-Yamamah arms contract with Saudi Arabia. As a result, the Financial...
Another cozy deal for BAE and Saudis
in Sox First, on August 12, 2008
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Forget the ongoing probe by the U.S. Department of Justice into allegations that Saudi officials took bribes from BAE, as part of the $82.5 billion Al-Yamanah military aircraft deal. BAE is back ...
GM and Deloitte settlement over lying to investors
in Sox First, on August 10, 2008
...oitte has form on this. This is the same firm that last year agreed to pay $149 million to settle allegations that it aided and abetted fraud at Parmalat and that agreed to pay $38.25 to settle a $...
Batman's Christian Bale Goes Bad
in The Celebrities Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...record breaking box office tally of about $158 million. This accomplishment, however, was marred by allegations that Batman put the beats on his mother and sister.
To the best of my knowledge Bale is...
BAE scandal widens
in Sox First, on July 11, 2008
...ouble is not going away. Swiss authorities have expanded their investigations into BAE following allegations that the company used Swiss bank accounts to pay £60 million ($US119 million) in bribes ...
BAE vows to clean up
in Sox First, on June 30, 2008
...any's ethical standards in the wake of the Woolf Report into the company's ethics following allegations of bribery and corruption, and the Serious Fraud Office's controversial decision to ...
AC Milan pinged for dodgy accounting
in Sox First, on June 14, 2008
... AC Milan and Inter Milan, were cleared of false bookkeeping. The judge in that case ruled that the allegations in the case no longer constituted a crime because the law on accounting violations was c...
IBM suspension fallout
in Sox First, on April 23, 2008
...federal grand jury probe over a bid for a contract at the agency in 2006. Details about the allegations against IBM are scarce but there are claims of evidence that the computer company improp...
Siemens shenanigans roll on
in Sox First, on April 22, 2008
...gnificantly, the prosecutors are refusing to say whether he is under investigation. Meanwhile, the allegations continue with claims in court that the company had paid bribes of as much as US$80 mil...
Samsung chief indicted
in Sox First, on April 17, 2008
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In the past, I have looked at Samsung's bribery scandal and allegations that samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee set up a $225 million slush fund to buy art for his art museum director wife. ...
Siemens saga rolls on
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
... it. Deutsche Welle reports that the company's former management board knew about the bribery allegations as far back as 2003 and other reports that it was involved in spying....
Biovail's fraud and SOX
in Sox First, on March 28, 2008
...EC complaint and judge for yourself. Biovail used tried and true methods to perpetrate the fraud. Allegations include Biovail creating fictitious accounts where nearly $100 million of expenses and l...
Hedge funds and dirty tricks
in Sox First, on March 24, 2008
...ation that the price falls, allowing you to buy them back and return them at a massive profit. The allegations include claims that: - an American-based private detective hacked into the corpo...
More Siemens woes
in Sox First, on March 20, 2008
...t the corruption, Siemens is embroiled in a new corruption scandal , this time in Israel . The allegations are that bribes were paid to a former judge in order to promote the sale of turbines to I...
FBI Reports Hedge Fund Fraud
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 4, 2008
...Fund, Shake the Nations and Opus Capital Holdings. He is being held without bail.
According to FBI allegations, Wilson solicited individuals to invest in what he described as a high risk hedge fund w...
Daimler's new compliance officer
in Sox First, on February 21, 2008
...might have taken two years but better late than never. But it does go to show that foreign bribery allegations are going to become more of a problem for companies right around the world. There are no...
Saudi and BAE threats: drop the corruption probe
in Sox First, on February 15, 2008
...rivate and confidential" basis telling him to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations that the company had bribed Saudi officials to secure the Al Yamamah arms deal. The comp...
BAE-Bandar blues
in Sox First, on February 12, 2008
...dor to the US, has been one of the key figures in the BAE-Saudi bribery scandal. One of the biggest allegations was that Britain's Ministry of Defense knew of and approved bribes of more than £1 b...
FCPA prosecutions to increase
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...In his D&O Diary blog , Kevin LaCroix does an excellent job explaining why foreign bribery allegations will be the next big corporate scandal. This will happen for a few reasons. The DoJ and ...
The BAE makeover
in Sox First, on February 1, 2008
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BAE - it might stand for Bribery Allegations Everywhere - has been pilloried for secretly paying Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia more than £1bn ($US1.98 billion) in connection with Britain's bigg...
Kate Moss: lustvolle Party, aber keine Orgie
in Lust und mehr, on 21.01.08
Das 34-jährige Supermodel Kate Moss hat ihre Anwälte nach Presseberichten angewiesen , gegen die britische Zeitung "News of The World" vorzugehen. Die Zeitung hatte geschrieben, dass es zwischen frau moss , zwei weiteren weiblichen Models und einem Mann zu erotischen Szenen gekom...
Samsung's art slush fund
in Sox First, on January 6, 2008
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More on the Samsung scandal . Now The Art Newspaper has published allegations that Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee set up a $225 million slush fund to buy art for his art museum director wife. The...
What's up for Microsoft in 2008?
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2008
...ngs up a number of issues that have been off the radar in recent months: the Linux patent violation allegations, the staffing and expansion questions, the responses to Apple's iPhone, and the Surf...
The Siemens money trail
in Sox First, on December 28, 2007
... Last week, the company sacked Siemens Hellas chairman Michalis Christoforakos in connection with allegations about the awarding of a major security contract for the Athens 2004 Olympics. The compa...
Alcatel pays fine to settle bribery claim
in Sox First, on December 27, 2007
...trips taken by Chinese officials. All in the name of securing millions of dollars in contracts. The allegations centered around trips provided between 2000 and 2003 by Lucent Technologies, prior to it...
Danish Christmas tree cartel
in Sox First, on December 24, 2007
...k's Christmas tree growers have been charged over claims of price-fixing and running a cartel. Allegations that costs were deliberately hiked up by 25 per cent follow a police investigation. The ...
Australian Gambling News
in The Gambling Weblog, on December 23, 2007
...ralian police and tennis officials are busy investigating possible violations of gambling rules and allegations of match fixing.
Check out this report on Australian tennis gambling .
Meanwhile the ...
Skilling fights on
in Sox First, on December 23, 2007
...killing was acting in the best interests of the company which means the "honest services" allegations have no place. "Where the employee's conduct is designed to further the employe...
Bear hunting
in Sox First, on December 20, 2007
...g Bear Stearns. BusinessWeek reports that securities regulators and prosecutors are investigating allegations that Bear insiders were given preferential treatment and allowed to exit the beleaguered...
Bribery update
in Sox First, on December 11, 2007
...ract with Siemens and suspended dealings with the German firm pending an investigation into bribery allegations. And its new chief executive Peter Löscher has blamed the culture of the company for th...
Gamespot finally responds to the rumours
in PCGamers Blog, on December 6, 2007
...g setup, and various parody sites being created.
Gamespot however have responded to these allegations, and have claimed it was a legal dismissal after standard internal review. Make of that ...
Gamespot fire editor because of bad review?
in PCGamers Blog, on November 30, 2007
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Primotech have come out with some rather strong allegations, today suggesting that a senior editor of the massive GameSpot, is now out of a job because he reviewed a game, Kane and Lynch, somewh...
New Disclaimers for Man vs. Wild
in The Outdoor Weblog, on November 7, 2007
...f you read the October issue of Outside, then you probably know Bear Grylls broke his silence about allegations surrounding the authority of his wildly popular show, Man vs. Wild. What you may not kno...
Why BBC Need to Apologise to Big Sam
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 26, 2007
...'s going to happen. The worst thing the BBC did was to annoy Allardyce with all those Panorama allegations so much that he no longer talks to them. Match of the Day could do with a few of Big Sa...
Where do I get my leads?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 25, 2007
...rgest organic dairies.
The suits charge Aurora Diary Corporation, based in Boulder, Colorado, with allegations of consumer fraud, negligence, and unjust enrichment concerning the sale of organic milk...
Don't have a cow, but that milk isn't organic
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 25, 2007
... for instance. Almost immediately, Aurora Organic's newly-certified Colorado farm faced similar allegations: that only heifers and dry cows-not milking cows-would have access to pasture, and that ...
China Reroutes Search Traffic?!
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 23, 2007
...China has been involved in previous claims of Internet censorship but the government has denied the allegations.
You smell something fishy?
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Absolute Poker: When Free Money Isn't Enough
in Internet Poker, on October 22, 2007
...itional accounts at this time, and will contact these affected customers individually.
The specific allegations of unlawful activity are being investigated both by AP and by the authorized authorities...
Bear Grylls Interview in Outside Magazine
in The Outdoor Weblog, on October 18, 2007
... If you're interested in hearing Bear Grylls explain the allegations surrounding his show, I advise you to head to your nearest bookstore and purchase a copy of the November 2007 issue of Outsid...
Bristol-Myers Squibb pinged $515 million to settle fraud charges
in Sox First, on October 2, 2007
...luded consulting fees and all expenses paid trips to resorts to attend conferences. There were also allegations that Bristol-Myers Squibb was behind the submission of false or fraudulent claims to m...
Financial statement fraud gangs
in Sox First, on October 2, 2007
...s. According to the study, CEOs and CFOs were named as participants in the great majority of fraud allegations, suggesting that the requirement under Sarbanes-Oxley for CEOs and CFOs to certify repor...
US sues Bloomberg
in Sox First, on September 30, 2007
...till dating her boyfriend and if she was "giving him good" oral sex. Bloomberg denied the allegations and settled the case for an undisclosed amount. The company says the new case is wi...
Siemens smell continues
in Sox First, on September 26, 2007
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Caught up in those bribery and corruption allegations involving hundreds of millions of Euros, Siemens is desperately trying to move on. Next week, Peter Solmssen will become the board's g...
How to develop a whistleblower culture
in Sox First, on September 12, 2007
...people raise the issues with their managers first. Another helpful idea is to report the number of allegations, and what the organization did to investigate, on the intranet . That would get pe...
Bear Speaks....Sort of
in The Outdoor Weblog, on August 22, 2007
... While catching up on my blog reading, I discovered Bear Grylls addressed the recent allegations surrounding the authenticity of his widely popular show, Man vs. Wild. Unless you've been in a ca...
PwC and IBM settle kickback allegations
in Sox First, on August 21, 2007
... PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM have settled allegations that the companies were involved in graft over government contracts. According to the Department of Justice press release , the firms had a...
Monster BAE profits
in Sox First, on August 9, 2007
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Who cares about corruption allegations? British defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has reported a higher than expected 19 per cent rise in first half profits, driven largely by its expans...
UCI Accused of Not Following its Own Rules
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 26, 2007
... sent Rasmussen home after he failed to disclose where he trained, which, of course, lead to doping allegations.
But the International Cycling Union has said it plans to scrap the rule that keeps a ...
President of the Cycling Governing Body Says Tour is not in Trouble
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 26, 2007
...okourov and Cristian Moreni and Michael Rasmussen abrupt exit yesterday (not to mention the ongoing allegations) do you believe the prestige and reverence of the Tour de France is in trouble? Accordin...
Facebook founder not guilty of copying yet
in Web 2.0, on July 27, 2007
...r than there's something out there." He gave the plaintiffs until August 8 to detail their allegations.( TheRegister )
I really don't think this one will come back. As I said before, fa...
Climate change for boardrooms
in Sox First, on July 26, 2007
...t forcing the parallels, because climate change is in many respects sui generis, a similar suite of allegations could readily be brought against a company for its responses to this new challenge,"...
Rasmussen Removed from Race by Own Team
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 25, 2007
In an stunning turn of events, Danish rider Michael Rasmussen, the current Tour de France leader, was removed from the race. A spokesman for the Rabobank team says he was sent home for "violating team rules". With Rasmussen out of the race, Alberto Contador of the Discovery Channel team...
Bear Grylls, a Fraud?
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 25, 2007
...pancakes for breakfast.
However, Mark Weinert, an adviser for the show, spoke out about the recent allegations, saying "the program does not claim that presenter Bear Grylls's experience is ...
Rasmussen Wins the 16th Stage of the Tour de France
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 25, 2007
...The start time of the stage was delayed by 13 minutes as a dozen riders protested the recent doping allegations.
The Danish cyclist crossed the finish alone after the 135.8-mile ride from Orthez to ...
Tour de France Riders Protest Doping Scandals
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 25, 2007
In an act of solidarity, a dozen Tour de France riders protested the doping scandals that are ruining the beloved competition. One day after Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood transfusion, riders staged a 13-minute delay to the start of Wednesday's race.
On Wednesday, t...
Vinokourov Allegedly Tests Positive for Banned Blood Transfusion
in The Outdoor Weblog, on July 24, 2007
... Here we go again. I thought (or hoped) we could make it through a Tour de France without doping allegations. However, one day after Alexandre Vinokourov won the fifteen stage of the Tour, we learne...
Avandia®, Still on a Hot Seat: An Update
in Daily Diabetic, on July 21, 2007
...econd-biggest seller, with $3 billion in 2006 sales. Analysts say that sales have slipped since allegations of heightened heart attack risk emerged in May.
Well, let's wait and see what would co...
