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Madoff's tough spell
in Sox First, on July 1, 2009
...tims, each family might find solace in knowing the criminal received a specific punishment for each crime. Second, the prosecutor might want multiple sentences on the books in case some were overturne...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
So as expected, Bernard Madoff got the max : 150 years in the slammer for perpetrating his vile Ponzi Scheme. For his part, Madoff delivered a big apology to the victims. But interesting questions remain. Was there money laundering involved? And if so, wouldn't that make some of his vict...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
... and heart-breaking. Read through the stuff and it hits how hard these people have been hurt by the crime. Consider this: "We are in our mid 60s and began investing directly with Madoff in 1993 ...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...om the virus. As if that's not bad enough, there are reports of warnings from the Australian Crime Commission that organized crime syndicates could cash in on the pandemic with fraud, robbery a...
Health care and the US economy
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
...eless. As writer Candace Talmadge notes, health insurance and bankruptcies are partners in fiscal crime that destroying the US economy....
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
...areholders and if they renege on that, they have withheld honest services and therefore committed a crime. As the piece says: "If the Supreme Court accepts the concept, it will give prosecutors ...
Harvard Law Professor Says P2P Is Fair Use
in P2P File Sharing, on May 22, 2009
Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson , in his defense of accused file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum, says P2P filesharing is "fair use."
"In court filings, Nesson spelled out his defense strategy, which doesn't appear to involve claims that his client 'didn't do it,'...
GAO slams SEC
in Sox First, on May 9, 2009
...orneys and commission bureaucrats, it's easy to see how Madoff was allowed to get away with his crime. The issue is whether others have been let off the hook that haven't yet come to light....
Climate scientist sacked for talking
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...nger has been sacked from his post in New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Herald , his great crime was talking to a TV weatherman about flooding rivers. As you do. Salinger was part of the Int...
Taiwan Approves Three-Strikes Law
in P2P File Sharing, on April 30, 2009
...ndment to its copyright laws, targeted specifically at P2P users.
"The amendment makes it a crime to use P2P technology to facilitate the distribution of copyrighted works online, which sounds ...
Budget Mistakes to Avoid
in The Flyaway Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...on what you should sacrifice to save money. Staying in an unsafe area is no bargain if you become a crime victim. Sleeping with lice or bedbugs is hardly worth a few dollars off of your hotel bill. He...
Italy in the Spotlight Over Hardline Immigration Policies
in Global Mobility Report, on April 24, 2009
...alian government's hardline immigration policies, including plans to make illegal immigration a crime and a controversial census of Sinti and Roma Gypsies in Italy. Italy is home to around 160,000...
ATM Skimmers are High Tech Robbery
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...ss to your bank account. Yikes!
Granted, card skimmers seem like science fiction or part of some crime drama on television, but they are cropping up more and more often. In fact, The Consumerist , ...
G20 protest meltdown
in Sox First, on March 28, 2009
London is bracing itself for the G20 protests with warnings from one of the organizers that there could be "real bankers hanging from lamp posts". Regardless of the hyperbole, it's another sign of how polarized the world has become in the wake of the financial meltdown with anti-ca...
Supermarket looting: a sign of things to come
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
Is this a warning of things to come? An alarming story out of the Los Angeles Times about looting in a supermarket in Israel that went bankrupt. According to the piece, ex-employees took their revenge first helping themselves to crates of groceries. Then came the creditors who walked in and m...
Hacking as a Service
in The CIO Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...of anyone structuring long-term operations as an outsourced service.
I suppose in some senses most crime is a service-oriented business of a sort. The problem with cybercrime in that respect is that ...
RFID to Thieves: Just stay away from Saguaros
in The RFID Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...everal tones but these thieves didn't seem to realize that walking off with park property was a crime.
Since it's nearly impossible to keep a manual watch on nearly one million saguaros at th...
The 25 Most Dangerous Places for Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...ng the 25 most dangerous places for outsourcing . In addition to simply listing 25 areas with high crime or high risk of terrorist attack, the list also broke down the list the risks by a number of c...
Mafiosi Heart Skype
in The VoIP Weblog, on February 16, 2009
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Web-savvy Italian mafiosi have apparently learned to cover their tracks using VoIP...
"Police in Milan have issued a warning that criminals of all kinds have been turning to Internet VoIP calls, rather than mobiles, to make arrangements by...
Judges Caught Taking Money For Sending Kids To Jail
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 12, 2009
Two Pennsylvania Judges of the Court of Common Pleas plead guilty to charges that they took payoffs for incarcerating juveniles.
A pair of detention centers for children were kicking back substantial sums of money to the judges in exchange for sentencing kids to longer than normal sentences.
The d...
Winter of discontent: will the Paris riots spread?
in Sox First, on January 30, 2009
... in the destruction of 50 million jobs around the world, could lead to widespread turmoil and urban crime. "We are on the road to serious social instability, which could be extremely dangerous in...
Executives targeted in trojan attack
in The CIO Weblog, on January 12, 2009
... hosting operating systems, has to reduce the hit rate of generic attacks. At the same time, online crime is becoming more systematized and more organized. It was inevitable that those criminals would...
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Small ISP Says RIAA Has to Pay
in P2P File Sharing, on January 1, 2009
...y, child porn traffickers or gun-happy teens do. Spending long hours to stop what may not even be a crime, only to pick up the tab in full, is simply not within a small ISP's budget."
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Protecting Your Online Privacy
in The Search Engine Weblog, on December 26, 2008
...in America. You find our that drugs and prostitution are considered to be related through organized crime in your state. Next thing you know you're running searches designed to tell you if there&#...
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in Wangtam, on December 19, 2008
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Will there be more Madoffs?
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
... that the Madoff scandal was simply an example of "bad apples". What crap!!! Madoff's crime highlighted the two big problems with the financial services sector that got us into this mess...
Cleaning Up Amsterdam...
in The Flyaway Weblog, on December 9, 2008
...e center of the city have become the target of government efforts to clean the place up.
Organized crime is the Dutch government's real target. Gambling parlours, peep shows, the "coffee sho...
Vermont is Healthiest State
in Straightfromthedoc, on December 3, 2008
... also including binge drinking, health insurance coverage, air pollution, infectious disease rates, crime levels and immunization coverage.
In the said ranking, Southern states are ranked near t...
Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case
in Web 2.0, on November 18, 2008
...t anonymity or violating the terms of service at MySpace. Those are tools in the commission of a crime, not crimes in and of themselves.
A comment at the Concurring Opinions website addresses th...
The Lori Drew Case and the Future of Anonymity on the Web
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 18, 2008
Steven Hodson at The Inquisitr published an interesting piece yesterday on the Lori Drew case and the legal implications it may eventually have for anonymity on the web.
Lori Drew's trial began today.
Hodson (along with Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins over at Mashable) wants you to thin...
Shooting at the University of Central Arkansas Leaves Two Dead
in The Universities Weblog, on October 27, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that a shooting Sunday evening on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas has left two students there dead.
University police Lt. Rhonda Swindle identified the dead as Ryan Henderson, 18, and Chavares Block, 19. Martrevis Norman of Blytheville, Arkan...
Bulletproof Polo Shirt Might Be a Good Buy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 13, 2008
...k between bad economic times complete economic meltdowns like the one we are currently having and crime rates. To put it simply, when times are tough, violent crime skyrockets. Well, in times like t...
Tatort Ruhr
in BiblioBlog, on September 16, 2008
...ranstaltung in Nordrheinwestfalen herangewachsen ist. Verschiedene Programmlabels wie "Crime Solo", "Crime Special" oder "Crime Mobile" sollen den Besuchern die Orientier...
Hitman Spammer Returns
in I got Spam?!, on September 15, 2008
...ve such emails, do not reply to them under any circumstances. Instead, report them to the Internet Crime Complaint Center . Sooner or later this scammer is going to threaten the wrong person and when...
Fingerabdruck verrät Diabetesrisiko
in Mein Diabetes Blog, on September 9, 2008
Amerikanische Forscher vom Center for Disease Control and Prevention fanden kürzlich heraus, dass anhand des Fingerabdrucks erkennbar ist, ob ein Mensch Gefahr läuft im Laufe seines Lebens an Diabetes zu erkranken.
Je unterschiedlicher die Rillen und Windungen an Daumen und kleinem Finger sin...
Guns N Roses leaker arrested by the FBI!
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 28, 2008
...ishment for digital music to really take off, but on the other hand it seems just a tad mad for the crime...
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Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe
in Kinoplausch, on August 22, 2008
... man diesen bereits ab dem 22. August hören. Der Soundtrack stammt von den grandiosen Element of Crime und ist ein echter Hit.
Doch ehe ich mich hier in Details verliere, ein paar Informationen zur ...
Paul Hogan's tax sham
in Sox First, on August 22, 2008
Last month, I did a blog entry on Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan's battle with tax authorities. Basically, he was challenging the tax man to come and get him. Looks like the authorities are doing exactly that with court papers revealing, according to news reports , that Hogan consp...
The Price of Protest? China Sentences two Old Ladies to Hard Labor
in China Venture News, on August 20, 2008
...erve a year long term of reeducation through labor," according to the Huffington Post.
Their crime? The two women have been...
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Siemens - a disaster waiting to happen
in Sox First, on August 19, 2008
No surprises here with reports that Siemens had basically set up systems that had its managers aiding and abetting in the corruption. Based on the disclosures, here, it seems that Siemens' widespread corruption was the inevitable result of having an audit office riddled with conflicts of ...
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Mit Spürsinn um die Welt
in BiblioBlog, on July 31, 2008
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Wenn der Kaffeeautomat leise röchelt
in BiblioBlog, on July 29, 2008
...ptember bis 7. Oktober lädt man gemeinsam in neun deutschen Großstädten zu "Coffee & Crime" . Filialen der umtriebigen Kaffeeröster von Hamburg bis München werden dann zu Vorleseorten f...
SEC is wrong on short selling
in Sox First, on July 29, 2008
... is so wrong on this. Wrong and irresponsible because aggressive short selling isn't actually a crime. It's just another way of making money out of the market when there's bad news. Nothin...
Black Dahlia Mystery Bus Tours
in The Flyaway Weblog, on July 23, 2008
... one writer's father, but still the mystery abides.
When Esotouric launched their offbeat L.A. crime tours in spring 2007, The Real Black Dahlia was an immediate hit, and has remained their most ...
No more corporate crime hardball
in Sox First, on July 10, 2008
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In another sign that the administration is easing up on its fight against corporate crime , the US Justice Department is backing off from its hard-line that forces corporations to turn over ...
Cell phone ticket bonanza
in Tech Without Wires, on July 4, 2008
...are complete idiots and won't purchase hands-free devices OR they are really looking for "crime" where there isn't any.
Take a look at your state laws - Information About State Law...
China investigates Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on June 20, 2008
...nced that it will be investigating the Redmond company for every other major political entity's crime of choice these days: manipulative monopolistic business practices. In particular, the State I...
AC Milan pinged for dodgy accounting
in Sox First, on June 13, 2008
... 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 changed in 2002. Milan president Silvio Berluscon...
Breaking the News About Your Pregnancy
in Next Nine Months, on June 13, 2008
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The "who" I would think is pretty easy. For most women, it would be the "partner-in-crime" that would be first to know, of course. And then perhaps parents and close family member...
Mexico and INTERPOL Linking Up
in Latina Viva, on June 11, 2008
...ts, vehicles and works of art.
The goal is to help member countries fight serious trans-national crime and terrorism.
There's been an INTERPOL branch ( USNCB ) in the US since 1969.
Mexico has...
Victims of Internet Fraud Being Targeted By Spammers
in I got Spam?!, on June 9, 2008
...geting victims of Internet fraud. The emails. which claim to be from the UK Government and Internet Crime Complaint Center, offers refunds of thousands of dollars, and all the recipient has to do is s...
The problem with deferred prosecutions
in Sox First, on June 9, 2008
...bid contracts the Bush Administration is so fond of." Russell Mokhiber, Editor of corporate crime Reporter sheds more light on the issue in this interview with David Uhlmann, former hea...
Lesen statt Fernsehen - Hard Case Crime Reihe gestartet
in Digitaltivi, on June 4, 2008
...ch auf ein Interview mit der Herausgeberin und Lektorin Lisa Kuppler zum Start der "Hard Case Crime"-Reihe in deutscher Übersetzung beim Krimiblog gestoßen. Nun hatte ich einen der drei ...
Barton gets six months as Keegan says he is a responsible individual
in The Soccer Weblog, on May 21, 2008
...o problems and show some responsibility just before they are about to be sentenced for a disgusting crime. Cynical or realistic?
Everyone deserves a chance and if someone is sent to a prison for a cr...
Crime tipsters boom in hard times
in Sox First, on May 19, 2008
...ding to this New York Times report . The Times reports that calls to the Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers hot line in the first quarter of this year were up 30 percent over last year and that...
Betting On Player Arrests
in End Zone Buzz, on May 7, 2008
... and the Detroit Lions are at 18-1. All other teams are at least 20-1.
You can even bet on the crime that the next player will be arrested for. Drug possession is the leader at 2-1, followed by DU...
Postal Service Issues Advisory on Work at Home "Reshipping" Scam
in Home Based Business, on May 3, 2008
...t cards. The packages are usually reshipped to Soviet countries. This is not only a scam, a crime! There have been several incidents of people who accepted the "job" and wound up bein...
Gary Dourdan Of "CSI" Is Under The Microscope For Drugs
in The Celebrities Weblog, on May 1, 2008
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gary dourdan , who played a soft spoken, but sometimes troubled, Crime Scene Investigator on the long running and still popular CBS TV show "CSI" is now under investigation by real...
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Colorado Gov. Signs Tough New Spam Law
in I got Spam?!, on April 26, 2008
...orado Bill Ritter signed in to law a bill making spam and violation of the can-spam ACT a crime under state law and allowing recipients to recover damages of up to $10 million if they can ide...
Organized crime and markets
in Sox First, on April 26, 2008
...es. But it's all part of a a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime, which includes gathering information from all available sources. And with the Bush administra...
Wesley Snipes Gets KO'd By The IRS
in The Celebrities Weblog, on April 25, 2008
...ondone any form of criminal behavior I do feel that punishments should match the seriousness of the crime.
Snipes' committed 3 white collar, non-violent misdemeanors for criminny's sakes, not...
IBM suspension fallout
in Sox First, on April 22, 2008
...nier, the officer in charge of the debarring at the EPA, has told Russell Mokhiber's Corporate Crime Reporter that the EPA had no choice: "No agency, no agency - I'll repeat it for a t...
Corporate fraud surges
in Sox First, on April 18, 2008
...by FBI, Secret Service, postal service and Internal Revenue Service in fighting white collar crime. These days, the perpetrators are often let off with a slap across the knuckles and a deferred...
Send Wesley Snipes to jail: prosecutors
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
...ir case. And now, it looks like he could be off to jail. Despite the acquittals of the more serious crimes, the prosecutors are not letting up. They want a maximum statutory sentence of three years pl...
Online Poker Becomes Gambler's Favorite In Germany
in The Gambling Weblog, on April 16, 2008
...ially online gambling in Germany is actually illegal but as of now no one has been charged with any crime.
Learn how Germany deals with online gambling and how it affects the country's only cas...
When It Comes to Getting Credit, It's Good to be White
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 15, 2008
...black neighborhoods, because the black neighborhoods are, on average, less wealthy and have higher crime rates, etc., making them more risky. The study, though, attempted to correct for these differen...
