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From The Pirate Bay to OpenBitTorrent?
in P2P File Sharing, on July 9, 2009
The Pirate Bay has gone legit.
"Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is to be turned into a legal business after being bought by a Swedish software company... Global Gaming Factory acquired The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish kronor," writes inthemix's JackT .
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Madoff hires prison consultant
in Sox First, on July 5, 2009
...ars, Bernard Madoff has hired a prison consultant, Herb Hoelter, to help find him the best possible jail. But as The Times reports, Hoelter will have his work cut out because 150 years means he has ...
Madoff's tough spell
in Sox First, on July 1, 2009
Much has been said about Bernard Madoff's 150 year prison sentence. The Los Angeles Times points out the obvious : his sentence is a lot shorter than what was handed out to the likes of Denis Kozlowski (8 to 25 years), Bernie Ebbers (25 years) and Jeff Skilling 24 years and 4 months). Mado...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...9;s continuing investigation. And then again, Madoff's wife Ruth might be looking at a stint in jail too. Madoff is the poster boy of corporate greed. But he was allowed to get away with it for y...
Madoff's jail survival guide
in Sox First, on June 26, 2009
...nard Madoff, 71, gets sentenced on Monday and the tips are coming in on how he could best survive jail. Whether it's 12 years, as his lawyers have asked, or longer. Lawyers have told CNN he is...
Mercy for Madoff plea
in Sox First, on June 24, 2009
...og entry looking at how Bernard Madoff's victims wanted the fraudster to get the full 150 year jail sentence. Many of the victims were not high flyers. Madoff ripped off widows and war veterans t...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
...leaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud, money laudnering, perjury and theft, faces up to 150 years in jail. And his victims want exactly that! The New York Times reports that Madoff's victims, ma...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
...st appeal is due to be heard late this year and we can expect a ruling by June 2010. He was sent to jail for six and a half years. CBC News reports that Black remains upbeat. True to his arrogant f...
Top Sights in Dublin
in Wandalust, on April 28, 2009
...ounds of an Augustinian priory. There's St. Patricks Cathedral, the National Museum, Kilmainham Jail and a few other places.
My favorite? Temple Bar. We can have a Guinness....
© Pamela McC...
The Pirate Bay Goes to Jail
in P2P File Sharing, on April 17, 2009
The founders of The Pirate Bay were found guilty today, with a sentence of a year in prison and $3.6 million in damages. "Pirate Bay administrators Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde were found guilty in the case, along with Carl Lundström, who was accused of fundin...
Recession squeezes jails
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
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The US jail system continues to grow with the latest Department of Justice figures showing 2.4 million Americans were now behind bars. While the rate is slowing, it's still growing. Is it a...
Madoff: Club Fed for dummies
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
...he slammer, Bernard Madoff's niece has just a hired a consultant to teach her how to survive in jail and, if possible, get an early release. As the New York Post reports, Shana Madoff has hired ...
Madoff to jail, SEC in the dog house
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
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So Bernard Madoff is now in jail after pleading guilty to 11 charges including securities fraud. And he has apologised to the investors he scammed, claiming he was "painfully aware" th...
Conrad Black speaks - again
in Sox First, on February 28, 2009
...nger to create a corporate kleptocracy. Naah, Black says he was just a victim. No amount of time in jail will change that. Some people never learn....
Thanks to Google Android Store, Apple App Store Doesn't Seem So Bad
in The Gadgets Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...he App Store look like the friendlies place in town. If you have an unlocked, or in some cases, a jail broken Android Phone, then the Android Marketplace is off limits to you. They are trying to k...
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...
Shorter week on its way
in Sox First, on February 12, 2009
...d, companies are cutting costs by putting their workers on a four day week. But are developments at KPMG a sign of the future? An Accountancy Age report says that 70% of KPMG staff in the UK have ap...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...ut the working hours of thousands of staff instead of retrenching them, according to this report . KPMG in Britain is already offering staff four day weeks to avoid sackings, and Siemens is moving...
Write This Down: While in Thailand, Don't Insult the King...
in Wandalust, on January 19, 2009
...ose fictional novel depicted a member of the royal family in an unflattering light, to a three-year jail term for insulting the monarchy. Harry Nicolaides taught English and social science at Mae Fah ...
Bush Commutes Sentences Of Border Patrol Agents
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 19, 2009
...Outgoing President Bush has invoked executive privilege and commuted the jail sentences of two Border Patrol Agents convicted of shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant in 2006.
The officers, Ignac...
No Jail For Bernie Madoff
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 14, 2009
...ff to await trial in the comfort of his multi-million dollar penthouse condominium rather than in a jail cell.
This case has a good chance of culminating in another O.J. Simpson-like circus trial if ...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
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I had a conversation with KPMG's global head of citizenship and diversity Lord Michael Hastings from London. He proposed a radical shake-up of corporate governance around the world. Read o...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...tead of giving gifts, they'll donate the money to charity on your behalf. As demographic guru, KPMG's Bernard Salt predicts , we will see the rise of a new "judicious" consumer. &q...
Madoff fallout continues to spread
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...i schemes are in the gun. As the New York Times reports, questions are arising how big firms like KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, supposedly the experts in this area, could have overlooked the red ...
Madoff: why the SEC dropped the investigation
in Sox First, on December 18, 2008
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With Bernie Madoff avoiding jail and instead getting house arrest in his $7 million apartment, The Wall Street Journal tells us that the Securities and Exchange Commission had him cold on mult...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
...nd looked the other way. Clearly, we are in need of some radical solutions. I recently interviewed KPMG's Lord Michael Hastings on this subject. He said what was needed was to change who gets int...
Indonesia Considers Requiring RFID Implants for HIV/AIDS Patients
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 27, 2008
...nth... anybody found guilty of deliberately infecting another person would be liable to a six-month jail sentence or a fine of about £3,300," writes the Guardian's Sarah Boseley .
More he...
No Jail Time for Two Brits for "Sex on the Beach" in Dubai
in Wandalust, on November 25, 2008
...Emirates, in Dubai, in July.
The Agence France Press is reporting that the couple have avoided jail time in Dubai after an appeals court there overturned their three month sentence for having sex...
Bush Issues Last Minute Pardons
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 25, 2008
... Bush hands out 'get out of jail free' cards to toxic waste dumpers, drug offenders, tax evaders, wildlife violators and bank embezzlers.
One hot topic of discussion related to pardons is ...
Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case
in Web 2.0, on November 18, 2008
... accurately reflect her own personal information.
And everyone is saying, "OMG! I cold go to jail because I joined that forum on turnip recipes and since I didn't want anyone I know to fi...
Charges downgraded for Guns leaker
in Digital Music - The Future, on November 4, 2008
...o intent to profit from the distribution. This means a maximum (and unlikely) sentance of a year in jail.
We expect him to get off with a fairly large fine and not much else......
More white collar jail birds
in Sox First, on October 9, 2008
... that a consultant who advises white collar criminals is now expecting many more will be going to jail. Watch this space!...
18 years jail for tax shelter guru
in Sox First, on October 6, 2008
...nment is cracking down on tax evasion. In April, actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years jail for tax evasion. As expected, he is appealing that sentence. Then last month, his tax guru E...
The Day Before - Week 5
in End Zone Buzz, on October 4, 2008
...help too.
O.J. will be sentenced soon after he was convicted on robbery charges. He could go to jail for the rest of his life.
Buffalo wideout Lee Evans got very rich recently.
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Big Four plan to axe staff
in Sox First, on September 11, 2008
...iece you will see that Deloitte is the only one that's confirmed it's getting rid of staff. KPMG, PwC and Ernst&Young have refused to comment which, when you think about it, is about as cl...
EliteTorrents admin jailed
in P2P File Sharing, on September 10, 2008
...39;s still nowhere near the 10 years in prison he could of faced, but justifying putting someone in jail for 10 years for uploading things to the internet would be incrediably hard for even the best p...
EliteTorrents admin jailed
in P2P File Sharing, on September 10, 2008
...39;s still nowhere near the 10 years in prison he could of faced, but justifying putting someone in jail for 10 years for uploading things to the internet would be incrediably hard for even the best p...
Pirate sentanced to 3 years probation
in P2P File Sharing, on September 5, 2008
...an FTP based piracy site, has today been sentanced to 3 years probation, much less than the 5 years jail time that was originally proposed.
The 58 year old, Robert Hardick, operated the warez site Th...
Guns 'n' Roses copyright scandal
in Sox First, on September 2, 2008
...aded nine of the album's songs for downloading purposes. Cogill could spend up to five years in jail. This is a case of complete overkill with other bloggers saying it's time to show the gu...
"My name is William Rast"
in Feschsamma, on August 29, 2008
"And this is my life!"
Ganz nach dem Motto: "Selbst ist der Mann" rührt Justin Timberlake die Werbetrommel für sein Label "William Rast " nun selbst. Mit Model Erin Wasson steht er vor der Kamera und dreht viele kleine Kurzvideos die nach und nach den Eindruck e...
RIAA comic lies to scare children
in P2P File Sharing, on August 27, 2008
...like is scaring children into not filesharing in their later life by saying that they will face jail time if they do share copyrighted files. Not only is this an unfair way to do things, forcing f...
Barbara Amiel and Conrad Black: delusion city
in Sox First, on August 9, 2008
...m his prison cell. Writing to columnist Ruth dudley Edwards and published here , Black says jail is "better than I expected and is more of a sociological laboratory than I had foreseen&qu...
Wiki-spy
in The CIO Weblog, on August 9, 2008
...he classified world than in the enterprise... leaks don't just get you fired, but can result in jail time. But according to the CIO, Al Tarasiuk, things are working well, and the tech transition i...
Compassionate Keegan allows Barton another chance
in The Soccer Weblog, on July 28, 2008
...saulting former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo on the training ground but escaped a further jail term when he was given a suspended sentence.
"Joey will be back with us towards the end...
iPhone Pwnage 2.0 Jail Breaking Tool
in The Smart PDA, on July 21, 2008
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Thinking about jail Breaking your iPhone 3G so you can install third party applications? Well here's some good news, iPhone Dev Team has released a tool called the Pwnage Tool 2.0 applicati...
UBS and the tax cheats
in Sox First, on July 18, 2008
... Never stand between an accounting firm and a bag of money. In the past we have seen KPMG getting embroiled in peddling tax havens for the rich. Now we are seeing revelations that UBS ha...
3 Years Suspended For Samsung
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 16, 2008
...ef Lee Kun-hee, one of South Korea's most powerful businessmen, was handed a 3-year suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for tax evasion, but was cleared of other charges.
The court also fin...
Trouble handling risk
in Sox First, on July 3, 2008
...ompanies are struggling to deal with risk, let alone understand it, according to a new report from KPMG . KPMG found that just about one in four (28 per cent) of audit committee members claimed they...
State Diploma Mill Laws
in The Online Universities Weblog, on June 30, 2008
...egree to get a job, promote your business, or enhance your resume is punishable with a fine or even jail time." To learn which states limit the use of diploma mill degrees, take a look at the fu...
College Football Preseason Top 25
in End Zone Buzz, on June 30, 2008
... will take over full-time at quarterback by game three.
20) Penn State : If they can stay out of jail, the Nittany Lions will compete in the Big Ten.
21) Boston College : Their defense will lead t...
Do I Really Need Car Insurance in Mexico?
in Latina Viva, on June 27, 2008
... insurance. Yes, things will get sorted out, but you'll still enjoy the hospitality of a local jail cell.
And you'll have to stay in Mexico until you pay the damage.
OK, fine, how much will...
Will Jeff Skilling walk?
in Sox First, on June 23, 2008
... of signs that the Enron mastermind, who lied about earnings and misled investors, could get out of jail with the appeals court identifying shortcomings in Skilling's conviction and the court allo...
Cracking down on cartels
in Sox First, on June 12, 2008
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Something that will send shockwaves through the British business world with the first jail sentence for cartel conduct in the UK . Three businessmen, including two from the British unit of Contin...
Wright Convicted, Takes Own Life
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 26, 2008
...CEO of hedge fund International Management Associates of Atlanta hanged himself in a Union City jail cell Saturday night.
Wright was convicted by a federal jury on 47 counts of mail fraud, securi...
How To Find a Real Work At Home Job
in Home Based Business, on May 22, 2008
...'s not easy. There are a tremendous amount of scams out there, some which can even land you in jail. However, there are a lot of legit opportunities out there as well, and with gas prices soaring ...
Rappers Get Rapped
in The Celebrities Weblog, on May 11, 2008
... themselves this past week by the cops and judges.
Rapper DMX, seen here praying that he isn't jail bound, has been picked up for illegal drug possession and cruelty to animals. The later charge ...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
After its involvement in the shooting of 17 Iraqi citizens last year, a criminal investigation by the FBI, internal investigations by the State Department and the Pentagon, and high-profile Congressional hearings, the people at Blackwater walk free with reports that it won't face criminal ...
Frat Hazings at Tulane, U of Wisconsin
in The Universities Weblog, on May 8, 2008
The nice people over at Sanguine et Purpure (an unoffical blog for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity) have brought two recent allegations of fraternity hazings to my attention - one at the University of Wisconsin and one at Tulane .
The Tulane incident has new Orleans police still looking for fiv...
Postal Service Issues Advisory on Work at Home "Reshipping" Scam
in Home Based Business, on May 3, 2008
...e have been several incidents of people who accepted the "job" and wound up being put in jail for receiving stolen property. So please, read the advisory and protect yourself!
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It's jail time for tax evader Wesley Snipes
in Sox First, on April 25, 2008
...mpires and cops but he's no match for the Internal Revenue Service. Today, he has been sent to jail for three years for failing to pay $15.6 million in income taxes over six years, hiding ...
Samsung chief indicted
in Sox First, on April 17, 2008
...y found guilty, but given a lenient sentence with judges saying the chief is too important to go to jail. Later, the chief publicly apologizes for wrongdoing and continues to run the conglomerate.&quo...
Send Wesley Snipes to jail: prosecutors
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
... chose April 15 or Tax Day in the US, to push their 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 wa...
NFL's All-Criminal Team
in End Zone Buzz, on April 9, 2008
...sion.
DEFENSE
DE Jared Allen, Kansas City Chiefs: Twice arrested for DUI - spent 2 days in jail.
DT Kevin Williams, Minnesota Vikings: Arrested for domestic assault - plead guilty to lesser...
Conrad Black's prison letters
in Sox First, on April 3, 2008
From the Globe and Mail , we have the first of Conrad Black 's prison letters. And it sounds like the convicted fraudster is holding up quite well. The letter, which comes with the insignia across the top The Lord Black of Crossharbour, shows that Black has not lost his touch. With an e...
SocGen rogue trader sues bank
in Sox First, on April 3, 2008
...vented him from being in contact with his employers. Kerviel spent more than a month in jail on charges of breach of trust, fabricating documents and illegally accessing computers. If he is successfu...
Another horror week for KPMG
in Sox First, on March 29, 2008
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KPMG's problems seem to go from bad to worse. Earlier during the week, we had reports that the US Government was pushing hard to revive its tax shelter case, promising to play fair this tim...
What happens to enterprise vendors in a cloud scenario?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 29, 2008
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I read Larry Dignan's summary of Nash/KPMG IT leadership survey yesterday which shows a leadership core in the IT industry that has, as Dignan puts it, "...one eye on the exit." B...
Conrad Black says slammer is "safe and civilized"
in Sox First, on March 26, 2008
Conrad Black might be behind bars but the saga continues to unfold. CFO.com reports that Hollinger , the old holding company that used to control his newspaper empire, has settled a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit alleging it fraudulently diverted cash from the entity now known a...
NFL Draft Prospects - Arrested
in End Zone Buzz, on March 25, 2008
...rst-degree criminal trespass, both of which are felonies. Brennan was sentenced to seven days in jail and four years probation.
- Nebraska QB Sam Keller : Keller's violation was relatively ...
KPMG's indictment
in Sox First, on March 22, 2008
... blog entry at how the US Government was not backing down on its determination to prosecute foremr KPMG partners for peddling dubious tax shelters. That was after Judge Lewis Kaplan had accused the U...
