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Facebook and Online Scams
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 9, 2009
© sabrina.dent
Facebook says it is looking to crack down on scams, but some people are skeptical according to TechCrunch . Facebook says that deceptive ads are a widespread problem on the Web (which is true), and they say they’ve been fighting these scams for some time (which is also t...
Goldman Sachs and God
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
...d Duncan Niederauer); the chief operating officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division (Adam Storch). No wonder they call it Government Sachs. Blankfein likes to describe ...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
...st players in the hedge fund business. Our job is to ensure a level playing field through enforcement and deterrence.”
Full list of persons and charges
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Facebook and scammers
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
... stimulus scam ads on our own system earlier this year and pushed them off the site with rigorous enforcement. We did the same months later when deceptive ads from third-party ad networks appeared in ...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...running deep. Goldman vice president, Adam Storch, has been named managing executive of the SEC's enforcement division and then of course, there was the bailout of the banks engineered by former Gol...
Is the G20 having a George Bush moment?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2009
...us. Read through the statement and then ask how are they going to enforce the changes. There are no enforcement mechanisms which means we can't be sure whether the resolutions will be implemented....
Addressing Management Challenges of Converged Mobile Devices
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 25, 2009
...otely take control of devices to perform troubleshooting when necessary.
Visibility for Policy Enforcement
Mobile device management software does not set policies, but can give organizations t...
OIN Blocks Patent Trolls
in HackITLinux, on September 9, 2009
...9;s Gavin Clarke . "Such companies typically hold patents with a view to making money through enforcement."
"I'm left wondering just how much protection OIN scored for Linux with ...
Madoff: contender for SEC chairman
in Sox First, on September 3, 2009
...an ofthe SEC a few weeks prior to Cox being officially named." The report slams the SEC's enforcement division for failing to verify Madoff's trading with a third party. Clearly, if some...
GE cooks the books
in Sox First, on August 9, 2009
...t engines' spare parts. GE, according to Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, GE had "bent the accounting rules beyond the breaking point". GE, or rather i...
澳门赌王身体欠安 继承人选成焦点
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-09
87岁的澳门赌王何鸿燊(Stanley Ho)的健康状况不佳，引发人们对他的赌业王国由谁接手以及庞大的财富由谁继承而产生疑问。博彩业最为重要的发展市场的竞争格局可能也会因此而改变。
何鸿燊对澳门赌业的影响力无人能及。虽然2002年外国竞争者获准进入澳门，终结了何鸿燊对澳门赌业40年的垄断，但他的赌场仍然在澳门占据最大的市场份额，其收入占澳门博彩收入的四分之一左右。分析师、竞争对手和监管机构都密切关注他的看法。
博彩业分析师、曾任澳门博彩业委员会(macau gaming commission)法律顾问的洛勃(Carlos Lobo)说，从政治和社会两方面，何鸿燊此时缺席是在一个非常艰...
Can dope save California?
in Sox First, on July 8, 2009
...uot;But, for God's sake, when you're talking about $20 billion-plus of cuts to schools, law enforcement, and basically everything else the state does, here's a huge industry that's bas...
Despite the Recession, Support for Immigration Reform Grows in the U.S.
in Global Mobility Report, on June 7, 2009
...that includes the possibility amnesty for undocumented aliens already in the country and increased enforcement and stronger penalties for companies hiring undocumented aliens.
And (surprisingly) the...
Obama Administration Targets Employers with Immigration Enforcement
in Global Mobility Report, on May 23, 2009
I haven't heard much about the immigration debate in the US this year. But BusinessWeek just published an article that start with this: The Obama Administration plans to intensify efforts begun under the Bush Administration to crack down on companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants,...
GAO slams SEC
in Sox First, on May 10, 2009
... that happened and how badly it was run under Christopher Cox. According to the report, the law enforcement lawyers were convinced SEC bureaucrats were reluctant to crack down on companies breakin...
Introducing IPREDator
in P2P File Sharing, on March 27, 2009
...tes The Register's Cade Metz . "The new law is called IPRED (Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive). And the new VPN is an IPREDator."
"Whilst VPN services have hist...
Madoff and the conspiracy of silence
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...fe savings. And while we are on the subject of Madoff, it's worth noting the report that SEC enforcement director Linda Thomsen , whose unit sat on its hands and allowed Madoff to get away w...
Network Neutrality: The FCC Faces Off with Comcast
in Web 2.0, on January 24, 2009
...takes over the FCC, legislation may cease to be necessary to enforce net neutrality. Regulation and enforcement of current rules just by itself may resolve many net neutrality issues.
Comcast may be ...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
...ion, centralized control (rather than distribution of) data, heavy encryption, and serious password enforcement or biometric controls.
*The exception was a last-minute replacement by Ironkey, a secur...
The relational company
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...legal and regulatory burden. Why? Because their accountability would not rely primarily on laws and enforcement.
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Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
...tions. It dies a thousand-cuts death.' The source added that a running joke has developed among enforcement staffers that the commissioners apply a 'summary judgment standard' - in other w...
Mexican Drug Lords Making It Big In Europe
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 23, 2008
...The decade's long battle between Mexican drug cartels and various Mexican and American law enforcement agencies along the Mexican - American border has resulted in more narcotics finding their...
Rioting By The Children Of Europe Intensifies In Greece
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 20, 2008
...ts appear to be spreading to France, Germany and other Western European countries, and this has law enforcement officials throughout Europe greatly concerned as reported by "All News Web" ....
SEC and Madoff: shutting the stable gate after the horse has bolted
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
... the firm. The Commission believes strongly that it is vital that SEC investigators, examiners, and enforcement staff be above reproach while conducting their duties, in order to ensure the integrity ...
Britain moves on bribery
in Sox First, on November 28, 2008
...for an overhaul withe Law Commission bringing in a set of proposals that would make Britain's enforcement standards more like the US. Under the proposals, British companies could be liable for ...
Immigration Becomes a "Back Burner" Issue in the U.S.
in Global Mobility Report, on November 25, 2008
... more pressing economic problems.
The failure of Congress to reform immigration has led to tougher enforcement of existing immigration law in America - including raids over the last year that sometim...
Papermaster matter more complicated this morning
in The CIO Weblog, on November 10, 2008
...ad that the matter was set to play out in California, a notoriously lax environment for non-compete enforcement, but Computerworld is reporting now that IBM has obtained an injunction in New York fe...
Russ Busted: Hamilton Named Behind UB Super-User Scandal
in Internet Poker, on October 1, 2008
... multiple cheating incidents. Furthermore, the KGC is currently in contact with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and intends to fully cooperate in the prosecution of all individuals involved i...
Boxing Cox
in Sox First, on September 23, 2008
...g piece in Portfolio.com looking at the man's legacy and teh way he had reduced the SEC's enforcement power. And Pennsylvania State University's J Edward Ketz calls for a "pox on ...
The Federal Trade Commission on Bogus Cancer Cures
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 22, 2008
...stop on peddlers of bogus cancer cures.
The Federal Trade Commission today announced 11 law enforcement actions challenging deceptive advertising of bogus cancer cures. The FTC charged the comp...
Fingerabdruck verrät Diabetesrisiko
in Mein Diabetes Blog, on 10.09.08
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...
Americans: Cast Your Vote For Internet Gambling
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 9, 2008
...t illegal for Americans, but the funding of gambling accounts by American financial institutions is unlawful, and that makes it difficult for adult Americans to exercise their rights.
The foes and pr...
Sprint Loses Early Termination Case, Owes $73 Million
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 29, 2008
... of its cell towers ... a California court has ruled that Sprint 's early termination fees are unlawful, and has ordered it to refund $73 million to its former customers.
"The ruling requi...
SEC comes up short
in Sox First, on July 24, 2008
... when you borrow the stock and sell it. Cox said: "Today's Commission action aims to stop unlawful manipulation through 'naked' short selling that threatens the stability of financia...
Sherwood Partners - or how to gracefully shutdown a start-up
in TJ's Weblog, on July 9, 2008
...y down. It lets the employees keep going. In other cases, we'll get a forebearance [the stay of enforcement of something like a debt or obligation that's due], so we'll get 90 days to get ...
EU ISPs to ban p2p... but save net neutrality?
in P2P File Sharing, on July 4, 2008
...there is guidlines to ensure net neutrality.... it really is an odd one. They are influenced by the enforcement industries, yet not by big companies who will pay for their websites to be faster than t...
Does poor security lead to innovation?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 3, 2008
That's an over-simplification of the argument, of course, as all title lines are, but when you get right down to it, that's the implication of Jonathan Zittrain's concept of "generative systems," the open and unobstructed tools on which he lays the credit for the creation c...
Who will control your computers?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 30, 2008
...manufacturer, even as the reality of day to day use favors the consumer. The costs of detection and enforcement are formidable with respect to digital media of any sort, and software makers have pushe...
Adding Up Vick Family Crimes
in End Zone Buzz, on June 16, 2008
...lawsuit was settled out of court.
2007
- Conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities (Federal charges)
- Sponsoring a dog in an animal fighting venture (Federal charg...
Latin America and the New U.S. President
in Latina Viva, on June 8, 2008
...powerful northern neighbor. Bush worked to allay their concerns, saying the barrier and stepped up enforcement along the border were only the first steps in a comprehensive immigration law overhaul th...
Auditors, independence and distance
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
...ecurities and Exchange Commission office. The study, The Geography of Auditor Independence and SEC Enforcement , found that the likelihood of issuing a going concern audit report decreases as the dis...
News from the FCPA front
in Sox First, on May 16, 2008
...egic. It not only puts the heat on individuals, but it also substantially raises the profile of the enforcement program. That's probably important given my report this week of a study which foun...
The business of corruption
in Sox First, on April 29, 2008
...ons in the first months of 2008 - lawyers are predicting another record year is in store for FCPA enforcement. And just as Sarbanes-Oxley turned into a goldmine for accountants, the FCPA has turned...
PCAOB's fifth birthday
in Sox First, on April 27, 2008
...000 public company audits reviewed in just five years, 700 inspections of small and large firms, 17 enforcement actions against auditors and firms and 17 Deloitte & Touche clients that had audit d...
PCAOB punches Grant Thornton
in Sox First, on April 16, 2008
Accounting firm Grant Thornton has been hauled over the coals by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for its slack audits. With one client, the so-called experts at Grant Thornton failed to test the revenue and cost of revenue cycles and had failed to test certain value the company ...
Chinese stock market pains
in Sox First, on April 9, 2008
...the rules for foreign takeovers are opaque and untested, there are serious question marks about enforcement, Chinese companies follow international accounting rules but there is a shortage of acco...
Fraud and IPOs
in Sox First, on April 1, 2008
... about the firm's industry prospect. surveying the the SEC's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement releases filed from 1996 to 2005, and data from the Stanford Law School's Securities...
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Flat Out Lied About ATV Data
in Under My Helmet, on March 26, 2008
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Flat Out Lied About ATV Data in a recent bill proposed to enact restrictions on ATV users. You can read the entire bill below, but the jist is this:
1.Purpose . The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
opines, "Too many ATV riders - ...
Easing up on fraud enforcement
in Sox First, on March 10, 2008
...e Bush administration's crackdown on corporate crime. Now we have further evidence of shifting enforcement priorities. According to the latest figures from the Transactional Records Access Clear...
A Dubious World Record
in carzz.org, on March 7, 2008
... that the car was on an extended demo drive. The driver was taken to a local court and charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle. He will sit in jail until authorities decide where to prosecute him...
iPhone 2.0
in The CIO Weblog, on March 6, 2008
...and global address lists" according to the Apple press release. Remote wipe, password policy enforcement, and automatic discovery are also included, promsing to make the iPhone mail experience ...
Dune Closure NOT the Solution to Border Issues
in Under My Helmet, on March 4, 2008
...spicious activity to the USBP, 'closure' of this area would be a step of digression towards enforcement. Contrary to the reporter's claim, dune users are not in support of closure of the a...
SEC litigation and share price
in Sox First, on February 27, 2008
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The enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission brings between 400 and 500 civil enforcement actions every year for violations that include insider trading, manipulating market p...
Cybercrime service economy
in Sox First, on February 27, 2008
...e and there is a growing tendency for malware authors to focus their efforts on places with lax law enforcement and on niche markets. As a result, we are now seeing advertisements for virus authors f...
The Economics of Information Security
in I got Spam?!, on February 26, 2008
...s valuable insights not just into 'security' topics (such as bugs, spam, phishing, and law enforcement strategy) but into more general areas such as the design of peer-to-peer systems, the opt...
Daimler's new compliance officer
in Sox First, on February 21, 2008
...n how foreign companies are now getting caught out in the increase in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission....
Bad apples and bad trees
in Sox First, on February 20, 2008
...it criminal acts even when the interests of principals and agents converge, and firms can encourage unlawful conduct through executive directives and corporate policies." She talks about the nee...
Mobile Phone as Love Doctor
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 14, 2008
...e hopeless romantics, the voice pattern technology is used in different settings such as banks, law enforcement and academic institutions.
How to use it? Just call that special person, engage in a n...
FCPA prosecutions to increase
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
...h companies caught bribing. Not only have there been an increase in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions brought by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission....
Preparing to receive the Empire's minions: The BSA and you
in The CIO Weblog, on February 4, 2008
...al aggressive anti-piracy measures in the future. The place where they will look for bang for their enforcement buck isn't going to be in people's basements where their 13 year old kids...
Alaska Sherrifs Issue Warnings to ATV Riders
in Under My Helmet, on January 30, 2008
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On Sunday , the Dodge County authorities issued 10 warnings during an enforcement operation on the Wild Goose State Trail. This trail is a shared, multi-use trail that allows both foot and motori...
Dropshipping as a Home Based Business
in Home Based Business, on January 25, 2008
...unterfeits. Not only does this lead to angry customers, it could get you in very hot water with law enforcement. Finally, there is the problem of inventory control. Imagine this. You sold several item...
Taxing the Public to Use PUBLIC Land
in Under My Helmet, on January 21, 2008
...is funded through fees collected in the ISDRA. The majority of fees collected are allocated for law enforcement, emergency medical services, and facility maintenance.
The management of the fee progra...
U.S. Government Goes Overboard On Internet Gambling Ban
in The Gambling Weblog, on January 4, 2008
Make no mistake about it, the United States Government is a heavy handed, usually misguided institution, run primarily by people who, frankly, shouldn't be in charge of an outhouse.
This interference by the Federal Government, with adult American's right to spend their money as they see...
Lawsuits increase with subprime
in Sox First, on January 4, 2008
Just after Christmas, I did an entry looking at how the subprime crisis had driven a big increase in securities lawsuits. The NERA Economic Consulting's semi-annual benchmark study showed the 2007 federal filings are projected to increase by 58 per cent compared to the previous year. Now w...
Alcatel pays fine to settle bribery claim
in Sox First, on December 27, 2007
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The rise in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or FCPA enforcement continues with Alcatel-Lucent agreeing to pay $2.5 million to settle charges that it violated anti-bribery laws by footing the bill for...
Political Pressure to Enforce Immigration Laws Likely to Continue to the US
in Global Mobility Report, on December 26, 2007
...the government expanded its enforcement of penalties against those who employment foreign nationals unlawfully, Democratic political consultants point to the Republican administration's weak enfor... ...Immigration enforcement actions against employers are likely to continue up to the elections in November as each party tries to show it is tough on illegal immigration and the US employers of u...
PCAOB action
in Sox First, on December 13, 2007
Big week for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Earlier in the week, it sent a warning to the Big Four accounting firms by pinging Deloitte $1 million for violating audit standards. The fine related to the firm's 2003 audit of California-based Ligand Pharmaceuticals. It's th...
PCAOB's global inspections
in Sox First, on December 8, 2007
...The fact is that few if any countries spend as much on - or devote as much intensity of effort to - enforcement of financial reporting and auditing as the US does," he told CFO.com ...
