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...than $1 million in advance of awarding the Winter Games to Salt Lake-following an ugly precedent set by other winning cities. Tom Welch, a former president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, and Dave Johnson, a former senior vice president, were indicted on federal charges, including bribery and fraud. The charges were dismissed last year, but the Justice Department last month appealed the dismissal. All along, the Mormon church has tried to keep the scandal at arm's length-Hinckley says he had instructed the church to remain strictly "neutral" in every aspect of the Olympics. The hope...
...case, say police, the 24-year-old daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tried to get her pharmaceutical help illegally. Shortly after midnight, after she pulled up in her white Volkswagen Beetle at a drugstore drive-thru to get a tranquilizer called Xanax, Noelle was arrested for alleged prescription fraud, making her the latest daughter of the extended Bush family to have a brush with the law in the past year...
...Enron could be bought off with consulting and underwriting fees, we know they are probably being bought off elsewhere too. From 1998 to 2000, 397 publicly traded companies had to restate their financial results, and big firms like Sunbeam and Cendant have paid to settle shareholder suits alleging fraud...
...Using credit cards is generally safer than allowing access into other accounts. The credit card system has safeguards built in to protect users from fraud. If someone steals your credit card number, you're out 50 bucks and some hassle. With a debit card, you could be cleaned out completely. Using cash is also not a bad thing...
...incident further tars the name of venerable Arthur Andersen, which in June settled allegations of fraud stemming from its audit of Houston-based Waste Management and paid a $7 million fine without admitting any wrongdoing. Last year, again without admitting wrongdoing, Andersen agreed to pay $110 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of shareholders of another client, Sunbeam, which had misstated its financial results during the 1990s. These days, an Andersen competitor observes sardonically, settling a fraud case appears to be good for attracting business from other firms that want a soft touch for an auditor...