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...comparing different vintages of phone book, finding an out-of-business furrier and getting me to use my Apple IIe to create a fake receipt to prove a false fur-coat donation. I'm a big fan of the statute of limitations. While some would call that tax fraud, I thought of it as preventing animal cruelty...
...Israel Taking Down Lieberman After a lengthy corruption probe, Israeli police recommended that the state charge Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with a battery of crimes, including bribery, fraud, money-laundering and obstruction of justice. Lieberman, head of the right-wing Yisrael Beitenu party and a polarizing figure who has been accused of racism toward Israeli Arabs, denied the allegations and said he would resign if indicted. The scandal may hurt him in a nation weary of corruption; similar accusations felled former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert...
...Harry Markopolos, a flawed whistle-blower who tracked Madoff's misdeeds for almost a decade. An eccentric math genius, Markopolos waved his findings in the face of the SEC--he gave them a pointed memo in 2005 that was titled "The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud," but also made it clear that he wanted a reward for his efforts. Maybe the SEC should have paid him--it could have saved billions...
...shipping industry, like so many others, has been battered by the global recession. According to Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, nearly 10% of the world's merchant ships are stuck at harbor because of a collapse in global trade. Burnett notes that there has been an increase in insurance fraud as a result of financial pressures. "We have had cases in the past where ships have been intentionally scuttled as part of a fraudulent insurance scheme," he says. "The law says that when a ship doesn't arrive in port, it's assumed to be from a peril...
...well as his wife Ruth, have come under intense scrutiny during the probe but have not been charged with any wrongdoing. Madoff's outside accountant, David Friehling, is the only other person to be formally charged in the seven-month investigation until now. He pleaded not guilty to fraud charges...