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The Kickback Mine: What Seemed an Ordinary Case Became More Intriguing
The author, then an FBI special agent, received a call from Crimson Mine's general counsel who told him he wanted to prosecute a vendor who had been caught overbilling. The author thought that the case would be a routine matter of vendor greed. However, he found additional suspects, and the fraudster also turned out to be a victim in this $550,000 fraud. Learn about the wisdom of early interviews, the problems of "investigative myopia" and the advantages of limiting the scope of a fraud examination to save time and discover evidence.
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Big Money, Acquisitions and Consequences
Comptroller, Horse Lady and Crook, Part 1 of 2
The Horses Take a Nasty Fall, Part 2 of 2
Avoiding Trouble in China: How to Stay on the Right Side of International Anti-Bribery Laws
Bid Rigging and Kickbacks under the Bridge
Trusting Assistants with Access: Embezzlement Investigation Case Study
Fraud in Collegiate Athletics: When Major League Money Meets Little League Controls
Mining for Hotline Gold: Help Your Clients Unearth Hidden Fraud Tips
The GRC Toolbox
Green Cards for Sale: Catching an Immigration Official in a Bribery Scheme
Phantom Figurines: Online Fraudster Steals More than $300,000
White-Collar Crime Punishment
Cyber Psycho: Online Predator Uses the Internet to Destroy a Life
A New Wave in Green Energy Fraud
Stealing Cash with a Smile
Fraudulent Japanese Circular Transactions Can Hurt Foreign Firms
Not Just a Paper Trail: Examining Financial Records in a Bank Fraud
Is it a CAM or a Scam? Only a Proper Lease Investigator Knows for Sure
The Bogousslavsky Affair: Fraud in Switzerland
Selling Cars Already Sold: Car Dealership Rips Off Bank
Three Ring Circus: An Expose of a Corporate Commission Embezzlement
Pharmaceutical Fraud: Diluting Crooked Pharmacist' Drug Treatment Tampering
Bank Account Fraud: Tenacity Reaps Results in Perplexing Maze
Opening Pandora's Box
Inaction Caused Costly Hacking At Large Retailer
Not Ship Shape: Tanker Company Officers Embezzle Unhindered
High Art, Low Value (Part 1): How a Connoisseur Became a Convict
High Art, Low Value (Part 2): How a Connoisseur Became a Convict
Employee Embezzlement: Trusted Employee Gnaws Away Profits at Termite Control Firm
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