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9/30/2008
Blogger v. Investigators - What's The Story?
Swiss Authorites in a Sharing Mood on Tax Cheat I.D.s 9/29/2008
Fannie & Freddie Facing Investigation on Fraud
Shareholder Lawsuits in the Wake of the Financial Bailout
Lehman European and Middle Eastern Holdings Sold to Japanese Firm 9/25/2008
Kroll: Shadow-y Ballbusters
Feldmayer Tesitifies in Siemens Bribery Trial
More Scrutiny of the Chris Cox SEC Tenure 9/22/2008
Christopher Cox - Under the Harsh Lights
They've Always Got to Stick it to The Hedge Funds
The Montreal Mafia 9/19/2008
Milberg Prosecutor Moves to Mortage Backed Securities Matters
Patrick Harrington Sentencing Update
Christopher Cox An Obama Man?
Economic Meltdown 1, SEC 0
Wall Street Losses - A Handy Info-Graphic 9/17/2008
A.I.G Officially Bailed Out
Kroll Asked to Tail Steve Jobs?
Pursuit Magazine September Issue is Available Online
Quarterly Kroll Fraud Report Forthcoming
Global Anti-Bribery Regime Begins to Take Shape
Liechtenstein and Germany Get Downright Catty Over Tax Evasion Scandal
Apple Settles Backdating Lawsuit
Unpacking the Filip Memo - New Federal Prospecution Guidelines
Seven Years
A Good Day for the Plaintiff Bar
Credit Suisse Brokers Charged in Sub Prime Mortgage Fraud
Telecom Execs Cooperate to Lessen Penalties on Bribery Conviction
Continued Questions on Soc Gen 's Knowledge of Kerviel Trades
Wells Notice Suggests Impending Revenue Recognition Settlment from GE
Changing Face of Business Increases Demand for Investigative Assistance
FINRA Slaps former SAMCO Brokers
More Grief for Siemens 9/03/2008
Curious How Many Cases This Has Brought In
Dennis Kozlowski Seeks to Oveturn Conviction
Kumar Fingers Wang in Improper Accounting
Illegal Gambling Investments Put Vanguard on the Ropes
Controversial Prosecutorial Practice Gets the Muzzle
Kroll Hiring
A Massachusetts Angle on the Auction Rate Securities Mess
When Bribery Isn't Bribery
Agitating Over In-Action From Canadian Government on Exposed Tax Cheats
Back in the Saddle
Melvyn Weiss Reports For Prison Term
Blogger v. Investigators - What's The Story?
TELL ME that this is not related to the Hollywood /Kroll / TMZ love triangle that Jossip wrote about just last week? Hamilton Nowlan, a blogger from the Gawker family of sites is claiming that he has been surveilled by multiple investigators - and even posted the names and likenesses of the investigators online.
Now there are easily a multitude of reasons for people to detest Gawker, which has made his name as one of the internet's more popular purveyors of scandal, but it is odd to have this story pop up within a few days of the rumor that certainm members of the Hollywood elite have tasked Kroll with turning the tables on the worst of the stalkerazzi.
-- MDT
Now there are easily a multitude of reasons for people to detest Gawker, which has made his name as one of the internet's more popular purveyors of scandal, but it is odd to have this story pop up within a few days of the rumor that certainm members of the Hollywood elite have tasked Kroll with turning the tables on the worst of the stalkerazzi.
-- MDT
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Swiss Authorites in a Sharing Mood on Tax Cheat I.D.s 9/29/2008
Fannie & Freddie Facing Investigation on Fraud
Not shocking.
-- MDT
9/28/2008
-- MDT
Shareholder Lawsuits in the Wake of the Financial Bailout
You know they're coming, but how with they fare? Law.com lays down the handicap.
-- MDT
9/26/2008
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Labels: lawsuit, securities, shareholders
Lehman European and Middle Eastern Holdings Sold to Japanese Firm 9/25/2008
Kroll: Shadow-y Ballbusters
...as colorfully described on the notorious celebrity gossip website, Jossip.com, which seems to be somewhat celebrating what they are reporting as Kroll's investigation of the even more notorious celebrity gossip website, TMZ.com.
If Jossip is to be believed, a Kroll investigation of TMZ (complete with the forementioned shadowy ballbusting) has been bankrolled by fed-up celebrities tired of TMZ profiting from the exhaustive documentation of their human failings.
Please...someone - more details?
-- MDT
9/24/2008
If Jossip is to be believed, a Kroll investigation of TMZ (complete with the forementioned shadowy ballbusting) has been bankrolled by fed-up celebrities tired of TMZ profiting from the exhaustive documentation of their human failings.
Please...someone - more details?
-- MDT
Labels: Kroll
Feldmayer Tesitifies in Siemens Bribery Trial
In acknowledging his authorization of a $44 million payment to a German labor leader, Wilhelm Schelsky, "I don't want to escape my responsibilities, but I never thought at the time that this agreement with Schelsky would violate laws.'' Via Bloomberg.
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Labels: Johannes Feldmayer, Siemens, William Howard
More Scrutiny of the Chris Cox SEC Tenure 9/22/2008
Christopher Cox - Under the Harsh Lights
Very interesting look at Cox's tenure at the SEC from Portfolio magazine. Textbook example of how political appointees can undermine the effectiveness of the regulatory bureaucracy...
-- MDT
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Labels: Christopher Cox, enforcement, SEC
They've Always Got to Stick it to The Hedge Funds
The Montreal Mafia 9/19/2008
Milberg Prosecutor Moves to Mortage Backed Securities Matters
Thomas O'Brien's got a band new bag. And a few critics.
-- MDT
9/18/2008
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Labels: Milberg, mortgage backed securities, Thomas O'Brien
Patrick Harrington Sentencing Update
Of all the scammers, skeezers, cons and cads we've covered over the last few years at Daily Caveat, arguable no one has generated the continued commentary than Patrick Harrington of BLX.
For all those who swing through looking for an update one when and where Harrington will end up behind bars, say thanks to Joseph Coleman who passed along word that Pat will be sentenced on Monday September 22 at 2PM at the United States Court Eastern District of Michigan -- Courtoom 225.
Get there early to grab a good seat. If you'd like to check out the indictment against Harrington, Mr. Coleman has made it available right here.
-- MDT
For all those who swing through looking for an update one when and where Harrington will end up behind bars, say thanks to Joseph Coleman who passed along word that Pat will be sentenced on Monday September 22 at 2PM at the United States Court Eastern District of Michigan -- Courtoom 225.
Get there early to grab a good seat. If you'd like to check out the indictment against Harrington, Mr. Coleman has made it available right here.
-- MDT
Labels: BLX, Patrick Vaughn
Christopher Cox An Obama Man?
He might want to consider it since John McCain is apparently gunning for his head.
Ahh, politics.
-- MDT
Ahh, politics.
-- MDT
Labels: Christopher Cox
Economic Meltdown 1, SEC 0
Wall Street Losses - A Handy Info-Graphic 9/17/2008
A.I.G Officially Bailed Out
To the tune of $85 billion...
-- MDT
9/16/2008
"But the bailout is likely to prove controversial, because it effectively puts taxpayer money at risk while protecting bad investments made by A.I.G. and other institutions it does business with."Ahem...yeah.
-- MDT
Labels: AIG
Kroll Asked to Tail Steve Jobs?
So says a new article from Portfolio Magazine which profiles Bob Brenner, head of Kroll's business intelligence group for the U.S. and Canada.
For the record, Brenner declined the Jobs-tailing assignment on behalf of Kroll. It had been requested by a hedge fund that wanted to get to the bottom of the Apple chief's seeming ill health...
-- MDT
9/15/2008
For the record, Brenner declined the Jobs-tailing assignment on behalf of Kroll. It had been requested by a hedge fund that wanted to get to the bottom of the Apple chief's seeming ill health...
-- MDT
Labels: Allied Capital, Bob Brenner, David Einhorn, Kroll, Steve Jobs
Pursuit Magazine September Issue is Available Online
Worth checking out: page four's legislative report from the National Council of Investigation & Security Services. Just to give you a heads up on what information you may (or may not) have access to six months from now.
-- MDT
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Labels: NCISS, Pursuit Magazine, regulation
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Thank you for the two blog posts referring to Pursuit Magazine. I appreciate you for the coverage and for checking in on our newly designed website.
Warmest Regards,
L. Scott Harrell
Quarterly Kroll Fraud Report Forthcoming
Showing that the average company's losses to fraud are up 22% compared to the previous year. Watch this space for the download.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: Fraud, Global Fraud Report, Kroll
Global Anti-Bribery Regime Begins to Take Shape
Finally getting serious about enforcing OFAC in the U.S. Not letting corporations write of their bribes as tax deductions in Europe - it's a whole new world out there!
-- MDT
9/14/2008
-- MDT
Liechtenstein and Germany Get Downright Catty Over Tax Evasion Scandal
Really Prince Hans...
Referencing a "Fourth Reich" is just in really bad taste.
-- MDT
Referencing a "Fourth Reich" is just in really bad taste.
-- MDT
Labels: Germany, Heinrich Kieber, Liechtenstein, tax evasion
Apple Settles Backdating Lawsuit
Glad that this is out of the way so that Steve and Co. can make with the new laptops next month. My 1.5 Ghz Powerbook is getting a little long in the tooth.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: Apple, backdating, Steve Jobs
Unpacking the Filip Memo - New Federal Prospecution Guidelines
Good synopsis from the Wisconsin Law Journal.
While the changes detailed a few weeks back by Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip obviously insulate companies from some prosecutorial pressure, some continue to argue the changes don't go far enough.
You can read the new guidelines yourself, right here.
And for a bit of history - go memo crazy - (Holder, McNulty, KPMG, etc) you could so worse than this article from Law.com.
-- MDT
9/11/2008
While the changes detailed a few weeks back by Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip obviously insulate companies from some prosecutorial pressure, some continue to argue the changes don't go far enough.
You can read the new guidelines yourself, right here.
And for a bit of history - go memo crazy - (Holder, McNulty, KPMG, etc) you could so worse than this article from Law.com.
-- MDT
Labels: attorney client privilege, Filip Memo, mcnulty memo, prosecution guidelines, s
Seven Years
And a moment of silence.
Followed by this tune from A. A. Bondy, which is all I find myself wanting to listen to this morning.
I figured I might share it with you.
-- MDT
9/10/2008
Followed by this tune from A. A. Bondy, which is all I find myself wanting to listen to this morning.
I figured I might share it with you.
-- MDT
A Good Day for the Plaintiff Bar
And the former shareholders of Enron, who will receive $1.7 billion, according to a recently approved settlement distribution plan. The law firm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins (you may note the missing Lerach, there) will collect $688 million for their role in running the massive class action. If you're keeping score, both of those numbers have set new records, for settlement size and attorney fees.
-- MDT
9/09/2008
-- MDT
Labels: Bill Lerach, Coughlin Stoia, Enron, settlement
Credit Suisse Brokers Charged in Sub Prime Mortgage Fraud
Charges of conspiracy, wire and securities fraud for Julian Tzolov and Eric Butler, two former brokers at Credit Suisse Securities. This according to a recently unsealed federal indictment.
The two brokers have also been named in a civil suit from the SEC.
-- MDT
9/08/2008
The two brokers have also been named in a civil suit from the SEC.
-- MDT
Labels: Credit Suisse, Eric Butler, Julian Tzolov, mortgage backed securities
Telecom Execs Cooperate to Lessen Penalties on Bribery Conviction
Continued Questions on Soc Gen 's Knowledge of Kerviel Trades
This time it is the bank's external auditors who are meeting with French authorities.
-- MDT
9/07/2008
-- MDT
Labels: Jerome Kerviel, Soc Gen
Wells Notice Suggests Impending Revenue Recognition Settlment from GE
Given their recent love letter from the SEC, three years in to the agency's revenue recognition probe of the company, GE has announced that they've begun preliminary settlement talks and are looking to head off a potential civil complaint.
-- MDT
9/05/2008
-- MDT
Labels: auction rate securities, GE, revenue inflation, wells notice
Changing Face of Business Increases Demand for Investigative Assistance
Doing business in today's world is scary. Having investigators at your disposal? It's like the comforting combo of a bright shiny nightlight and snuggle blanket. With a glass of warm milk on the side. Good stuff from Law.com.
-- MDT
9/04/2008
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FINRA Slaps former SAMCO Brokers
A first strike on mortgage backed securities enforcement...
-- MDT
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Labels: FINRA, mortgage backed securities, SAMCO
More Grief for Siemens 9/03/2008
Curious How Many Cases This Has Brought In
Dennis Kozlowski Seeks to Oveturn Conviction
The New York Supreme Court will decide his fate...already Kozlowski, one of the most noted of the Enron era's white collar crooks - he took his company, Tyco for $150 million - has served three years of his original sentence on fraud-related charges.
--MDT
--MDT
Labels: Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco
Kumar Fingers Wang in Improper Accounting
Bad news for Computer Associates co-founder, Charles Wang, who has found himself thrown under the bus by protege and former CA CEO, Sanjay Kumar. All this is spinning out of the lawsuit filed by Big Texan Sam Wyly, who we've written about before in these parts based on his other adventures in litigation.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: CA, Charles Wang, Sam Wyly, Sanjay Kumar
Illegal Gambling Investments Put Vanguard on the Ropes
Vanguard is managing this squirrel's nut. Someone has to keep them on the straight and narrow.
-- MDTG
9/02/2008
-- MDTG
Controversial Prosecutorial Practice Gets the Muzzle
No more pre-trial agreements to shake down confidential docs...among other things.
Details at the WaPo.
-- MDT
9/01/2008
Details at the WaPo.
-- MDT
Labels: pre-trial agreements
Kroll Hiring
A Massachusetts Angle on the Auction Rate Securities Mess
By way of an interview with Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: auction rate securities
When Bribery Isn't Bribery
That would be in Germany prior to 2002... And thanks to that Siemens has seen a €38 million fine overturned and a few bribery convictions along with it.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: bribery, overturned, Siemens
Agitating Over In-Action From Canadian Government on Exposed Tax Cheats
Kieber's list continues to reverberate...of course it happens to be Kieber's attorney who is banging the drum in this case.
-- MDT
-- MDT
Labels: Canada, Heinrich Kieber, tax evasion
Back in the Saddle
After a week's vacation. Now, what'd I miss?
- MDT
- MDT
Melvyn Weiss Reports For Prison Term
