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FraudBytes: Business Email Fraud

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. According to the FBI, companies worldwide have lost more than $1 billion from October 2013 through June 2015 due to business email fraud, an increasingly popular fraud tactic used by criminals to infiltrate a company’s email system and request large sums of money via wire transfer. A recent article. In The Wall Street Journal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My experience with Asea. It’s Only Lying About Drugs (A Guest Post). Ethics and Ponzi schemes. Cameron van der Burgh.

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FraudBytes: May 2015

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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Fake Diplomas: Too Good to Be True. An example of a fake diploma issued by one of Axacts. Fictitious schools, Grant Town University. Earning a diploma for high school, college, and especially for a doctoral program requires a lot of work and a lot of time. You can’t just buy a diploma—or can you? A recent New York Times. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Is an accounting professor at Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah). He teaches classes on auditing and fraud...

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FraudBytes: Lance Armstrong Investigation: Odds and Ends

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Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Lance Armstrong Investigation: Odds and Ends. In today's news, various sources. Are reporting that Lance's lawyers are demanding an on-air apology from 60 Minutes. I personally am not holding my breath. When people ask about Lance never testing positive for PEDs, I like to reference the statement by the head of WADA, David Howman, when he explained on 60 Minutes. Which were later thrown out because his B samples were lost. In that case, we have an expert drug tester claiming ...

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FraudBytes: Vegetable Gardens and Rationalizing

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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Vegetable Gardens and Rationalizing. I’m sure many of the workers at the vegetable garden rationalized that the owners never specified how the vegetables had to be stacked in the bucket or that rocks shouldn’t be with the vegetables that were weighed. Alternatively, many of these employees probably also thought they were underpaid for working outside in the sun, and they may have felt they deserved more money. Does this make it right? See this previous post. Is an accounting prof...

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FraudBytes: Industries that Rely on the Illusion of Causality

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. Industries that Rely on the Illusion of Causality. I've been intrigued (and somewhat disgusted) by industries that sell worthless products to people who desperately want to find a cure for some condition in their life. These types of products are rampant in the multi-level-marketing industry ( see our other posts on MLMs. In a great post on FiveThirtyEight. Or Amized Fusion Technology. The second group of people who are susceptible to the illusion of causality are athletes wh...

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FraudBytes: Fighting Fraud with Mathematical Weapons

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Thursday, December 11, 2014. Fighting Fraud with Mathematical Weapons. According to a Wall Street Journal article. For an article in The Journal of Accountancy. That Mark J. Nigrini wrote about Benford’s Law. December 16, 2014 at 11:49 AM. What do you think this type of mathematical analysis could tell investigators about the herbalife MLM? Do the SEC and FTC conduct these kinds of forensic audits? December 20, 2014 at 11:19 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is an accounting professor at Brigham Yo...

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FraudBytes: My experience with Asea

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Monday, August 23, 2010. My experience with Asea. After my first post on Asea (see this link). My friend asked me to try four bottles with a money-back guarantee if I didn't see significant gains in my cycling performance. She asked me to try all four bottles and keep track of my wattage and performance to see if it made any difference. I could then decide if I saw any improvement and pay her cost of $30 per bottle if I did. This is doubly true for any. The placebo effect is real and money is a strong in...

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FraudBytes: The Latest in Detecting Deception

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014. The Latest in Detecting Deception. When I teach about detecting deception, I emphasize to my students that non-verbal cues are much less reliable than verbal cues. Some recent research shows that text analysis in verbal cues reveals four patterns in people who are lying. Check out the short, but informative, video below to learn more. December 16, 2014 at 11:21 AM. Theres just a blank space. Could you give us any hints as to where we might find it? December 16, 2014 at 5:49 PM.

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FraudBytes: July 2015

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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Vegetable Gardens and Rationalizing. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Is an Assistant Professor in the School of Accounting of the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. His research and teaching interests include auditing and financial statement fraud. Aaron received his PhD in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and his MAcc and BS degrees from Brigham Young University. My experience with Asea. Ethics and Ponzi schemes.

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FraudBytes: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… For Scammers Too

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Monday, December 29, 2014. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year… For Scammers Too. During the holiday season, many people choose to give and help others around them, but sometimes due to the spirit of giving that abounds, we tend to let our guard down. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Recently published an article. Which outlines five popular scams to be sure to avoid this holiday season. Text Message Scams – Recipients receive a text message stating that they have subscribed to something and will ...