Conned by a Con

Convicted felon out on supervised release arrested in lost pet fraud

Forbes

If the name “Eric Stein” rings a bell, it’s likely because you saw him featured on CNBC’s  “American Greed.” Stein was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his role in a 1990s television commercial scam that victimized some 1,750 investors out of an estimated $50 Million.  

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The Many Lives of Minkow: Keep the Camera Rolling

Barry Minkow: All-American con man

CNN Money

In 2009 a writer named Jon Meyers was hired to furnish a screenplay for what soon became the strangest movie project of his life. The film was to star a number of well-known actors -- James Caan, Talia Shire, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames -- and it would chronicle the life of Barry Minkow.

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Using Secret Information as Currency

U.S. charges 7 for insider trading of Dell stock

The New York Times

Sandeep Goyal was a small-time stock analyst with a big connection. In 2008, while working at a mutual fund company, Mr. Goyal received illegal tips from a Dell employee about the company’s financial results, federal authorities say.

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ACFE Names Woodford Whistleblower of the Year

Michael Woodford: Whistleblower of the Year

The Wall Street Journal

Michael Woodford, the man who exposed a $1.5 billion loss-hiding scheme at Japan’s Olympus Corp. –- and was fired soon after — has been named “business person of the year” by publications from The Sunday Times to The Independent.

Now he can add to those honors another: whistleblower of the year, courtesy of The Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, whose house publication is Fraud Magazine.

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Woodford will be formally accepting his award this June at the ACFE Annual Fraud Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla.

Pay to the Order of...Me

Hand in the cookie jar: Girl Scout official plundered $311,000

MSNBC.com

A former finance director at the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York on Tuesday admitted stealing more than $300,000 from the organization.

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