Madoff's betrayals give story its power
Arizona Daily Star
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Italian fraud investigation stumbles on $6-trillion in counterfeit U.S. bondsThe Vancouver Sun
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Love-Seekers Beware: Online Dating Fraud Rose 150% Last Year
Mashable
Lonely hearts seeking love this Valentine’s Day, be wary. Online dating fraud rose by 150% percent in 2011 as scammers and hucksters turned up the false charm and predatory trolling.
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Landmark settlement announced on foreclosure, mortgage fraud
The Washington Post
State and federal officials on Thursday announced a settlement of more than $25 billion with five of the nation’s banks over their flawed and fraudulent foreclosure practices. It is the largest government-industry settlement in more than a decade.
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How to spot when someone lies
Wired.co.uk
Psychologist Gerald Jellison claims the average person tells 200 lies a day. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, explains how to spot a whopper.
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Meyer will address this topic and more at the ACFE Annual Fraud Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla., June 17-22.
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Jailed con artist describes role in Google case
Fox News
When federal investigators decided to look into whether Google Inc. was letting rogue pharmacies from overseas target American consumers with advertising, they turned to a convicted con artist with experience pushing pills on the Internet.
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Fleecing the flock: The big business of swindling people who trust you
The Economist
With a nudge from their pastor, the 25,000 members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta opened their hearts, and their wallets, to Ephren Taylor. And why not, given his glittering credentials? Mr. Taylor billed himself as the youngest black chief executive of a publicly traded company in American history.
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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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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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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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