Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8:56AM 
Minkow in plea talks with U.S. prosecutors over fraud case, lawyer saysBloomberg
Barry Minkow, a convicted con man who became a minister and anti-fraud crusader, is in talks with U.S. prosecutors in Miami to plead guilty to insider trading of Lennar Corp. (LEN), his lawyer said.
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Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7:39AM 
New charges in $194 million Ponzi schemeStar Tribune
Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, a brash Wayzata money manager who has claimed to be among the top financial advisers in the nation, was civilly charged Monday with participating in an elaborate $194 million investment fraud.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 3:54PM 
Fred Monem, fugitive in Oregon prison scandal, talks for the first timeThe Oregonian
International fugitive Fred Monem, in hiding in Iran, said he is willing to serve a short prison sentence for his "mistake" of taking bribes while serving as Oregon's prison food buyer.
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Monday, March 7, 2011 at 1:12PM 
Facebook fraud costs Mid-County womanSilicon Valley MercuryNew.com
Initially the Facebook inquiry from a stranger seemed to be simply a lonely inquiry from a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan who wanted to chat online about the death of his roommate and his troubled past. The stranger said his name was Ray Silva. She wired him $150 for a telephone.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 10:13AM 
Suncorp Bank's $2m human error exposed schoolboy's eBay fraudCourier Mail
A bank mistakenly transferred $2 million into the account of a schoolboy computer whiz who was running an elaborate eBay fraud, a court heard today.
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