This was the first audit that ZZZZ Best had as a public company and the mistake involved the inspection of the insurance restoration sites. Mr. Greenspan had talked with Tom Padgett, and even though Mr. Padgett confirmed the insurance contracts were real and showed proper documents to back them up, Mr. Greenspan never actually inspected any of the actual insurance restoration sites. Had the sites been checked, Mr. Greenspan could have stopped the scam from ever hurting the public stockholders. After looking at this mistake, Greenspan should have made it a very high priority to inspect the insurance sites, especially because they amounted for such a huge percentage of income for ZZZZ Best. The second mistake involved Ernst & Whinney, which was the auditor for ZZZZ Best after Greenspan was let go.
One criticism of intelligence agencies that people were shocked to hear through the 9/11 Commission Report was that the Central Intelligence Agency had information on some of the suspects involved in the 9/11 plot. This information was requested by FBI agents multiple times but was not handed over because it would have jeopardized the case CIA was building against other operatives. (Soufan, 2011). The PATRIOT Act also allowed warrants to be issued in any district, whether or not the activity being investigated was being conducted in that district or not (Landahl, 2007). It also created penalties for harboring terrorists, increased maximum sentences for terrorism related activities, and most importantly eliminated the statue of limitations for terrorist activities (Landahl, 2007).
The authors continue to explain the act had nothing to do with fighting terrorism to its core but rather it rolled back the unwanted checks on power the FBI had. The provisions the patriot act had were: easy to access records, expansion of the “pen register” exception in wiretap law, expansion of the intelligence exception in the wiretap law, and more secret searches. Easy to access records give the power of forcing anyone to hand over records on customers including financial records, medical history, internet usage, and travel patterns. The expansion of the “pen register” explains that the FBI does not need probable cause to perform a wiretap. Expansion of intelligence refers to the power of the government not needing to justify a wiretap or physical search.
By: Keyoina Hill November 29, 2011 Central Connecticut State University CRM 478-02 In the 20th Century, Bernie Madoff would be considered as one of the most deceitful criminals alive. His story made international and national headlines. It's estimated he took his investors for a cool $65 billion over the course of nearly two decades, which affected many of his clients, destroyed families lives and their savings, as well as betrayal to his own family. The scheme wasn't revealed until Madoff himself confessed his crimes; even with that being said he still doesn’t take full responsibility for his actions. Madoff himself later said he was "astonished" that the SEC failed to catch him.
And they chose not to tell anyone of Matthew's whereabouts. Every punch, every kick, every action was the result of some decision. And even if every decision was made “in the moment” it still does not relieve the killers of their moral and legal culpability. Their sentencing was well deserved, and will probably never be freemen again. "The Laramie Project" tells the story in a journalistic manner, since it is assembled from real interviews and court testimonies.
Carter and George thought that it’s ok to achieve the results, no matter what means they’ve used. And Joe thought that it’s ok to cover up the whole thing. What’s worse, there’re opportunities for fraud since the internal control in this company is so weak in the sense that there’s no formal written procedures, no segregation of duties, no good accounting system, and no physical security protection for inventory. Employees are given access to records and valuables in the ordinary course of their jobs. Unfortunately, that access allows them to commit fraud.
And most people won’t even know their identity’s been stolen until it’s too late and they become a victim to identity theft. Identity thieves can cause a lot of harm to their victims, such as stealing their personal information; several negative effects identity theft has on its victims are using your identity for criminal activities, financial loss, and it can even put people in physical danger. The most important effect identity theft causes is that criminals can use your identity to commit crimes. Such as drug smuggling or crossing state lines they can commit fraud to gain government benefits. And by using their identity to commit these crimes can seriously damage someone’s reputation.
12, 2002: A criminal indictment accusing Kozlowski and Swartz of “enterprise corruption for allegedly stealing more than $170 million from Tyco and obtaining $430 million by fraud in the sale of company shares.” Mark Belnick is charged separately with falsifying records to conceal more than $14 million in company loans. Dec. 17, 2002: Board member Frank Walsh pleads guilty in an alleged scheme to hide the $20 million in fees for the CIT Group deal. Oct. 7, 2003: The first trial of Kozlowski and Swartz begins with opening statements in which prosecutors characterize them as “crime bosses who looted Tyco.” Defense lawyers call them “honest executives who deserved and disclosed all corporate payments and perks.” Oct. 28, 2003: The jury is shown a video of a birthday party Kozlowski threw for his wife in Italy. Tyco paid almost half the $2 million cost of the event. Nov. 25, 2003: Prosecutors show the jury a video of the $6,000 shower curtain and other expensive interiors at Kozlowski's Tyco-owned apartment in New York.
PROBLEN SOLVING and DECISION MAKING Making a choice between a specific behavior that I would change would be a rather easy decision. The first behavior that I will seriously work on is procrastination. This behavior falls under the managerial skills of problem solving and decision making. Procrastination is a habit of needlessly putting off relevant activities until another day or time. Procrastination is a behavior that I really need to change.
Financial gain will always be a factor for espionage. In the current state of our society, some people feel they do not possess enough money to maintain their current lifestyle, or the lifestyle they wish to have; causing them to resort to selling information to the opposition. Robert Hansen had a serious ego problem which led him to sell information to the Russians. Other reasons individuals commit espionage include, but is not limited to disgruntlement/revenge, ingratiation, coercion and love. In this paper, I will discuss Clayton Lonetree’s spy case, including his background, indicators, material compromised, and the overall investigation which followed his arrest.