Archives
_________::::___#344 - January 24, 2007________________
FRAUDBARON.com
The Anti-Fraud Professionals'
Source for Fraud News
#344 Updated: 1/24/07 10:30 a.m.

Accounting concerned executives
Kevin Mast was so anxious to leave HomeGold Financial in 2000 that he walked
away from the troubled company with $200,000 still on the table.

PCAOB Report Looks at Fraud Implementation
A new report from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board summarizes
how practitioners have been implementing interim standards relating to auditor
responsibility to detecting fraud.

Law Firm, Enron Settle for $18.5 Million
Though never sued by Enron, the firm of Andrews Kurth was the subject of
criticism by the company's court-appointed bankruptcy examiner.

Genesis supporters back sisters
More than 40 relatives and friends packed a courtroom this morning to show
support for two sisters accused of embezzling $500,000 from a Fresno foster care
and group home.

Woman charged with embezzlement
Pennsylvania woman was charged yesterday with embezzling $6.9 million from a
Rehoboth construction firm using a scheme outlined by prosecutors in which she
accumulated a Vermont ranch, a stable of show horses, a fleet of custom cars,
and an extensive list of other luxury items.