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| #247 Updated: 8/28/06 6:39 p.m. 08/29/06 Court: Scrushy must repay HealthSouth Richard Scrushy must repay HealthSouth Corp. $47,828,106 in bonuses he received from the company, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday, upholding a lower court's decision in a shareholder lawsuit. 08/29/06 Death Prompts China to Tell Auditors: Keep It Clean China's government has told its auditors to maintain a clean image after one of their colleagues reportedly died of alcohol poisoning while on an auditing assignment. 08/29/06 Who's Controlling the Controller? While debate goes on over internal control requirements for public companies of all sizes, private companies face control risks that range from overly-complex spreadsheets to the controller who decides to shun the IRS. 08/29/06 Software touted as tool to uncover mortgage fraud When mortgage fraud schemes unravel, their lack of sophistication is often surprising. 08/29/06 Prudential to Pay $600 Million to Settle Fund Probes Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, admitted to criminal wrongdoing and agreed to pay $600 million to avoid prosecution for improper mutual fund trading. 08/29/06 Amisil Alleges Fraud by PayPal Founder and His Fund Management Company A longtime investor in Clarium Capital Management today filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that the San Francisco-based hedge fund management company headed by PayPal founder Peter A. Thiel has been defrauding it for nearly a decade. 08/28/06 Gables Developer Rivero Arrested For Theft, Fraud Charged In Probe Of Low Income Housing Paid For, But Not Built 08/28/06 Former bank executive pleads guilty in fraud scheme A former bank loan officer has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling more than $500,000 through fake loans. |