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| _________::::____#52 - October 20, 2005_________________ |
| Updated: 10/20/05 7:11 a.m. 10/20/05 Auditor: Watch out for fraud - Take it from Cynthia Cooper, who helped uncover the biggest corporate-fraud case in U.S. history: Your firm, too, can cook the books. 10/20/05 Lay to detail his views in speech just weeks before trial - Most criminal defendants avoid the limelight before their trial, but former Enron Chairman Ken Lay has agreed to step into it. 10/19/05 More KPMG Execs Indicted over Shelters - The government added 10 defendants to its indictment in the KPMG LLP tax shelter investigation, including the Big Four accounting firm's former chief financial officer, bringing the number of people charged in the case to 19 10/19/05 Snitch in time saves bucks - In an effort to weed out potential cheaters, slackers and fraudsters, the city is preparing to launch its own version of a Snitch Line. 10/19/05 ITT Educational Settles California Fraud Probe -ITT Educational Services Inc., which operates ITT Technical Institutes across the country, agreed to pay $725,000 to settle an investigation by the California attorney general’s office. 10/19/05 4 arrested in $4-million mortgage fraud - Four men are facing numerous charges in a case where police say investors were lured into a mortgage fraud scheme worth $3.9 million. |