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#482 Updated: 10/1/07 9:28 a.m.

First Steps: Work from home, lose your money
Before quitting your real job, you need to know two things about virtually all of the work-
from-home opportunities advertised on TV, the Web, newspaper classifieds and Craigslist.  
Full story, journalnow.com

MBA Study Examines Fraud Committed Against Mortgage Lenders
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released Mortgage Fraud: Strengthening
Federal and State Mortgage Fraud Prevention Efforts, the next in a series of policy papers
designed to inform and shape the debate surrounding important issues affecting the real
estate finance industry.  Full story, mortgagebankers.org

Embezzlement catches businessman off guard
Ken MacKenzie, who represents his family’s fourth generation at the helm of MacKenzie
Machine Inc., is dealing with something none of his predecessors ever imagined: the
alleged theft of company funds by a trusted office manager.   Full story, nhregister.com

Former civilian procurement official for Army speaks on ethics at Loyola Marymount
University
Like so many others who often find themselves in the middle of extraordinary
circumstances, Bunnatine "Bunny" Hayes Greenhouse never expected to be the object of
attention by government officials, ethics advocates and United States senators for her role
as a high-ranking government whistleblower.   Full story, argonautnewspaper.com

Beach pastor charged with embezzling from church
Police said he stole money from Praise 3 Ministries on First Colonial Road between August
2004 and October 2006.  Police said he stole money from Praise 3 Ministries on First
Colonial Road between August 2004 and October 2006.   Full story, hamptonroads.com

SEC accuses Culver City e-commerce firm of fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday sued Culver City-based Meridian
Holdings Inc. and two people connected with the company, alleging that they fraudulently
used a $30-million default judgment in a lawsuit to boost earnings.   Full story, latimes.com

Businessman involved in airport contract scandal must repay $1.5 million
A Detroit contractor who lavished cash and gifts on a Wayne County airport official and his
wife to win $30 million in airport contracts, has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million
to settle a civil suit resulting from the scandal.  Full story, freep.com


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