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#489 Updated: 10/12/07 12:40 p.m.

Talent Crunch for Accountants Is Global
Employers around the world continue to feel the effects of a shortage of accounting and
finance professionals, according to the recently released Robert Half International Global
Financial Employment Monitor.   Full story, smartpros.com

Internal Auditors Face Bigger Expectations
Internal auditors are being stretched thin with demands for not only increased financial
reporting compliance, but also work related to fraud detection, contracts, transactions and
business performance improvement, according to a new survey.   Full story, webcpa.com

DOCTOR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR $21M MEDICARE FRAUD
The evidence at trial showed that Jayshree Patel, M.D., falsely certified in excess of 1,900
Medicare beneficiaries for a motorized wheelchair.   FBI press release.

Eight charged in U.S. Export-Import bank fraud scheme
Eight people have been charged in connection with an $80 million scheme to defraud the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, federal prosecutors said on Thursday. Full story,
reuters.com

Convicted fine art fraud sentenced again
A thirty-year state prison sentence was handed out to a Pinellas County man who violated
terms of his probation stemming from a fraud conviction 13 years ago, a release from
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's office said.   Full story, bizjournals.com

Woman jailed in embezzlement case
A former bookkeeper for the Fresno Convention and Visitors Bureau was sentenced
Wednesday to three months in the county jail as well as a lengthy probation term for
embezzling nearly $50,000 from the nonprofit agency.   Full story, fresnobee.com
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