Madoff victims get some money

It was reported today that victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme received $530 million which was guaranteed by the Securities Invest...

Madoff friend found dead in his pool

The Madoff case seems to get crazier each time a news report comes out on it! Last week's allegations were deemed too speculative for u...

Insider Trading Loss

More on Raj Rajaratnam's alleged insider trading scheme : the alleged scheme produced a net loss for defendants (from NYT ): Raj Rajarat...

Marc Dreier on 60 Minutes

This 60 Minutes segment on Marc Dreier is very candid and well worth the 13 minutes it takes to watch:

Catching Up: A Few Links

Another reminder that tax incentives and poor oversight are a great recipe for fraud (via WSJ ): ...Des Moines, population 200,000, is deali...

Alleged Insider Trading

You may have seen recent reports in the news of an alleged insider trading ring.  The WSJ points out that the "prominence of the alleg...

Enron Update

The WSJ reports that the Supreme Court will consider the appeal of Jeffrey Skilling, former President, CEO, and COO of Enron: The justices a...

Medicare fraud

Medicare fraud is a huge problem and has many dimensions. I've heard promises that the health care reform proposals will be partially fu...

The Madoff trustee has been busy lately...

The WSJ has reported two major lawsuits filed recently by the Madoff trustee. The first was reported yesterday and involves a $7.2 billion ...