Insider Trading: Massive Investigation in the Works

Various news outlets are reporting that federal authorities are working on what sounds like a massive case to prosecute about 120 individua...

Olympus Fraud: More to the Story

Bloomberg-Business Week had a great story about Michael Woodford, former President and CEO of Olympus, and how he came to be the person to ...

Affinity Fraud--A Radio Interview

Check out this radio segment (Segment 2) where Mark talks about affinity fraud.

Catching up on fraud in the news

Olympus Scandal Leads to Arrests : Seven employees have been arrested in conjunction with the alleged financial statement fraud at Olympus. ...

What Do I Have Against Lance?

I was told by a friend that someone asked him what I have against Lance. Maybe others have also wondered that. Before I get to that, let me ...

Lance Armstrong Investigation: Skeptics at ESPN

I just read a thought piece at ESPN about the Lance Armstrong investigation being suddenly dropped this past week. The author offers severa...

Lance Armstrong Investigation: Petition Opened

I received an email today that informed me about a petition on the White House website asking for President Obama's administration to lo...

Lance Armstrong Investigation: More to the Story

Several news outlets (including NPR, VeloNation and CyclingNews) are reporting that the decision to drop the criminal charges against Lance ...

Contador Ruling: Stripped of Tour de France Title

VeloNation is reporting that the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled on Alberto Contador and, to my surprise, they found that his...

The SEC's Record with Large Ponzi Schemes: Not So Hot

I've been listening to Harry Markopolos's book, "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller" (I recommend it by the wa...

Lance Armstrong Investigation: What Did We Learn?

As you've probably heard, it was announced yesterday that the Grand Jury investigation that involved Lance Armstrong's alleged crimi...

Stanford Trial: Two Friends Become Enemies

The NY Times discusses how the trial regarding the alleged Ponzi scheme run by R. Allen Stanford will pit Stanford against his long-time fr...