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THE DARK SIDE: The polar bears don’t need your money
Wisconsin law governing fraudulent misrepresentations can fairly be described as charitable. It’s too bad the law doesn’t apply to so-called charities, which are some of the worst fraudsters operating in this state.
FRAUD FILES: Ways to help prevent corporate fraud
Executives have the means to commit and cover up the largest frauds.
Brookfield attorney seeks license resignation (UPDATE)
A Brookfield attorney facing felony fraud charges wants to surrender his law license in Wisconsin.
Nurse accused of stealing narcotic from hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is accused of stealing a narcotic from the Twin Cities hospital where she worked as a nurse. Forty-five-year-old Della Rae Thalin of New Richmond, Wis., was charged Monday in federal court. Thalin is charged with one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Prosecutors allege that between Feb. […]
Milwaukee Co. employees charged in Foodshare fraud
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three employees of the Milwaukee County Department of Health Services and two others have been charged with defrauding Wisconsin’s FoodShare program out of more than $350,000. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the sheriff’s office announced the three are suspected of issuing fraudulent Quest cards, used by program participants to buy food. The […]
Company accused of defrauding 5 Wis. school districts (UPDATE)
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are accusing brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus & Co. of civil fraud in its sales of risky complex investments to five Wisconsin school districts that lost all of the $200 million they invested. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the lawsuit Wednesday against St. Louis-based […]
Mixed results in Koss securities fraud suit
The class action on behalf of shareholders of Koss Corp. may proceed, at least in part.
Waste panel identifies millions in savings
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin could save at least $266 million a year by clamping down on fraud in public assistance programs, tweaking overtime policies and implementing efficiency ideas state agencies have been developing, according to a report the governor’s waste and fraud commission released Tuesday. The panel found a […]
4 charged in mortgage fraud scheme
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four people from Minnesota and Wisconsin are charged in what authorities are calling a “sophisticated mortgage fraud scheme” involving fake documents — including phony divorce decrees and the forged signature of a Minnesota judge. The case involves the sales of foreclosed properties in the Twin Cities area and tens of millions of […]
Stevens Point man gets probation for sales scheme
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Stevens Point man to probation for defrauding a Sony Corp. sales incentive program. According to court documents, 43-year-old Daniel Weiler worked as a manager at Furniture & ApplianceMart. He was fired in June 2007, but he continued to submit fake sales invoices on Sony products […]
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