The University of Arizona Foundation and two of their largest donors, Karl and Stevie Eller, have filed suit against Swiss bank UBS for its role in an abusive tax shelter scheme. The Ellers’ previously donated $23 million to the University. The lawsuit claims that UBS was acting as the Ellers’ financial advisor and that they […]
Healthcare Fraud Defendant Bought 20 Cars With Tax Dollars
Prosecutors claim Regina Swims-King defrauded the federal Medicare program out of millions of dollars. She was charged with several counts of healthcare fraud earlier this year but the indictment was sealed and only last week did more details about her alleged spending spree using tax dollars emerge. According to the indictment, Swims-King owns Angelic Hospice, […]
Seattle MD Faces Medicare Fraud Charges
A Seattle physician has been charged with Medicare fraud. Published reports claim Bruce Chen was falsely billing for visiting patients. While that may sound more like an oversight or paperwork error, the government says some of the patients allegedly seen by Chen were dead while at other times he wasn’t even in the United States. […]
Cockroaching – New Trend in Investment Fraud Cases
“Cockroaching” – I must admit until I picked up today’s Wall Street Journal, I wasn’t familiar with term. Although the term was new to me, the underlying practice is unfortunately well known in the world of investment fraud lawyers. Cockroaching refers to the practice of stockbrokers jumping from one troubled brokerage firm to another. The […]
Looking For Former Globe University Students / Workers – False Claims Act Case
We are looking to speak with former students and employees of Globe University. Globe is a for-profit school with locations in Wisconsin (Appleton, Madison, Wausau, Eau Claire, Green Bay & La Crosse), Minnesota (Minneapolis, Woodbury & Moorhead) and South Dakota (Sioux Falls). Globe also operates an online degree program. Presently we are investigating possible violations […]
Whistleblower Case Leads to Settlement, Class Action Suit
Five students have filed a class action lawsuit against for profit Globe University after an earlier whistleblower case resulted in a $395,000 judgment against the school. The students claim the university misleads prospective students and lies about job placement rates. Earlier this summer, a former dean of the school, Heidi Weber, won a $395,000 judgment after […]
CPA Disbarred For Stealing… From His Daughter – Accounting Malpractice
Like all professions, accountants have a few bad apples in their ranks. Everyone makes mistakes now and then and when a CPA makes an error, it’s called Accounting Malpractice. Sometimes the errors involve a missed deadline. Sometimes professionals fail to keep up with changes in the law (after all, there are only 73,608 pages of […]
Whistleblower Receives $14 Million from SEC
The government may be shut down for a few days but one lucky whistleblower will soon be receiving a check for $14,000,000.00 according to the SEC. Although the whistleblower chose to remain anonymous, we do know that his or her information helped the government recover tens of millions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors. […]
Israeli Tax Cop Indicted for Fraud, Theft
We normally don’t write stories about corrupt cops. But when the cop is a lead investigator in the Israeli Tax Authority and the Israeli Police, we take notice. When we learn that he allegedly targeted the victims of cases he was assigned, we really take notice. The Times of Israel reported earlier this summer that […]
Tired Old Boys’ Clubs — A Lesson on How the Eras End
[Ed. Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Re:Balance, a blog published by Attorney Jim Peterson. Jim’s views on the Big Four accounting firms seem to be very much in line with ours. Enjoy!] Tired Old Boys’ Clubs — A Lesson on How the Eras End by Jim Peterson, Esq.Can a long-vibrant institution be […]
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