Farmer’s guilty plea may signal tough new attitude on fake organics

Agricultural Department Gets Tough on Fake Organic Farmers A fertilizer producer in San Joaquin, California who had already pleaded guilty to fraud charges is likely to face more legal issues in light of a new and more aggressive federal effort to crack.

Is America's Judicial System Biased Along Color Lines Studies reported by "New Century Foundation" and allegedly confirmed by the FBI's National Crime Victimization Survey state the Justice System is not prejudiced against minorities. The New Century Foundation was founded in 1984 and.

The Patriot Act Storms a Nevada Strip Club According to some, Ben Franklin said: "Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Franklin's quote was a little different and said under different circumstances — he couldn't have.

                  The Better Business Bureau calls it one of the biggest crimes currently hitting Middle Tennessee. It’s one of the oldest scams on the books, just dressed up to trick people into parting with.

Peter Henning, former SEC lawyer, offers some expert thoughts on the NYT's Dealbook.  He notes a bunch of red flags: a single advisor (Madoff), tiny accounting firm outside of NYC with no other investment business clients ("[a]single investment manager and an almost non-existent auditor is a.

Today’s W$J covers the problems at Krispy Kreme.  There is what looks like possible accounting fraud – shading earnings to show continued growth.  Small adjustments can be very significant, given irrational market reaction to earnings “thresholds.” Indeed, this is the sort of.

Tom Johnson was in Washington DC Christmas Day. The computer executive had taken the red-eye from Las Vegas to the Capital to make sure to spend Christmas morning with his kids. According to credit card receipts, Tom was also in Ft Lauderdale,.

A fraud investigator from the U.K. makes an excellent point in the comments on one of my previous entries about the Entwistles (simply scroll down this blog’s main page, or query “Entwistle” in the search box on that page), that some of.