Manhattan D.A.: Stiffer Penalties Needed for Wall Street

One of the subjects that I routinely discuss in my White Collar Crime classes is whether or not current sentencing guidelines for white collar criminals are sufficient enough to deter the crime. … [Read more...]

John David: Financial crime running rampant

On Friday, I posted a blog piece referencing a study which suggested corporate fraud was down last quarter. Then, today, I stumbled on this piece which discusses how financial crimes are running … [Read more...]

Tough Times Breed Financial Cons

Fraud exists in all economic situations… good or bad. But the one thing we know for sure is that in a depressed economy the amount of fraud increases dramatically, across all industries, especially … [Read more...]