Ethics 4 CPAs http://ethics4cpas.com Just another WordPress site Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:41:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Ethically Speaking – December 2011 http://ethics4cpas.com/ethically-speaking-december-2011/ http://ethics4cpas.com/ethically-speaking-december-2011/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:41:02 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=463 http://ethics4cpas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Ethically-Speaking.pdf

]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/ethically-speaking-december-2011/feed/ 0 PwC Reports Increase in Fraud, Cyber Crime http://ethics4cpas.com/pwc-reports-increase-in-fraud-cyber-crime/ http://ethics4cpas.com/pwc-reports-increase-in-fraud-cyber-crime/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:37:48 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=460 Although not unexpected, cybercrime is on the rise. The PwC reports sheds some light on the nature of cybercrime and overviews who is involved.

PwC Reports Increase in Fraud

]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/pwc-reports-increase-in-fraud-cyber-crime/feed/ 0 Anti-Fraud Resources You Can’t Live Without http://ethics4cpas.com/anti-fraud-resources-you-can%e2%80%99t-live-without/ http://ethics4cpas.com/anti-fraud-resources-you-can%e2%80%99t-live-without/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:35:53 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=452 http://www.acfeinsights.com/acfe-insights/2011/11/9/anti-fraud-resources-you-cant-live-without.html

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]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/fraud-targets-seniors-with-real-estate-investments/feed/ 0 Promises Made, and Remade by Firms in SEC Fraud Cases http://ethics4cpas.com/promises-made-and-remade-by-firms-in-sec-fraud-cases/ http://ethics4cpas.com/promises-made-and-remade-by-firms-in-sec-fraud-cases/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:44:48 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=446 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/business/in-sec-fraud-cases-banks-make-and-break-promises.html?_r=1

]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/promises-made-and-remade-by-firms-in-sec-fraud-cases/feed/ 0 A Bribe By Any Other Name http://ethics4cpas.com/a-bribe-by-any-other-name/ http://ethics4cpas.com/a-bribe-by-any-other-name/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:43:43 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=443 http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/28/bribery-slang-jargon-leadership-managing-compliance.html

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]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/ethically-speaking-october-2011/feed/ 0 New Tool to Assist with Confidential Client Information http://ethics4cpas.com/new-tool-to-assist-with-confidential-client-information/ http://ethics4cpas.com/new-tool-to-assist-with-confidential-client-information/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:59:27 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=436 The AICPA has developed a nonauthoritative table entitled “Categories of Information” to supplement Ethics Ruling No. 2 “Disclosure of Client Information to Third Parties” under ET Section 391 – Ethics Rulings on Responsibilities to Clients.

http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/ProfessionalEthics/Resources/Tools/DownloadableDocuments/Categories-of-Information.pdf

]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/new-tool-to-assist-with-confidential-client-information/feed/ 0 Oracle agrees to $199.5-million settlement with U.S. http://ethics4cpas.com/oracle-agrees-to-199-5-million-settlement-with-u-s/ http://ethics4cpas.com/oracle-agrees-to-199-5-million-settlement-with-u-s/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:20:27 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=429 Oracle Corp has agreed to pay $199.5 million plus interest to settle allegations that the software giant failed to give promised discounts to the federal government, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oracle-20111007,0,7419087.story

 

]]> http://ethics4cpas.com/oracle-agrees-to-199-5-million-settlement-with-u-s/feed/ 0 Suit alleges banks and mortgage companies cheated veterans and U.S. taxpayers http://ethics4cpas.com/suit-alleges-banks-and-mortgage-companies-cheated-veterans-and-u-s-taxpayers/ http://ethics4cpas.com/suit-alleges-banks-and-mortgage-companies-cheated-veterans-and-u-s-taxpayers/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:17:30 +0000 admin http://ethics4cpas.com/?p=426 Some of the nation’s biggest banks and mortgage companies have defrauded veterans and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars by disguising illegal fees in veterans’ home refinancing loans, according to a whistleblower suit unsealed in federal court in Atlanta.

The suit accuses the companies, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and GMAC Mortgage, of engaging in “a brazen scheme to defraud both our nation’s veterans and the United States treasury” of millions of dollars in connection with home loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/suit-alleges-banks-and-mortgage-companies-cheated-veterans-and-us-taxpayers/2011/10/04/gIQATp4RLL_print.html

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