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Tesco Bank Deals with Digital Heist

Megan Lewczyk
November 10, 2016

Cybersecurity experts and IT auditors better saddle up — the world just experienced its first […]

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IRS Scammers Coming Right at YOU, Tax Professionals

Caleb Newquist
August 11, 2016

We've talked before about how unlikely it would be for an accountant to fall for […]

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Accountant Who Stole From Chicago Cubs, Cancer Patient Well On His Way to Making Enemies Out of Just About Everyone

Caleb Newquist
July 6, 2016

There's probably nothing more agonizing in the world of sports than being a Chicago Cubs […]

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White-Collar Crime Watch: An Online Dating Scam, A Fake CPA, and A Tax-Evading Stripper

Leona May
June 15, 2016

My grandma got wrapped up in an illegal money-making scheme once. She started taping movies […]

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FYI: IRS Doesn’t Accept Payments via iTunes Gift Cards

Caleb Newquist
April 25, 2016

I guess TIGTA needed to put this out there: The Treasury Inspector General for Tax […]

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CPA Given Five Years to Think on ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’

Caleb Newquist
April 5, 2016

California CPA Donald Gridiron was sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing more than […]

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White-Collar Crime Watch: Polygamists, Fixed Tennis Matches, An Unfunny Accountant

Leona May
March 23, 2016

Recently, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese claimed that it switched the ingredients in our beloved cheese […]

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White-Collar Crime Watch: a Whistleblower, a Hero Helicopter Pilot and a Dirty CPA Who Cleaned Money

Leona May
February 25, 2016

This month in white-collar crime: Will you use your accounting skills for good or for […]

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White Collar Fraud Watch: a Dancing CFO, a Spanish Princess and a Vatican Accountant

Leona May
January 27, 2016

An embezzling CFO, a tax-evading princess, and a money-laundering Vatican accountant walk into a bar. Oh, sorry, I meant a court room, to answer for their respective white collar crimes. This may sound like another GC witticism -– we think we’re hilarious over here -– but this time, I didn’t make anything up. As it turns out, these individuals are an actual bunch of white collar scofflaws. True story.