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Accountants Behaving Badly: Fraud Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Fraud Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

  • Jason Bramwell
  • June 8, 2021

I never thought I’d ever write the words “egg accountant busted in embezzlement scheme” but […]

Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
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Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day

  • Jason Bramwell
  • April 6, 2021

After being indicted last week on 35 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation […]

Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
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Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day

  • Jason Bramwell
  • February 24, 2021

If you search for reviews on Yelp of the best tax preparation firms in the […]

Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
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Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day

  • Jason Bramwell
  • February 2, 2021

Like father, like son. On Nov. 5, 2013, Cleo Reed was sentenced to 30 months […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: DOJ Has Been Busy Busting CPAs For a Variety of Crimes
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Accountants Behaving Badly: DOJ Has Been Busy Busting CPAs For a Variety of Crimes

  • Jason Bramwell
  • January 25, 2021

Plus, a Louisiana tax preparer who pleaded guilty to four counts of tax fraud will […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Insider Trader Settles with SEC, Embezzler Gets Jail Time, Maritime Thief
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Insider Trader Settles with SEC, Embezzler Gets Jail Time, Maritime Thief

  • Jason Bramwell
  • June 9, 2020

Plus, accountant’s tax fraud conviction upheld in court, and a Canadian accountant is banned by […]

Tax Preparers Behaving Badly: Getting Barred, Facing Jail Sentence, Doin’ Time
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Tax Preparers Behaving Badly: Getting Barred, Facing Jail Sentence, Doin’ Time

  • Jason Bramwell
  • March 23, 2020

Usually this column is reserved for accountants doing bad things. But this week we are […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-UAW President Charged with Embezzlement, Not Guilty Plea In Theft Case, Tax Fraud Sentencing
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-UAW President Charged with Embezzlement, Not Guilty Plea In Theft Case, Tax Fraud Sentencing

  • Jason Bramwell
  • March 9, 2020

Plus, an accountant in India was arrested for secretly recording videos of women taking baths, […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-Senator’s Tax Guy Gets 18 Months, Embezzling $65M From Clients, Swindling Chamber of Commerce
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Ex-Senator’s Tax Guy Gets 18 Months, Embezzling $65M From Clients, Swindling Chamber of Commerce

  • Jason Bramwell
  • January 13, 2020

Plus, retired Arkansas accountant pleads guilty to bank fraud, and soon-to-be-jailed Wisconsin accountant used stolen […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Too Many Pints, Fraudster Gets 18 Months In Jail, Egypt Tax Authority Chief Arrested
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Too Many Pints, Fraudster Gets 18 Months In Jail, Egypt Tax Authority Chief Arrested

  • Jason Bramwell
  • January 6, 2020

Plus, a couple of tax preparers thought they could get away with defrauding the IRS. […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Deloitte Malaysia Partner Fined, Guilty Plea In $1.2M Scam, Jailed for Xmas
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Deloitte Malaysia Partner Fined, Guilty Plea In $1.2M Scam, Jailed for Xmas

  • Jason Bramwell
  • December 30, 2019

Plus, several tax preparers have run afoul of the law. SC fines Deloitte’s partner for […]

Accountants Behaving Badly: Drugs and Sex Trafficking, Bookkeeper Busted for Embezzlement, Visa Fraud
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Accountants Behaving Badly: Drugs and Sex Trafficking, Bookkeeper Busted for Embezzlement, Visa Fraud

  • Jason Bramwell
  • November 11, 2019

Plus, a bunch of tax preparers are going to be spending some quality time in […]

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Daily Wire is Pissed Off About a PwC Career Program That Excludes White and Asian Candidates

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • February 7, 2025

Although this should have been on their radar already because PwC got sued by America First Legal over it two years ago, conservative muckraking site Daily Wire has just now…

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  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 7, 2024

Comment on "How are layoffs decisions really made?" via r/Big4 If it backfires so what, they were going to lay you off anyway. I really hope this advice gets sucked…

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Weekend Discussion: Let’s Talk Counteroffers

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 29, 2024

Earlier this week, a recruiter told me a story about a job seeker who was already employed but looking to jump elsewhere. She interviewed with a firm that really loved…

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