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Business News tagged with fraud

Pfizer Fined $2.3 Billion in Drug-Marketing Case
Business  (tags: Pfizer, fined, drug-marketing, illegal, painkiller, illegally, marketing, fraud, bigpharma )

Kellie
- 82 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
The drug giant pleads guilty to illegally marketing Bextra, a painkiller removed in 2005. It's fined for illegally marketing 13 drugs.
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US Credit Fraud
Business  (tags: ethics, fraud, dishonesty, Rip-Off, money, corporate, business, economy )

Sentinels
- 142 days ago - care2.com
I am not sure how best to go about raising the alarm about an insidious form of 'Rip-Off' by a major US Retailer... so I will post it on this thread and perhaps the word will get out to other Care2 members!
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Bernard Madoff Gets Maximum 150 Years in Prison
Business  (tags: Madoff, sentenced, 150 years, corruption, fraud, Ponzi scheme )

Little
- 147 days ago - boston.com
NEW YORK--Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment.
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The Ultimate Guide to Ponzi Schemes: Biggest, Oldest, Madoff and More
Business  (tags: Money, Bernard Madoff, Ponzi, Fraud, USA )

Jollygirl
- 256 days ago - bankling.com
Let's take a look at the Madoff scheme, then dig into the history and inner machinations of Ponzi schemes, so we can figure out how to better protect ourselves in the future.
4 comments
Wachovia Sends $150 Million To Victims Of Telemarketing Fraud
Business  (tags: consumers, dishonesty, telemarketing, fraud, Wachovia, reimbursements, settlement, banking )

Summer
- 343 days ago - money.cnn.com
Wachovia Corp. (WB) has begun to reimburse victims of a telemarketing fraud as part of its April settlement with U.S. banking regulators, mailing nearly 750, 000 checks totaling more than $150 million to the victims.
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Wall Street Banks in $70 Billion Staff Payout
Business  (tags: fraud, corruption, govgovernment )

David
- 399 days ago - truthout.org
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10 percent of US government bailout package.
3 comments
Senator Max Baucus Wants Answers From Bernanke About AIG
Business  (tags: AIG, Max Baucus, Ben Bernanke, bailout, fraud, corruption )

RC
- 410 days ago - bloomberg.com
Senate Finance Committee chairman Baucus asked for hard answers about AIG and its free-spending activities and wants a reply by October 23. One of his major questions: "Who can we fire?"
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Paulson's Conflict of Interest
Business  (tags: corruption, fraud, treason, finance )

David
- 425 days ago - thinkprogress.org
Paulson holds 500 million in Goldman shares, now Buffet is putting five billion into Goldman. Why? Because, he has a guarantee from Paulson that Goldman will be supported by taxpayers.
5 comments
How Fraud Fueled the Mortgage Crisis
Business  (tags: Fraud, Housing, Mortgage Crisis )

Barry
- 567 days ago - opednews.com
Despite its widespread role, fraud hasn't yet been at the forefront of proposed rescue plans, which center on refinancing people out of loans now resetting to higher rates. That may begin to change as the mortgage market continues a meltdown
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Bear Stearns Buy-Out... 100% Fraud
Business  (tags: banking, banks, Bear Stearns, Buy Bout, JP Morgan, fraud )

Ben
- 585 days ago - optionsforemployees.com
This article is about how the Bear Stearns collapse was artificially created so insiders could get massively short prior and how J.P. Morgan would in effect be paid $55 Billion of US tax payer money to shore up themselves to buy Bear Stearns.
1 comment
Woman to Record Industry: Stop Spying
Business  (tags: society, Music, Spying, Fraud, Racketeering )

Katie
- 618 days ago - hosted.ap.org
A woman who claims the recording industry's anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying.
3 comments
ATM Machine Fraud Techniques
Business  (tags: atm, fraud, technique, bank, money )

Djole
- 619 days ago - fun-brainiac.com
ATM Fraud or Cash Money Theft is as old as the machines themselves. It can have very devastating effects on the victims, still it is not considered as one of the major fraud threats.
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Countrywide Reportedly Under FBI Investigation
Business  (tags: money, business, mortgage company, fraud, lenders, news, society )


- 625 days ago - money.cnn.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The FBI has launched an investigation into the lending practices of battered home lender Countrywide Financial Corp. according to a U.S. government official, CNN has learned. The mortgage company is suspected of fraud, the
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US Prison Beckons Trio of Disgraced British Bankers Who Got Cosy With Enron
Business  (tags: US, UK, Houston, federal courthouse, Enron, fraud, British bankers, The NatWest Three, disgraced, convicted, jail sentences )

Alba
- 640 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Known as the NatWest 3, trio to be sentenced to lengthy jail stretches by US judge for stealing $7.3m in complex Enron-related fraud that sparked a row over UK extradition policy.Their dealings with Enron went far deeper than a single transaction
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Rogue Trader in £3.6bn Fraud Threatens to 'Name Names' - France
Business  (tags: france, trader, millions, bank, fraud, executives )

Chrissy
- 666 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The rogue trader accused of defrauding France's second largest bank out of £3.6billion is believed to have been part of a gang. Executives at Societe Generale had originally insisted that 31-yearold Jerome Kerviel acted alone.
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