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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:53 PM

Misappropriation

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Misappropriation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Report: No Link Between Fraud and Companies Hurt by Downturn

PricewaterhouseCoopers unveiled its 5th Global Economic Crime Survey on Thursday at a luncheon at the 21 Club in Manhattan. And the results weren't exactly what the global accounting firm expected.PwC found that there was no correlation between the level ... [The American Lawyer - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Fraud, Corruption, Bribery

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Middle managers main culprits in business fraud rise, says PriceWaterhouseCoopers

The past year has seen a continued hike in reports of accounting fraud and a sharp rise in crime committed by middle managers, according to PwC’s Global Economic Survey.The survey of over 3,000 senior representatives of organisations in 54 countries found ... [En the Web - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Fraud, Crime, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Russia has world's most fraudulent economy: survey

* PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals fraud 12% up from 2007 MOSCOW: Russia has the world's most fraudulent economy, and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime have done little to stop its spread during the global financial downturn, said PricewaterhouseCoopers ... [Daily Times - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Fraudulent, Russia, Corruption, Kenya

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Townships to be built for flood-hit people

Centre must relax CRF norms, says Chief Minister Consider report on relief work seriously THINTHANI (GULBARGA DT.): Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Friday that his Government had decided to construct townships with all amenities for the people ... [The Hindu - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Gulbarga, Darga, Rehabilitation, Misappropriation, B S Yeddyurappa

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Manager theft up 20pc

Fraud is rife in the workplace, with tough times driving middle management employees to plunder company funds to fix their own financial woes.A report from tax and accountancy specialist PricewaterhouseCoopers says more than 40 percent of New Zealand ... [stuff.co.nz - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Fraud, New Zealand, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Go Wellington

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Retailer counts its $19 million losses

UPHEAVAL and confusion caused by a strategic review helped a Clive Peeters employee allegedly steal $19.4 million from the company and invest it in real estate.''There was so much structural change going on,'' managing director Greg Smith said at yesterday's ... [The Age - 11/20/2009]

Entities: CLIVE PEETERS LIMITED, Greg Smith, Fiscal Year, Misappropriation

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Anonymous Comment Costs School Employee His Job

Most of us have blogs, right? How do you react to anonymous vulgar comments? Hit SPAM, right? Yeah, me too. And so did the Director of Social Media for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Kurt Greenbaum. The first time. But when the anonymous commenter again ... [WebProNews Feed - 11/19/2009]

Entities: IP Address, Moral Rights, Misappropriation, Libel

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

GBC, Information Quizzed Over Misappropriation At Volta Star

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament yesterday quizzed officials of the Ministry of Information and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) over the misappropriation of GH58,190 by an accounts officer at the Volta Star Radio from 2002 to ... [Graphic Ghana - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Misappropriation, Landlord, Interdiction

First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 Documents

Pakistan's last refuge

On the continuing theme of "what Pakistanis think" on various issues, an article in The Nation (a newspaper mostly known for calling out American journalists as spies and forcing them to leave the country) sums up the sheer exasperation quietly expressed ... [Abu Muqawama - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Transparency International, Salmaan Taseer

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Economic Crime Up In Tough Times

As the economy has turned down, accounting fraud has turned sharply higher. That's the conclusion of an annual survey on economic crime by accountants at PricewaterhouseCoopers.Behind the trend are corporate executives under mounting pressure to fudge ... [Forbes.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Accounting Fraud, Crime, Embezzlement, Class Action

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Govt plans to implement e-procurement nationwide

The newly established Government Procurement Regulatory Body (LKPP) plans to implement electronic procurement systems in all government institutions as its main target, in a bid to save the state money from inefficiencies.LKPP chairman Roestam Sjarief ... [Jakarta Post - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Misappropriation, Yogyakarta, Blacklisted

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents

'Lawyer You Can Trust' Gets Prison for Theft

The Web site for Raymond A. Desautels III once boasted that he was "a lawyer you can trust." Last week, the disbarred Massachusetts lawyer was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for misappropriating $1.99 million from a client's account, reports the Telegram ... [Law.com - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Theft, Pleading, Misappropriation, Wire Fraud, State Court

Quotes

...He said "its not so much of a long road to walk as a steep cliff to climb." The PwC report follows the annual publication of the corruption index by Transparency International, which ranked Russia, one of the world's largest...

Russia has world's most fraudulent economy: survey [Daily Times - 14 hours ago]

"Where the industry was having a great time, Clive Peeters was totally going against the trend because of the cash misappropriation" Mr Smith said

Peeters pilferer protected by review [Sydney Morning Herald - 20 hours ago]

...'I don't think New Zealand is as crime or fraud-free as people think,' PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic services director Alex Tan said. "Most prevalent here is what we call 'asset misappropriation', or stealing money. That's what people in New Zealand like they like stealing the money." This year nine bus drivers were sacked after allegedly swindling Go Wellington of $20,000 worth of bus fares between May and June the scam was reportedly...

Manager theft up 20pc [stuff.co.nz - 11/19/2009]

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Canadian businesses report higher levels of fra... [Canada One - 13 hours ago]
Russia has world's most fraudulent economy: survey [Daily Times - 14 hours ago]
PricewaterhouseCoopers survey places Russia at ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 19 hours ago]
Media Availability with Secretary Gates and Can... [Defense Link - 20 hours ago]
Secretary Gates Remarks at the Halifax Internat... [Defense Link - 20 hours ago]
Peeters pilferer protected by review [Sydney Morning Herald - 20 hours ago]
Townships to be built for flood-hit people [The Hindu - 11/20/2009]
Townships for flood-hit people [The Hindu - 11/20/2009]
Govt plans to implement e-procurement nationwide [Jakarta Post - 11/20/2009]
Economic Crime Up In Tough Times [Forbes.com - 11/20/2009]
PwC Says Insurance Sector In Top Tier Of Fraud ... [National Underwriter - 11/20/2009]
Russia tops global fraud survey [Globe Investor - 11/20/2009]
Russia is worst country for fraud [Irish Times - 11/20/2009]
Retailer counts its $19 million losses [The Age - 11/20/2009]
JP Morgan's New Report Offers Best Practices To... [Banking Business Review - 11/20/2009]
Secretary Gates Remarks at the National Guard J... [Defense Link - 11/20/2009]
DoD News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Rob... [Defense Link - 11/20/2009]
Report: No Link Between Fraud and Companies Hur... [The American Lawyer - 11/20/2009]
Lillard Wise Szygenda Secures No-Liability Jury... [Zibb - 11/20/2009]
Judge Denies Ellie Mae’s Request to Dismiss [HousingWire.com - 11/19/2009]
Anonymous Comment Costs School Employee His Job [WebProNews - 11/19/2009]
Russia Ranked No. 1 For Economic Crime [Moscow Times - 11/19/2009]
Lillard Wise Szygenda Secures No-Liability Jury... [Business Wire UK - 11/19/2009]
Economic crime rate rises in Canada, report says [Reuters Canada - 11/19/2009]
More bosses with hands in the till [National Business Review - 11/19/2009]
Manager theft up 20pc [stuff.co.nz - 11/19/2009]
Russia Leads the World in Economic Crime, Repor... [Moscow Times - 11/19/2009]
Manager theft up 20pc in a year [stuff.co.nz - 11/19/2009]
Middle managers defrauding employers to maintai... [CAMag Online - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Pakistan's last refuge [Abu Muqawama - 7 hours ago] On the continuing theme of "what Pakistanis think" on various issues, an article in The Nation (a newspaper mostly known for calling out American journalists as ...
Burma to ‘double output’ of gas by 2020 [Asian Energy - 11/20/2009] Nov 19, 2009 (DVB)–Burma is to double its output of natural gas in the next 10 years, the country’s sole operator of oil and gas production told a regional trade ...
European Union rejects calls for "Palestin... [Jihad Watch - 11/17/2009] That's one way of putting it, with Hamas as intent as ever as destroying Israel, and Fatah's remaining committed to armed "resistance" despite its attempts at putting ...
Microsoft, ex-employee settle lawsuit over frau... [The Microsoft Blog - 11/17/2009] Microsoft and a former employee have settled a multiparty lawsuit that entangled allegations of patent infringement, fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets ...
Microsoft, former employee settle over spying c... [ZDNet Blogs - 11/17/2009] Microsoft and a former employee have settled over claims of fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract. ...

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