http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles Certified Fraud Examiner Tracy Coenen discusses corporate fraud, financial investigations, forensic accounting, and fraud examinations. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 400878http://www.feedburner.com http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/24/no-secret-about-aol-budget-cuts/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/24/no-secret-about-aol-budget-cuts/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:20:47 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1706 I’ve been writing for AOL on WalletPop (consumer finance site) and BloggingStocks (public company analysis and news site) since December and it’s been fun. Word came down today that there are big (hopefully temporary) budget cuts and everyone is to stop blogging immediately. I toyed with the idea of writing about it here, but wasn’t [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/24/no-secret-about-aol-budget-cuts/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/shop-to-earn-attorney-gerald-nehra-forfeits-his-chance-to-retract-his-inappropriate-threats/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/shop-to-earn-attorney-gerald-nehra-forfeits-his-chance-to-retract-his-inappropriate-threats/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:23:27 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1705 Ronald J. Riley, a consumer advocate who has historically worked on behalf of inventors, became aware of the ShopToEarn situation last week. He was very adamant that the threats made by attorney Gerald Nehra on behalf of Shop To Earn and Shop To Earth were inappropriate and amounted to nothing more than corporate bullying of [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/shop-to-earn-attorney-gerald-nehra-forfeits-his-chance-to-retract-his-inappropriate-threats/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/the-blog-net-news-controversy/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/the-blog-net-news-controversy/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:04 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1704 Several months ago, I stumbled on Blog Net News (BNN) and liked what I saw. The site has different “channels” that focus on geographic areas or certain topics. Each channel aggregates the RSS feeds of various bloggers. For those who aren’t tech types, an “RSS feed” is basically an automated tool that sends out the title [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/the-blog-net-news-controversy/feed/ BNN http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/workplace-discrimination-against-women-largely-a-myth/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/workplace-discrimination-against-women-largely-a-myth/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:44:56 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1703 This morning someone sent me a link to this article on the mythical discrimination against women via corporate pay, thinking I’d be outraged. Except I agree with Steve Chapman: There’s no evidence supporting that claim, but it sure sounds great to say women are paid less for the same jobs. I ticked off some of my [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/23/workplace-discrimination-against-women-largely-a-myth/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/overstockcoms-mounting-accumulated-losses/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/overstockcoms-mounting-accumulated-losses/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:44:02 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1701 Today Patrick Byrne, CEO of the ever-flailing internet retailer Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) went on Fox Business to talk about naked short selling and conspiracy theories. And to whine about CNBC and the fact that he thinks people at CNBC take orders from Hedge funds: “They won’t let me on to talk about it.” Byrne was asked the [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/overstockcoms-mounting-accumulated-losses/feed/ OSTK http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/women-in-the-workforce-incompetence-versus-discrimination/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/women-in-the-workforce-incompetence-versus-discrimination/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:50:18 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1700 Women have been discriminated against in the workplace. I’m not pretending it doesn’t happen, because it does. There are “good old boys networks” and those can have a negative impact on women at work. But women need to get with the program and figure out when there’s discrimination and when they’re just incompetent (or at the [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/women-in-the-workforce-incompetence-versus-discrimination/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/deloitte-touche-its-good-to-be-partner/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/deloitte-touche-its-good-to-be-partner/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:38:00 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1699 There are many things wrong with the Big 4 accounting firms, and I predict that within 3 years (probably less) they will all be gone. But the partners are going to stay on the gravy train as long as they can. Make no mistake: Being partner at a Big 4 isn’t easy. It takes a lot [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/22/deloitte-touche-its-good-to-be-partner/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/how-not-to-handle-criticism-shop-to-earn-and-shop-to-earth/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/how-not-to-handle-criticism-shop-to-earn-and-shop-to-earth/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:24:04 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1697 Ben W. Glass, editor at Clarislaw.com and attorney, did a nice write-up last week of the ShopToEarn situation. He thinks attorney Gerald Nehra made a boo-boo when he wrongly threatened Everyday Finance and me because of our negative reviews of Shop To Earn and Shop To Earth. He gives a brief background on the original review [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/how-not-to-handle-criticism-shop-to-earn-and-shop-to-earth/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/the-paid-sick-leave-scam/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/the-paid-sick-leave-scam/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:14:16 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1696 On the November ballots, City of Milwaukee residents may have to vote on whether private employers should be required to provide paid sick leave for all employees. Here’s what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says about it: A coalition led by 9to5, the National Association of Working Women, has mounted a petition drive demanding an ordinance to require [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/the-paid-sick-leave-scam/feed/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/carnival-of-fraud-july-21-2008/ http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/carnival-of-fraud-july-21-2008/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:29:25 +0000 Tracy Coenen http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1693 Welcome to the July 21, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud. otherdeb (Deb Wunder) presents How my roommate accidentally blew this month?s rent posted at The Dangling Conversation. Leon Gettler presents No more corporate crime hardball posted at Sox First, saying, “In another sign that the administration is easing up on its fight against corporate crime, [...] http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/07/21/carnival-of-fraud-july-21-2008/feed/