MONEY LAUNDERING: NGO’S AND CHARITIES By L. Burke Files NGO’s and Charities have slowly evolved, under the radar, to become significant channels …
Financial
November 25, 2013
By L. Burke Files If you’re part of the John Cooke reading audience, chances are that you work for an insurance carrier, …
August 19, 2013
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL Identity Theft = two very scary words. Everyone knows those words. Everyone fears them. Everyone …
August 12, 2013
WHEN INSURERS CONSPIRE TO DEFRAUD By Barry Zalma Many individuals were involved in a farreaching and long-lasting scheme to deceive persons about …
August 1, 2013
MISSOURI MISERY When the U.S. Attorney’s office teams up with the Social Security Administration – Office of Inspector General, the Department of …
Born in 2006 as a division of Alikim Media (same parent as John Cooke), FFA is among the most extensive fraud education …
There’s nothing new about fraud. From fake jewels and cleverly plated gold in Phoenician times, all the way to the present, the …
At least six states are currently investigating American Family Benefits Group, Inc. (AFBG), marketers of a “too-good-to-be-true” opportunity. For a mere $99, …
January 24, 2013
by L. Burke Files Check fraud and counterfeiting have become the crimes of the 1990s. The US. Justice Department estimates that $10 …
January 13, 2013
It took a joint effort by the Maryland Insurance Administration, the Maryland State Police and the Office of the Attorney general, but …
January 2, 2013
Tully Plesser is heading off to serve a federal prison sentence. He also has the distinct honor (?) of holding a …
First there was the Better Life Club of America, Inc. (BLC). All one had to do was invest some money (usually from …
January 2, 2013
Big lenders are experiencing success with a new program that links them up with the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of …
January 2, 2013
By Larry Burke What follows is a frightening story; what makes it truly frightening is that it really happened. On a recent …
January 2, 2013
Allen Leslie Brinkley of West Palm Beach told an undercover Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agent that he (Brinkley) had been …
January 1, 2013
The purpose of this article is to familiarize the reader with the common security features of travelers checks, simple methods of detecting …
January 1, 2013
The United States. Paradise. Land of opportunity. A new life for Russian immigrants lucky enough to come here. Alexander Shindman, 30, …
December 31, 2012
Twelve years and $1.1 billion later, a former trader for Daiwa bank is convinced he has finally done the right thing. “I …
December 31, 2012
By Byron Bales China is rapidly becoming more accessible to outsiders. Just a few years ago, those who wanted to visit China …
December 31, 2012
UPS believed they had a big, big problem. Individuals were receiving packages with racial slurs and epithets. Inside some of the packages …
December 31, 2012
Florida resident Rosemary Doherty had an $8,000 limit on her credit card. One of the last purchases charged to the card was …
December 31, 2012
Membership in the Oregon-Idaho AAA Auto Club numbers 570,000. The club provides emergency road service, travel information and a traveler’s check banking …
December 31, 2012
Perhaps no one is safe any longer. In a scheme that a US District judge called bizarre and incredible, Christians from Maine …
December 30, 2012
Bad checks, also known as NSF checks, bounced checks, rubber checks, etc., can be a big problem for any credit department. There …
December 30, 2012
When the swindled clients began looking for their money, the pathway was framed with lies, deceit and dead-ends. Donald Marquis Bickerstaff, age …
December 30, 2012
San Antonio based USAA and Longwood insurance adjuster, Fleet Financial Corporation, are settling a lawsuit in which USAA has alleged Fleet committed …
December 30, 2012
This November, police in Brea, California, really had something to be thankful for. At 7:00 AM on the day before Thanksgiving, …
Gregory Gene Shell, operator of Panterra Numismatics in Dallas, is heading toward a Texas federal pokey. He faces a maximum term of …
December 30, 2012
He had feelers out everywhere. He had deals, big deals, cooking. He was charming, witty, smart, personable and told a great …
December 29, 2012
A federal grand jury in Lafayette has indicted four men in the latest scandal to hit the video poker industry. According …
John Jaffey was a Toronto wills and real estate lawyer. He had a wife and three children; his father was a …
Colonial Realty Co., owned and operated by the father-son team of Benjamin J. Sisti and Kevin P. Sisti, crashed to the …
December 29, 2012
Maybe it’s the terrific weather; maybe it’s the sandy beaches and ocean views; maybe it’s a fluke. San Diego, known as …
December 29, 2012
Roweshea L. Burruss’s biggest claim to fame is that he’s an associate of Washington Mayor Marion Barry; his biggest claim to …
It is a story that reaches halfway around the world. The two main players are Saeb Salaam, formerly the prime minister of …
December 29, 2012
In a creative scam that bilked thousands of people across the country out of an estimated $1 million, a promised return …
December 29, 2012
A federal grand jury decided that 13 counts of mail fraud, nine counts of bank fraud and one count of wire …
December 29, 2012
Welcome to our second issue of The John Cooke Financial Fraud Report. As of our press date, subscriptions have been received …
December 29, 2012
What really happened depends upon whom you ask. It began with San Diego Trust & Savings and a file memo that …
Richard E. Fudesco admitted quite a few things to a federal judge in Philadelphia. Fudesco said he had a heroin habit, …
In 1993, there were 2,341. In 1994, the number had dropped to a mere 44. It dropped again in 1995, to …
December 29, 2012
By Robert K. Cofod Financial fraud is an increasing problem in an industry that continues to evolve and change at a dramatic …
December 29, 2012
They were perfect jobs for individuals intent on perpetrating credit card fraud. First Data Corporation of Tulsa processes credit card applications …
December 29, 2012
By telling you about it, we may be spoiling a future made-for-television movie plot. It’s got all the twists and turns …
December 29, 2012
It happened at the Forest Fair Mall in Cincinnati. A well-dressed man went from store to store, purchasing inexpensive items with $100 …
December 29, 2012
To listen to her talk was to hear the sound of coins clinking and dollars shuffling. She’d discuss her dealings with Greek …
December 29, 2012
A law was passed in 1991 that essentially allowed regulators to seize a seemingly healthy financial institution. In 1993 the law was …
December 28, 2012
Mark Bruck of Westfield, Massachusetts, was the owner/operator of Advance Resins, a plastic recycling business. Over a period of several years, Bruck …
December 28, 2012
By Susan E. Clarke California attorney Robert Standard – who was convicted of five felony counts on September 6, 1994 – …