REPORT: The Risk of Insider Fraud

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The Ponemon Institute has issued its second The Risk of Insider Fraud report. Based on the average, it is likely that your organization will experience fraud 55 times this year. From the Introduction: The Risk of Insider Fraud: Second Annual Study reveals that the insider threat has become more of a challenge for IT professionals. […]

How Do You Spot The Thief Inside Your Company?

Insider fraud costs $3,500,000,000,000 (t-r-i-l-l-i-o-n) and your company is a target. Some facts from this recommended article for security officers: Businesses, on a global basis, experience losses of about 5% each year from schemes executed by and with employees. The median loss was about $400,000, and in one-fifth of businesses that were surveyed in the ACFE […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 19 Dec 2012

Sacred Honor Lost

“All men that have honor are kings, but not all kings have honor…. Honor is what no man can give you and none can take away. Honor is a man’s gift to himself.” – from the movie Rob Roy “Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.” —Sophocles These people have lost their sacred honor: […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 5 Dec 2012

Sacred Honor Lost

Everyone of these people who stole, lied, cheated, scammed, swindled or otherwise tried to gain financially through conducting Waste, Fraud and Abuse (WFA) have lost their Sacred Honor. Their money has no value, and now their reputation has no value. Security officers: The value and importance of a securty office goes beyond just counterng espionage — The […]

Zombie Waste

Hot on the heels of his other two reports on government waste (Wastebook 2012, Department of Everything -DOD), Senator Tom Coburn has released yet another report on government waste, this time focused on the Department of Homeland Security. At the rate he’s going of calling out wasteful spending of American taxpayers dollars by the US Government, […]

WFA Alert: The Department of Everything

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When you pay your taxes on April 15 or out of your paycheck each pay period, how do you feel about your money you worked for being wasted by people in government agencies who don’t consider where the money they are spending originally came from? You hope all that your taxes are going to something […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 13 Nov 2012

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Federal Officials Raise Awareness of Disaster Fraud (FBI/DOJ) The Department of Justice, the FBI, and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) remind the public there is a potential for disaster fraud in the aftermath of a natural disaster. Suspected fraudulent activity pertaining to relief efforts associated with Hurricane Sandy should be reported to the […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 24 Oct

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What is Sacred Honor? Government & Contractors Anyone with information relating to waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting to contact the FBI’s Procurement Fraud Working Group Hotline at 1-877-NO-BRIBE or securely over the Internet at https://tips.fbi.gov/. Navy Official Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme at Naval Air Station North Island The official, Kenneth Paul Ramos, […]

Government Waste Addendum

Reading through the Wastebook 2012 summary sheet, you just can’t make this stuff up!  As Will Rogers once said, “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” Here are some funny doozies from the list (although the joke is on We the Taxpayers, and that’s not very funny): •  Relive […]

Wastebook 2012: Waste in the Government

Talk about outrageouse Waste, Fraud and Abuse: our nation is burdened by a $16,000,000,000.000 (TRILLION) debt yet our government keeps spending money on irrelevant projects and does nothing to stop it. A commenter on the below Washington Times article said it best: “The foolish waste reported in this article is only the tip of the […]

Lured by Promises of Wealth, FBI Agent Was Drawn Into Fraud Scheme

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Lured by Promises of Wealth, F.B.I. Agent Was Drawn Into Fraud Scheme, Prosecutors Say Robert Lustyik, an F.B.I. agent in New York, is charged with participating in a multimillion-dollar international plot that involved an Army lieutenant colonel and a defense contractor. (New York Times)  . . . The prosecutors say that the contractor, Michael Taylor, […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 1 Oct

Sacred Honor Lost

What is Sacred Honor?    Government Former Jefferson Parish President Pleads Guilty Took numerous bribes totaling over $60,000 while parish president. Conspired with other Jefferson Parish officials to steal taxpayer funds. Former Member of Port Authority Board Indicted Obtained property not due to him or his Port Authority office including free and discounted home improvements […]

Sacred Honor Lost – 25 Sept 12

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For background information, see Our Sacred Honor page. The links below are to FBI news releases and only cover from 5 September to 25 September 2012. Government Professionals Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manager Sentenced to Six Years in Prison in Bribery and Kickback Scheme Customs and Border Protection Officer Charged for Assisting Fugitive to Avoid […]