Welcome to our fourth weekly edition of the Carnival of Fraud.
I had an interesting week, as I visited New Orleans and spoke to about 350 CFOs about Hurricane Katrina and the risks of financial statement fraud. I took a couple of tours while I was there, and had the opportunity to see the damage from the hurricane firsthand. It is amazing, even a year after the storm.
The race for governor in Wisconsin is really heating up! The Marquette Warrior is pointing out the very questionable tactics being used by the Doyle campaign in the Governor’s race. More on Doyle and his buddies found here. If you want a really good laugh, you should check out the Doyle For Sale website. Oh, and State employee Georgia Thompson was sentenced for her role in the “Travelgate” scandal involving the Doyle administration.
The doctor is in, and he wants everyone to know about being guinea pigs in clinical trials. But you won’t ever become a doctor unless you study hard. Freeman Hunt blogs about a new report that shows that the science education in our elementary and middle schools is severely lacking.
The lawyers have also gotten in the mix for this week’s carnival. The Anonymous Lawyer has a post about billable time and asscoiates at law firms. Don’t they know that a billable minute lost can never be recovered? If you want a really good laugh, you should read the Anonymous Law Firm website. It is all satire, but if you’ve ever looked at a real website for a big law firm, you’ll get the joke.
White Collar Crime Prof comments on the situation involving Hewlett-Packard and the California Attorney General, who is apparently still seeking documentation from the company.
And finally, Charlie Sykes has an interesting commentary about the crime rate in Milwaukee, and the outrage over a politician drawing attention to it.
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