Welcome to the April 14, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud.

Charles H. Green presents Bear Stearns, Enron, and Some Confusion About Trust posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Is it really fair to say that Skilling didn’t know what was happening at Enron? Now is it reasonable to say that Bear Sterns CEO was acting as he should when he denied Bear Sterns had problems?”

Wenchypoo presents The Man Behind the Mask (Really L-O-N-G) posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “Re: POLITICAL fraud.”

Larry Russell presents Objective Personal Finance Answers Are Hard to Find posted at THE SKILLED INVESTOR Blog.

Leon Gettler presents Fraud and IPOs posted at Sox First, saying, “Is fraud affected by investor beliefs about business conditions? How is that reflected in the data from IPOs?
A study comes up with some interesting findings.”

Raymond presents eBay Guide To Buying and Selling Wholesale Products posted at Money Blue Book, saying, “Guide to avoiding scammers”

Charles H. Green presents Great Moments in Self-Regulation: Financial Planners and CFP Board posted at Trust Matters, saying, “Can you trust a self-regulating entity that won’t tell you what their regulatory decisions are?”

Startup Earth presents Juicy Campus Denies Fraud posted at Startup Earth.

Leon Gettler presents Crooks go free posted at Sox First, saying, “The US Justice Department has put off prosecuting more than 50 companies suspected of wrongdoing over the last three years. Instead of facing criminal charges, they are simply receive a cozy deferred prosecution agreement.”

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