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	<title>Sequence Inc. Fraud Files Blog &#187; Scam Busting</title>
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	<description>Certified Fraud Examiner Tracy Coenen writes about corporate fraud, financial investigations, forensic accounting, and fraud examinations.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>United First Financial broker numbers and earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/18/united-first-financial-broker-numbers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pyramid Schemes &amp; MLM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I received some interesting information on United First Financial, the company selling the $3,500 Money Merge Account. Here is a listing of all UFF agents (warning: large file download), showing that there are 59,703 agents on the rolls.
The fee to sign up as an agent is $175. Multiply that by 59,703 agents, and you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Surprise: The &#8220;bailout bill&#8221; is falling apart</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/14/bailout-bill-is-falling-apart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/14/bailout-bill-is-falling-apart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether from dishonesty, incompetence, or a bit of both, the big $700 billion &#8220;bailout bill&#8221; that Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson begged lawmakers to approve is falling apart. Don&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t warn you.
Michelle Malkin writes:
And now? The pulled-out-of-the-posterior “$700 billion” price tag has ballooned into the trillions. The “mortgage industry rescue” has expanded to banks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More gifts from the government for the financially irresponsible</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/13/more-gifts-from-the-government-for-the-financially-irresponsible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/13/more-gifts-from-the-government-for-the-financially-irresponsible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From Loren Steffy at the Houston Chronicle:
The plan calls for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, now under government control, to modify loans for its customers, which include more than 30 million mortgage holders.
Beginning Dec. 15, the government would reduce interest rates for homeowners who are at least three months behind on their mortgage payments and owe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit card company bailout next?</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/10/credit-card-company-bailout-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/10/credit-card-company-bailout-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I wrote an article on WalletPop.com about the ever-growing bailouts being handed out by the federal government. Specifically, I&#8217;m a little ticked off by the AIG bailout, which was at $85 million about a month ago, and now sits at $150 billion. (Yes, that&#8217;s almost double.)
I suggested that the insurance industry and credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election fraud and the future of America</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/05/election-fraud-and-the-future-of-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/05/election-fraud-and-the-future-of-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my big fears about yesterday&#8217;s election was that fraud would play a big part in the results. I know that fraud was at work, but I don&#8217;t know how much of an impact it had. It is incomprehensible to me that so many things in this world require picture identification - - getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why audits are near worthless (yes, internal audit too)</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/02/audits-are-near-worthless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/11/02/audits-are-near-worthless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Auditing &amp; Regs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scam Busting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Francine McKenna at re: The Auditors has an interesting post and set of comments about internal audit functions at public companies and the importance of internal auditors.
External auditors look at a company&#8217;s financial statements and a small amount of underlying transactions in order to issue a report that the financial statements are properly presented. (It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailout head Neel Kashkari wants transparency (except when he doesn&#8217;t)</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/31/bailout-head-neel-kashkari-wants-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/31/bailout-head-neel-kashkari-wants-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been widely reported that Neel Kashkari, Goldman Sachs alum and head of the $700 billion bailout, has said he wants transparency in administering the whole process. He is quoted as saying:
&#8220;Consistent with Congress&#8217; intent, we are committed to transparency and oversight in all aspects of the program and have already taken several important steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overstock.com executives subject to clawback provision in Sarbanes-Oxley?</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/26/overstockcom-executives-subject-to-clawback-provision-in-sarbanes-oxley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/26/overstockcom-executives-subject-to-clawback-provision-in-sarbanes-oxley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, our good friends at Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) - - CEO Patrick Byrne, President Johnathan Johnson, and SVP of Finance David Chidester - - made an announcement about how they have screwed up the company&#8217;s financial statements again.
Overstock has a colorful history of issuing incorrect financial statements, with the following discoveries of their errors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milwauke Public Schools: Obscene property tax increase</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/23/milwauke-public-schools-obscene-property-tax-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/23/milwauke-public-schools-obscene-property-tax-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the Milwaukee Public Schools board is going to vote in favor of increasing city property taxes 14.6% for the school portion. That is the largest portion of the property tax bill, so overall taxpayers will see a sharp increase in their bills.
Student enrollment has been steadily declining, while spending has been increasing. The MPS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But there&#8217;s no evidence of voter fraud!</title>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/22/but-theres-no-evidence-of-voter-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/10/22/but-theres-no-evidence-of-voter-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Coenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this bit of circular reasoning: The Wauwatosa Common Council has rejected a request for officials to verify voter registrations because &#8220;There is no historical evidence to show (voter fraud) is a problem in Wauwatosa.” (Alderman Craig Maher) Except there is &#8220;no evidence&#8221; of voter fraud because the voter rolls have never been checked.
There [...]]]></description>
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