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	<title>Sequence Inc. Fraud Files by Tracy Coenen</title>
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	<description>Certified Fraud Examiner Tracy Coenen discusses corporate fraud, financial investigations, forensic accounting, and fraud examinations.</description>
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		<title>Irresponsible reporting about Usana by The Associated Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an article today about the Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) buyout offer by Myron Wentz (Gull Holdings), the following inaccurate statement was made:
 The Securities and Exchange Commission concluded during the first quarter USANA&#8217;s marketing model is not a pyramid scheme, but the stock has a short interest about 34 percent, meaning many investors are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/13/irresponsible-reporting-about-usana-by-the-associated-press/</link>
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		<title>Nominee for Mother of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Milwaukee NBC affiliate is reporting that Corinna Kuhnke allowed her 2-year-old to smoke a cigarette at a restaurant. Witnesses say that a woman with Kuhnke and her son lit the cigarette that the boy put in his mouth. Kuhnke denies it all, and says that her son just got his hands on her cigarettes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/13/nominee-for-mother-of-the-year-2/</link>
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		<title>Usana Health Sciences buyout news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, it was announced that Usana founder and current chairman and CEO Myron Wentz offered to buy all outstanding stock of Usana Health Sciences (NASDAQ:USNA) at $26.00 per share. The closing price of the stock on May 12 was $20.83, so this represented almost a 25% premium.
The buyout would be made through Unity Acquisition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/13/usana-health-sciences-buyout-news/</link>
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		<title>How does one get headhunters to leave her alone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have I ever mentioned how sick of headhunters I am? Well I am. I don&#8217;t want their phone calls. I don&#8217;t want their emails. I don&#8217;t want the crappy job they&#8217;re offering, and I don&#8217;t know anyone who is qualified to apply for the crappy job they&#8217;re offering. It&#8217;s not crappy, they say? I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/12/how-does-one-get-headhunters-to-leave-her-alone/</link>
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		<title>You ask Google, I answer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: Did Enron have good cash flow?
Answer: No. That was one of the signs that a fraud was occurring. In spite of financial statements that showed increasing revenue and profits, the company was constantly in a poor cash position. This is one common red flag of fraud discussed in my book, Essentials of Corporate Fraud.
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		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/12/you-ask-google-i-answer-2/</link>
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		<title>Fraud at local church likely</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of Milwaukee&#8217;s largest Catholic churches is likely the victim of financial fraud at the hands of a now dismissed priest. Leaders at St. John Vianney in Brookfield are urging people not to rush to judgment and to wait until the forensic examination is over and we have all the facts. Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/12/fraud-at-local-church-likely/</link>
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		<title>Carnival of Fraud - May 12, 2008</title>
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Welcome to the May 12, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud.
Tracy Coenen presents Mary Kay Cosmetics suing little company for daring to make money off Pink posted at The Fraud Files Blog, saying &#8220;Mary Kay Inc. is trying to shut down a small company that helps consultants get rid of excess inventory. Nice.&#8221;
Wenchypoo presents Three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/12/carnival-of-fraud-may-12-2008/</link>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s articles from AOL&#8217;s blog WalletPop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

Still writing a lot for AOL but having a good time doing it!
Win some spending money at Comic Wonder - A very cool site started by local serial entrepreneurs.
And you think YOUR kids are expensive? - The Duggars are at it again. Child #18 on the way.
What would a gas tax holiday really do for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/10/this-weeks-articles-from-aols-blog-walletpop/</link>
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		<title>Mary Kay Cosmetics suing little company for daring to make money off Pink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is outrageous! Touch of Pink Cosmetics is a company that buys excess inventory from current and former Mary Kay consultants and then resells it to their customers. They basically help these people who were frontloaded with tons of product, purchasing it from them at a discount and then passing those savings on to consumers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/09/mary-kay-cosmetics-suing-little-company-for-daring-to-make-money-off-pink/</link>
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		<title>Former Herbalife Director of Venezuela and Columbia comes forward with Fraud Claims, Reports Fraud Discovery Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) whistleblower says illegal acts likely responsible for region&#8217;s dramatic supervisor growth

Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) executives identified Venezuela as a Top 10 market for the company in their May 2, 2008, conference call, and indeed, triple digit new supervisor growth was reported there in the first quarter. However, according to former Herbalife Director of Venezuela [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/2008/05/09/former-herbalife-director-of-venezuela-and-columbia-comes-forward-with-fraud-claims-reports-fraud-discovery-institute/</link>
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