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Inquiry into Jackson Hewitt's Tax Return Practices Widens

Federal authorities have expanded an investigation into allegations that Jackson Hewitt offices helped prepare fraudulent income-tax returns that allowed customers to obtain refunds illegally, reported The New York Times.

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Multi-million dollar fund to fight financial fraud

A multi-million dollar project led by the University of Sydney will investigate the murky world of insider trading and market manipulation in financial markets across the globe.

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Financial fraud on the rise in UK

Financial fraud in the UK is growing with new statistics showing that the problem of money fraud is far from going away.

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Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Tool Available

The Securities and Exchange Commission's staff today announced the availability of a new compliance tool to assist anti-money laundering (AML) compliance efforts by broker-dealers.

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Small business urged to protect themselves against fraud

With small business losing an average of $3.2 billion each year through fraud, CPA Australia has joined a major push to increase awareness of preventative measures during the month of March.

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Conrad Black faces jail over fraud

As one time proprietor of the third biggest newspaper empire in the world, Conrad Black was feted by the rich and powerful. Today Conrad Black, the former owner of the Fairfax group in Australia, is on trial in a US court for allegedly defrauding shareholders.

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Former Senior Executives of Nortel Networks Charged in Financial Fraud Scheme

SEC today filed civil fraud charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against four former senior executives of Nortel Networks Corporation for repeatedly engaging in accounting fraud to bridge gaps between Nortel's true performance, its internal targets and Wall Street expectations.

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Jury Convicts Four Stockbrokers In Pump-and-Dump Scheme in San Diego

A federal jury today convicted four men who were affiliated with a San Diego brokerage house on securities fraud charges related to a "pump-and-dump" scheme that cost victims more than $5 million.

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