The Software and Information Industry Association is using hard spin in its media release but the real story is not the one their language implies.
Corruption: Singapore postal officer demanded bribes
PHANG Soo Chyi is now a taxi driver in Singapore. But he used to be a manager with Singapore Post's courier business Sameday Islandwide Operations where he was supervised subcontractors with the power to penalise or reward companies for failing...
Management: World Money Laundering Report Volume 10 Number 1 published
World Money Laundering Report Volume 10 Number 1 has been published today and is available for free download.
Law: English tribunal says social postings are not private
It might seem a masterly statement of the obvious but now it's a quasi-legal principle, too: what you tweet is in the public domain in all senses of the word.
Business Crime: Telecoms company wins default judgment against employee
Matthew YEO Kay Keng was a salesman for Singapore's M1, a mobile operator. And he worked part time as a phone retailer. Just one slight difficulty there: he had no legitimate source of supply for the phones - and as far as money laundering goes,...
The USA's Securities and Exchange Commission has "charged energy-related productsmanufacturer Maxwell Technologies Inc. with violating the F...
Business crime: Mortgage broker operated ponzi scheme
Hazel Bucello, the sole director of Victorian Finance Broking Services Pty Ltd (VFBS) in Kew, Melbourne, Australia, has been sentenced to four ye...
Bribery: Man jailed for "shakedown" on rehab centres
Gary Eugene Goethe of Sacramento, California, was employed by the state government to inspect drug rehab centres across the state. But he offered...
Management: Facebook's backdoor IPO
There are strict rules to be followed where a private company wishes to invite public investment. Facebook has not broken them but the deal which...
BizLawCentral: Harbinger joins action by Le-Nature's Liquidation Trust
Harbinger Capital Partners says that it has joined forces again with the Le-Nature's Liquidation Trust.
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