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Corporate fraud committed by employees is estimated to cost the U.K. economy in excess of £1.2bn a year (2008 figures). Approximately 80% of corporate fraud involves employees and sadly internal fraud is on the increase in the current economic climate. At Blackhawk, we have experienced and skilled corporate fraud investigators, combining expertise in investigations with a sound working knowledge of employment law.
Our corporate and business fraud investigators work closely with many specialist fraud solicitors creating cost effective, rapid results for clients in difficult circumstances. Our services include highly sensitive internal theft and fraud investigations, computer forensics, asset tracing and surveillance.
With any suspected company business fraud issue, in consultation with clients, we prepare a fully scoped plan in advance of being instructed.
Internal fraud can be committed in a number of different ways, including :-
Diversion of business away from your company
Theft of confidential information (such as customer lists)
Theft of goods
Theft of money and assets
Intellectual property appropriation
Specific types of fraud such as Ponzi schemes, false accounting, identity theft or boiler room fraud
If company fraud is suspected we can help in devising a strategy to find out the facts in a rapid and cost effective manner.

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Hosting providers are increasingly asking Spamhaus how they can prevent so-called "fraudulent sign-ups" -- new customers whose only intention is to spam, host malware, host botnet controllers, or engage in other activities that are forbidden by the hosting provider's acceptable use policy (AUP). Such customers normally target cheap VPS and cloud hosting with automated sign-up procedures. These customers know that their accounts will be terminated swiftly when the host becomes aware of their activities, so they usually use stolen credit cards or compromised Paypal accounts to obtain service. This allows them to hide their real identities and avoid spending their own funds.

Spamhaus has received several independent reports from hosting providers that the volume of such fraudulent sign-ups has increased dramatically in the past few months. Some hosting providers report that 50% of all new subscriptions are fraudulent -- every second subscription. No hosting company is immune, neither small local operations nor large multinational hosting firms with data centers on several continents.

While Spamhaus' mission is to protect internet users and organizations from spam and other cyber-threats, we lack the resources and time to act as an abuse reporting service (FBL - Feedback Loop) or a consulting company. However, we would like to do wha...

1. Don't Skimp on Design

Sure, it's the quality of the content that will keep your visitors coming back, but don't underestimate the power of a slick, eye-catching site. Designing your site with a high-quality screen resolution will help your viewers to think of your site as premium, as does using high-quality images that take up their entire frames.

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Although the ultimate purpose of all marketing is to drive sales, content marketing employs a fairly nuanced approach. The focus is on educating, entertaining, and delivering value to the consumer, rather than giving a hard pitch for your products or services.

3. Do Make It Multimedia

This goes hand-in-hand with investing in design. Varying the type of content you show on your site is essential to providing an engaging, well-rounded user experience that sucks people in and keeps them clicking for more.

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When it comes to content marketing, the old adage about "leave 'em wanting more" most definitely does not apply. The best time to engage your audience is when they're already in content consumption mode, which is why every page on your site should offer plenty of links to further content.

5. Do Run Both Earned & Owned Media

Have great press coverage or a fantastic review? This is a perfect opportunity to maximize your earned media. Adding it to the mix of your o...

CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - For the first time, the Commander at the Defense Supply Center of Richmond (DSCR) is speaking out about an international conspiracy that sent a serial fraudster to prison for life.Those involved say the scam could have put our troops in harms way had it not been caught by the Department of Defense at the Chesterfield County operation.It sounds so much like a movie script, and takes place at a closely guarded site, home to one of Central Virginia's largest employers.Roger Day has been called a criminal mastermind and a thief, who tried to rip off the country's military of $11 million by supplying it bogus and defective parts. He was convicted last year by a Richmond jury of multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to smuggle goods.
Read more here: http://www.nbc12.com/story/17388588/dscr-reacts-to-international-conspiracy

Florida takes center stage in the presidential campaign on Thursday, with President Barack Obama heading to Miami for Spanish-language network Univision's "Meet the Candidates" town hall meeting. Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigns in Sarasota.
With 29 electoral votes, Florida is always a key state in presidential elections. Obama carried the state in 2008 after President George W. Bush narrowly won Florida twice.
Both candidates are also battling for the Latino vote, a particularly strong bloc in Florida. In the latest Gallup poll, registered Hispanic voters favor Obama over Romney 66% to 26%.
Romney, who will attend private fund-raisers in Palm Beach after his Sarasota rally, took his turn at the Univision forum on Wednesday.

With 29 electoral votes, Florida is always a key state in presidential elections. Obama carried the state in 2008 after President George W. Bush narrowly won Florida twice.
Both candidates are also battling for the Latino vote, a particularly strong bloc in Florida. In the latest Gallup poll, registered Hispanic voters favor Obama over Romney 66% to 26%.
Romney, who will attend private fund-raisers in Palm Beach after his Sarasota rally, took his turn at the Univision forum on Wednesday.

NEW: Republican senators blast President Barack Obama and Democrats
Obama is appearing at Univision town hall forum in Miami
Mitt Romney campaigns in Sarasota, holds fund-raisers in Palm Beach
Florida is a key battleground state, and both candidates are fighting for the Latino vote
(CNN) -- Florida takes center stage in the presidential campaign on Thursday, with President Barack Obama heading to Miami for Spanish-language network Univision's "Meet the Candidates" town hall meeting. Republican challenger Mitt Romney campaigns in Sarasota.

"All of the respondents were involved in perpetrating a systemic massive fraud on Alberta and other investors, involving a complicated web of domestic and offshore corporate and other entities, bank accounts and offerings," the commission said Friday.
"Investment fraud is reprehensible and completely unacceptable capital-market misconduct; instances of fraud in the capital market severely threaten the public's confidence and sense of fairness in the whole of our capital market."
The case centres around a now-defunct company called Arbour Energy, which the ASC says illegally raised $45.5 million from investors.
Arbour was led by Dennis Morice, who, according to the ASC decision, considered himself a "bit player" and "cog" in a scheme led by Milowe Brost and Gary Sorenson - two men charged in a separate high-profile alleged Ponzi scheme in 2009.
Morice faces the smallest penalty of the three men - a $150,000 fine, an order to pay $50,000 to cover the cost of the investigation and hearing and a variety of bans. Arbour itself faces no financial penalties, but it's been barred from trading in and purchasing securities, among other things.
In its decision, the ASC said Brost's misconduct was "the most egregious" of the three men. Brost led the Institute For Financial Learning, which he claimed was an "information club" but the ASC contends was really used to sell investors stock in Arbour and other entities connected to Brost.
Brost has been fine...

Hosting providers are increasingly asking Spamhaus how they can prevent so-called “fraudulent sign-ups” — new customers whose only intention is to spam, host malware, host botnet controllers, or engage in other activities that are forbidden by the hosting provider’s acceptable use policy (AUP). Such customers normally target cheap VPS and cloud hosting with automated sign-up procedures. These customers know that their accounts will be terminated swiftly when the host becomes aware of their activities, so they usually use stolen credit cards or compromised Paypal accounts to obtain service. This allows them to hide their real identities and avoid spending their own funds.

IT’S HARD TO know what to envy Dermot McCormack for most – his 17th-floor, corner office (the sign, in America, at least, that you have truly arrived) overlooking Times Square, or the fact that Bono has a nickname for him: Digital Dermot from Dublin.
To be fair, he has earned it. McCormack is now executive vice president of digital media for MTV’s music brands – including MTV itself, VH1, Country Music Television (CMT) and Logo TV.