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Directors and executives fraudulently concealed large losses in Enron's projects. A number were sentenced to prison. [7] [8] $63.4 billion Chiquita Brands Int: United States: 28 Nov 2001: Food: Accumulated debts, after a series of accusations relating to breaches of labour and environmental standards.
The collapse of energy giant Enron in 2001 is still talked about today, as it is known as one of the largest examples of white collar crime in U.S. history. After declaring bankruptcy in 2001, the ...
A professor at Stetson University College of Law, Podgor was named the Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Crime Research Professor in 2011, has been quoted in The New York Times, [4] [5] The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and other publications on big news stories such as Bernie Madoff and Enron.
He has represented whistle-blowers and other witnesses and defendants in several high-profile white-collar crime cases. [4] [5] He represented Sherron Watkins, the former Enron vice president who helped shed light on details of the company's collapse in 2001. [6] Ms. Watkins was named one of Time magazine's three "Persons of the Year 2002."
a "zero tolerance" approach to food fraud or food crime; a focus on intelligence gathering; the role of laboratory services; the value of audit and assurance regimes; targeted government support for the integrity and assurance of food supply networks; leadership, and; crisis management in response to any serious food safety or food crime ...
An Enron manual of ethics from July 2000, about a year before the company collapsed. Enron's complex financial statements were confusing to shareholders and analysts. [1]: 6 [10] When speculative business ventures proved disastrous, it used unethical practices to use accounting limitations to misrepresent earnings and modify the balance sheet to indicate favorable performance.
A former mayor of a Philippine town being investigated for her alleged ties to Chinese criminal syndicates has fled the country, prompting the Philippine president's office to order the ...
“This sub-group is referred to as red-collar criminals because they straddle both the white-collar crime arena and, eventually, the violent crime arena. In circumstances where there is the threat of detection, red-collar criminals commit brutal acts of violence to silence the people who have detected their fraud and to prevent further ...