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In 1999, Nick Swinmurn approached Tony Hsieh and Alfred Lin with the idea of selling shoes online. [11] Hsieh was initially skeptical and almost deleted Swinmurn's initial voice mail. After Swinmurn mentioned that "footwear in the US is a $40 billion market, and 5% of that was already being sold by paper mail order catalogs," Hsieh and Lin ...
QUERY CONTINUES: The “fact-finding investigation” into the Nov. 18 house fire in New London, Conn., that later led to the death of Zappos cofounder Tony Hsieh remains “active and ongoing ...
After an investigation into the house fire that later led to the death of former Zappos chief executive officer Tony Hsieh, the New London Fire Department and the New London Police Department have ...
In July 1998, an anonymous French whistle-blower told the California Insurance Department that Crédit Lyonnais was the real buyer of the insurance company and controlled it through secret agreements. In early 1999, the California Insurance Department sued the bank and other parties, alleging fraud and seeking $2 billion in restitution. [4]
Russell Causley, a British man, faked his death by jumping off a ferry off the coast of Guernsey in 1993 as part of an insurance scam. His scheme was soon uncovered and he was jailed for fraud; this led to the police re-opening an investigation into the disappearance of his partner Carole Packman, who Causley would be convicted of murdering in ...
The cause was injuries he sustained from a house fire, a spokesperson for Hsieh confirmed to TechCrunch. The ultimate cause of Hsieh's death is still under investigation. Tony Hsieh, iconic Las ...
It collapsed in scandal in 1973 after former employee Ronald Secrist and securities analyst Ray Dirks blew the whistle on massive accounting fraud, including a computer system dedicated exclusively to creating and maintaining fictitious insurance policies. Investigation found that from 1964 onward, as many as 100 company employees had engaged ...
If you suspect someone of insurance fraud, you can report it to your state’s Division of Consumer Fraud, your insurer’s Special Investigations Unit that handles fraud incidents, your state’s ...