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Kessler in the News - 1999
Shopping By Mouse Has Pitfalls
The Washington Times; December 11, 1999
The experience is called dot com shopping, e-commerce or cyber-buying. One purchases stuff, in other words, via the Internet. The sheer scope is dizzying.
Net Shopping Has Its Own Ups & Downs
The Pantagraph; December 5, 1999
A phone call to his bank saved Illinois State University junior Jeff Burton $1,000. Burton, a social sciences education major, had taken the advice of a friend and used the Internet auction service eBay to buy a personal computer.
Fraud May Start Next Door
Internal Auditor; December 1, 1999
Employee fraud has long been a concern for internal auditors; but despite the focus on deterrence, two recent studies indicate that the threat continues to grow--seemingly unchecked. When asked to identify the greatest risk to their organizations, 50 percent of respondents to the 1999 Business Fraud Survey point to employee fraud.
Accounting Sleuths Profit From Corporate Wrongs
The Calgary Herald; November 22, 1999
Michael Kessler was hired by Monsanto Co. to track down a sweetener counterfeiting ring. Fake packages of Equal, the St. Louis-based Monsanto's sugar substitute, were showing up in stores from Minnesota to South Carolina.
The Right Thing; Big Theft, Small Theft: Is There A Difference?
The New York Times; November 21, 1999
Every Thanksgiving, as we prepare the dining room table, we get out our Spode china, the Reed & Barton silverware, the antique crystal and a small cloth bag that at last count held 36 mismatched silver butter knives I've swiped from fine hotels and restaurants.
Bean Counters As Gumshoes
Bloomberg; November 1999
Michael Kessler, hired by Monsanto Co. to track down a sweetener -counterfeiting ring, had found a clue. The 49-year-old forensic accountant had spied bogus boxes of Equal, St. Louis-based Monsanto’s sugar substitute.
Forensic Accountants Solve Crimes For Clients
The Sunday Oregonian; October 17, 1999
Michael Kessler was hired by Monsanto Co. to track down a sweetener counterfeiting ring. Fake packages of Equal, the sugar substitute for Monsanto, based in St. Louis, MO., were showing up in stores from Minnesota to South Carolina.
Corporate Crime Turns Accountants Into Sleuths
The Chicago Sun Times; October 10, 1999
After fake packages of the sugar substitute Equal were showing up in stores from Minnesota to South Carolina, Michael Kessler was hired to track down the counterfeiting ring.
Corporate Crime Turns Accountants Into Sleuths
Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL); October 10, 1999
After fake packages of the sugar substitute Equal were showing up in stores from Minnesota to South Carolina, Michael Kessler was hired to track down the counterfeiting ring.
Accounting Sleuths Profit From Corporate Crime Wave
The Plain Dealer; October 31, 1999
After fake packages of the sugar substitute Equal were showing up in stores from Minnesota to South Carolina, Michael Kessler was hired to track down the counterfeiting ring.
A Little Chat, A Lot Of Protection
Broward Daily Business Review; October 22, 1999
New state law says temp agencies and other employers are protected from negligent-hiring suits as long as they interview job candidates -- who may or may not mention their past crimes or poor driving records
A Little Chat, A Lot Of Protection
Miami Daily Business Review; October 22, 1999
New state law says temp agencies and other employers are protected from negligent-hiring suits as long as they interview job candidates -- who may or may not mention their past crimes or poor driving records
A Little Chat, A Lot Of Protection
Palm Beach Daily Business Review; October 22, 1999
New state law says temp agencies and other employers are protected from negligent-hiring suits as long as they interview job candidates -- who may or may not mention their past crimes or poor driving records
Permission For Limited Use Of Trademark Does Not Amount To Further Acquiescence
New York Law Journal; October 19, 1999
GIDATEX, S.r.L. v. CAMPANIELLO IMPORTS, LTD. SUMMARY U.S. District Court: S.D.N.Y. Intellectual Property
Exposing The Numbers Games
National Post, (formerly The Financial Post); October 11, 1999
Michael Kessler was hired by Monsanto Co. to track down a sweetener counterfeiting ring.
Super Sleuths
Far Eastern Economic Review; October 7, 1999
Messy liquidations, complex restructurings, byzantine fraud cases--these days, Asia's accountants have their work cut out for them. But following the money is no longer simply a matter of brainpower: Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the search for missing or suspicious loot.
Security At The Millennium
Security Magazine; September 27, 1999
Standard security practice mandates that an organization’s assets cannot be adequately protected without knowing what risks will be faced. Future risk dictates every market that will then protect an organization’s assets (people, information, property or reputation).
Payloads Of Trouble
The Newark Star Ledger (New Jersey); September 26, 1999
Tied fast alongside Berth 60, the container ship Behia waits silently in the murky waters of the Elizabeth Channel, ministered by a pair off hulking, stilt like cranes that tower overhead. The gray-hulled ship, decks stacked high with hundreds of cargo containers, resembles less an ocean vessel that a seagoing freight train – its manifest listing products from coffee and chemicals to wine and furniture.
Gidatex V. Campaniello Imports Ltd.
United States District Court Southern District of New York; September 15, 1999
GIDATEX, S.r.L., Plaintiff, v. CAMPANIELLO IMPORTS, LTD., CAMPANIELLO IMPORTS OF FLORIDA, LTD., and CAMPANIELLO ENTERPRISES, INC. Defendants
Study Shows 79% Of Employees Steal From Their Employer
Techarmor.com; September 1999
Michael G. Kessler & Associates, Ltd. the leading international investigative and forensic accounting firm specializing in corporate issues affecting today’s workplace, has recently completed an exhaustive study surveying over 500 employees nationwide on the issue of employee theft in the work place.
CNN LIVE Report (Broadcast Transcript)
CNN.fn; August 19, 1999
Jack Cafferty - CNNfn Anchor: Joining me now is our favorite content provider, Allen Wastler, managing director at CNNfn.com. Which is our Web site.It’s the home of a lot of really cool stuff. Do you steal from the place that you work? Most of you do, don’t they?
A New Study Says You May Be Working In A Den Of Thieves
CNN News; August 19, 1999
An overwhelming 79 percent of workers admit they have or would consider stealing from their employers, according to a survey released last week by forensic accounting firm Michael G. Kessler & Associates...
Battling Workplace Theft
CNN.fn; August 19, 1999
A new study says you may be working in a den of thieves. An overwhelming 79 percent of workers admit they have or would consider stealing from their employers, according to a survey released last week by forensic accounting firm Michael G. Kessler & Associates.
Study: 79% Steal From Their Employers
Chicago Daily Herald; August 17, 1999
A new study shows that 79 percent of employees steal from their employers. Michael G. Kessler & Associates Ltd., a new New York-based investigative firm, found that even the most "loyal" employees steal.
Majority Of Workers Willing To Steal From Their Employer
The Electronic Accountant; August 13, 1999
Although employee loyalty is what every manager strives for, loyalty may, in fact, be a tip off to a more serious internal problem. A large majority of employees would steal from their employer if given the opportunity according to a study conducted by an international investigative and forensic accounting firm.
Study Shows Employee Theft A Big Problem For U.S. Companies
The Xinhua News Agency; August 11, 1999
Seventy-nine percent of employees in u.s. companies steal from their employers, according to a study released Wednesday. the study, surveying more than 500 employees nationwide on the issue of employee theft in the work place.
The Fraudbuster Questionnaire
Character Development Advocacy of Douglas County; August 1, 1999
Recent studies reveal that employees outsteal shoplifters. It has also been reported that employee theft is the cause of one out of every three business failures.
Judge Tells Mag Playmate Title Model’S For Life
Business First of Columbus; June 6, 1999
Today's mature celebrities often have been embarrassed by nude pictures taken when they were young nobodies. In a twist, Terri Welles flaunted her youthful indiscretion on the Internet, and Playboy sued her for trademark infringement.
Copyright Infringement Question May Have Been Answered
Suite101.com; April 25, 1999
Be careful what you steal...The WebSweep is coming! The Internet is a legal battlefield these days over copyright issues. The Senate has approved the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a bill that would implement two international copyright treaties adopted in 1996 by the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization. The treaties cover property rights over written material, sound recordings and software in the online community and, in many cases, restrict access to private use of copyright protected materials online.
Stepping Up Security So Crime Doesn't Pay
Crain's New York Business; April 12, 1999
William Callahan has news for business owners who doubt that one dishonest employee can seriously damage a company. The chairman of Manhattan-based United Intelligence Group Inc. points, for example, to the case of the Connecticut coffee company with an inexplicable sales dip.
No Cure In Sight For The Epidemic Of Resume Fibbing
The Spokesman; January 31, 1999
Ironically, the same companies that are feverishly trying to fill information technology jobs are also getting pickier about whom they hire. Hiring managers said they are spending more time and money testing candidates' technical skills and checking backgrounds because the well-publicized IT labor drought and inflated salaries have brought all kinds of people out of the woodwork.
JUKSER DU PÅ CV'EN?
DinSide AS; January 27, 1999
Dette ifølge en undersøkelse utført av det New York baserte konsulentselskapet Michael G. Kessler & Associates.
Bloated Resumes Drive Up Hiring Managers Time, Costs
Computerworld; January 18, 1999
Ironically, the same companies that are feverishly trying to fill information technology jobs are also getting pickier about whom they hire. Hiring managers said they are spending more time and money testing candidates' technical skills and checking backgrounds because the well-publicized IT labor drought and inflated salaries have brought all kinds of people out of the woodwork.
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