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Accounting sleuths swarm to track Madoff billions
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - December 25, 2008
Accounting teams are sharpening their pencils and preparing to pore over spreadsheets in an effort to trace the money at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, which stands accused of perpetrating the largest investment scandal in history. |
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Rangel Stalls
on Vow to Hire Tax-Fix Expert
New York Post - November 2,
2008
Rep. Charles
Rangel has not hired the forensic accountant he said he
needed in order to provide answers regarding his messy tax
records, The Post has learned.
Meanwhile, the Harlem Democrat has paid more than $120,000
in campaign money to a law firm to represent him in the
scandal.
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Cape Coral City
Manager Expects to Keep Job; Council to Vote Today
The News Press -
August 4, 2008
The price of
the city's utility expansion program skyrocketed during
the construction boom in 2005 and 2006. Minimum
assessments to homeowners went from about $12,000 in the
Southwest 3 Assessment Area to about $20,000 in the SW 4
area. The higher costs soured residents' view of the
project. A stinging 2006 audit of the program from Kessler
International further poised that perception. |
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Watchdog group
wants Cape Coral auditor Kessler to return
The News Press - July
18, 2008
An audit,
which two years ago blasted the city's handling of its
utility expansion program, continues to poison the
public's faith in their government, some council members
say. |
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Eye Opening Investigation
KVBC My News 3 - March 18,
2008
Kessler International, a world renowned computer forensics,
forensic accounting and corporate investigative firm was featured in a news report on March 18 regarding
the Audit of Clark County Development Services Building Division and Clark County Fire Department Complaint
Process on KVBC My News 3, Las Vegas, NV.
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Former inspector says new audit repeats old issues
Las Vegas Review-Journal - March 17, 2008
Favoritism allegations made in late '90s |
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EDITORIAL: An unflattering county audit
Las Vegas Review-Journal - March 16, 2008
What's going on with the building inspectors? |
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Audit finds problems in Clark County building, fire inspections
San Diego Source - The Daily Transcript - March 13, 2008
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- An audit commissioned amid complaints about lax Clark County building and fire inspections faults officials for falsifying reports, keeping inadequate records and favoring commercial property owners. |
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BUILDING SAFETY: County yet to release audit
Las Vegas Review-Journal - March 8, 2008
Consultant has delivered his analysis |
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Big Counterfeiting Busts in Chinatown
Ground Report - February 26, 2008
Mike Kessler, President and CEO of Kessler International, a firm specialized in forensics and corporate investigations, agrees that the internet presents new counterfeiting opportunities, but insists that until counterfeit cases are considered criminal, they will not be taken seriously. Offenders will get a slap on the wrist and find a new product to counterfeit, as has been the case with the Ben-Menachem
family |
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Work at resorts leads to charges
Review-Journal - February 06, 2008
Two hotel supervisors, one each at the Rio and Harrah's Las Vegas, were charged Tuesday with misdemeanor offenses stemming from problematic remodeling that affected hundreds of guest rooms. |
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Decision on Kessler rehiring put off
The News Press - January 28, 2008
The decision on whether to rehire auditor Michael Kessler divided the Cape Coral City Council. Ultimately a decision was put off. |
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Cape official calls for audit of finances
The News Press - January 28, 2008
Cape Coral Councilman Pete Brandt is not happy with how the city's Finance Department is keeping its books. He wants answers and plans to address the issue at today's council meeting. |
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Cape council members urge fiscal responsibility
The News Press - January 16, 2008
Messages of increased fiscal oversight dominated speeches by two Cape Coral City Council members speaking to the Southwest Neighborhood Association at Oasis Middle School. |
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Cape Coral Mail Bag
The News Press - January 13, 2008
The community expresses the need for oversight. |
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