Honesty In America

Then first charge of conspiracy of defrauding the citizens of Virginia of their right to honest service by use of international wire fraud. McDonnell secretly abused his power as governor to better his family in exchange through, promoting, legalizing and obtaining research for the star scientific industry. Virginia District Court jury found both Robert and Maureen guilty fraud against the people of Virginia. The second - fourth count of interstate wire communications to robbery to defraud the citizens of Virginia to the right of honest service. on May 26, 2011 Jonnie Williams sent electric transfer for McDowell’s daughter’s catering bill of 15,000 and the jury receiving electronic checks from Jonnie Williams in exchange for illegal dealings to abuse public office Robert and Maureen jury came with a guilty verdict using public office to benefit their own personal gain. Then on March 12, 2012, the jury found both guilty of receiving electronic transfer of $50,000 from the stored trusts to the real estate company owned by Robert and his sister. On May 22, 2012 Robert and his sister received electric transfer of $20,000 from the Starwood trust to their real estate company. The jury found Robert guilty of count to three and four and Maureen guilty of two and three. On count five conspiracy to obtain property under the colors of official rights found both guilty of using the government office to obtain property which is McDowell’s were not entitled Jonnie Williams CEO at Star scientific. Count six through 11 obtaining property under the color official rights May 23, 2011 the McDonnell’s received $50,000 check a $15,000 check for his daughter’s wedding on the 29th 2011 Williams paid for the McDonnell’s family over $2,380 for Kinloch golf club and another 1424 on January 7, 2012 for membership including golf these Caddy fees dining in good. On March 6, 2012 Starwood trusts sent

2) Frank A. Tassone; the former business manager, Pamela Gluckin; and an accounting clerk, Debra Rigano, who is a niece of Ms. Gluckin embezzled money in a scheme in which Dr. Tassone and Ms. Gluckin and nine of their family members and friends charged $5.9 million for personal items and cash advances on 74 personal credit cards. Then Ms. Gluckin and Dr. Tassone used district checks to pay those bills. The audit found that Dr. Tassone and

According to AU 317, the term illegal acts, for purposes of this section, refers to violations of laws or governmental regulations. Illegal acts by clients are acts attributable to the entity whose financial statements are under audit or acts by management or employees acting on behalf of the entity. Illegal acts by clients do not include personal misconduct by the entity's personnel unrelated to their business activities. Illegal acts comprise of Omissions and concealments involving a breach of a legal or equitable duty which result in damage to another. Fraud on the other hand deals with an intentional illegal act which results in a material misstatement of the financial statements. Example of fraudulent actions could be: manipulation, falsification or alteration of records or documents; suppression of information, transactions or documents; recording of transactions without substance for one’s financial benefit. (AU 316) Looking at the evidence at hand, we realize that although Vinard’s bidding process may be prone to some

Petitioner John L. Yates, a commercial fisherman, was operating in the Gulf of Mexico when a federal agent conducted an offshore inspection and found that the ship's catch had undersized red grouper, in violation of United States federal conservation regulations. The federal agent instructed Captain Yates to keep the undersized fish segregated; Yates instructed his crew to throw the undersized fish overboard, resulting in Yates being charged under 18 United States Code §1519. This provision, originating from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, states that a person may be fined or imprisoned for up to 20 years if the person "knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or

You are right in regards to the standards of what can substantiate grounds for extortion. Personal gain by essentially blackmailing someone into submission is morally wrong yet occurs quite often. In fact, as of November 26, 2016, the number of inmates in prison for bribery, fraud, or extortion is 6.5% of the federal prison population ("BOP Statistics: Inmate Offenses", 2016). There does not appear that extortion in any form is going to go away when the risk of attaining what you want outweighs the punishment that may be imposed if one is caught.

In the book Hidden America the theme is how no one ever realizes or understands how much work people put into their jobs. People do so much to make sure everyone is provided food in grocery stores and making sure the community is clean. Some people do not think about the work behind some things their parents just hand them or even what parents just go out and buy. As it says in the chapter Hecho en America “The fingerprints are one of some aspects of America life that escape everyday thought: the fact that there are people, actual people, who pick our food. ”(Laskas 50).

Some federal statutes address fraud in government health care programs, and many of these laws vary considerably (Krause 2004). Some of these laws specifically target health care fraud. Example of the laws that the government direct at inappropriate health care activities includes the “Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute and Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (EPRA).”

On the Same Hand, the Criminal code, fraudulent concealment #341, states that “Everyone who, for a fraudulent purpose, takes, obtains, removes or conceals anything is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.”

There are many ethical dilemmas that occur daily in our hospitals across the world. Not everyone agrees with standards and policies that are required in hospitals or even with the law. If not everyone obeys the law, ethical cases form. In Springfield, Missouri, a holistic nurse got fired for fighting against Cox South hospital policies. Carla Brock has been a nurse at Cox South hospital and not only refused the flu shot, but also refused to wear a mask. She refused due to religious beliefs, she gets short of breath while wearing the mask, and she feels the mask is meant to intimidate and humiliate those who refuse the shot. The ethical question in this case study is to decide if Carla should have been fired for not wearing a mask after refusing the flu shot and what are other potential proposals. The four-way method will separate out what are the truths, consequences, fairness, and character, of this ethical case study.

A bootlegger once said, “We knew the officers and they knew us […] the same as you know football players on another team” (Okrent 277). Government officials knew the crime being committed by bootleggers, but gave them free passes in exchange for cash, support, or supplies. For example, a congressman during this time had an annual salary of $7,500. However, one congressman, named John W. Langley, somehow deposited $1150,000 over the course of a few years. It was revealed that he was given that excess amount of money in exchange for giving New York-based bootleggers a million gallons of liquor (Okrent 275).

Racketeering violations- Forgery is the process of making or adapting documents with the intention to deceive. It is a form of fraud and is often a key technique in the execution of identity theft. Uttering and publishing is a term in United States law for the forgery of non-official documents. (Kim, 2015)

The case of Rita Crundwell revolves around a town, other employees, and an auditor 's blind trust in a women, who clearly did not deserve the trust. Crundwell was the town Comptroller. The fraud resulted in 53 million dollars to be siphoned from the town 's funds in a time frame of 20 years. Crundwell covered her tracks with a fake bank account, fake invoices, and the party line of blaming the state for simply being behind on payments. There were many red flags during the two decades of this scheme, but due to the town 's small size and trusting attitude, they relied heavily on external audits, which were not up to par.

Founder of the Eurasia Group in which is a firm that advises on political risk, Ian Bremmer gave the old “J Curve,” a new meaning. The J Curve is formed as the line that moves along the X- axis. The line falls before, but eventually rises far above the starting point. The X- axis defines the political openness of the country, while the Y- axis shows the stability of a country in which illustrates the ability of a country to survive in political shock. Countries such as North Korea, Belarus, and Zimbabwe are actually stable (left side of the curve), but this is a result of them being closed. While other countries such as Japan, The United States, and Sweden (right side of the curve) are stable because their openness results from the citizens

Fraud is defined as an intentional act performed by an individual with the aim of gaining some benefits by the perpetrator (Kristin 4). The World Bank Group (2016) describes fraud as a practice involving an action or omission such as a misrepresentation through reckless, knowing misleads or with attempt to mislead another party so as to gain financial or other type of benefit, or with the intention of avoiding a responsibility. Fraud is any trick used by one party for the purpose of gaining through a dishonest advantage over another individual. An individual commits fraud with the intention of inducing another party some form of loss or inflict injury. Ashworth and Horder (368) state that fraud is a form of a dishonesty offense because its intention is to steal, deceive, deprive, take a conveyance without consent and handling of stolen goods as well as money laundering. Any type of fraud is a crime and questionable under the law. In fact, fraud as a crime calls for severe penalties such as prosecution and punishment like that of a murder. There should be no limitations as to why a fraudster should not be convicted with a criminal offense. There are different types of fraud committed through dishonesty means. Government assistance fraud is a type of crime that is common in organizations owned by the state (Bohm & Haley, 2014). Based on the level of offense committed through government assistance fraud, it is even recommended that people committing such a crime get a higher

Most people are vigilant that telling the truth is a good thing and telling lies is a deplorable thing, but most of us at some point in our lives have been tempted to tell lies and find it very convenient. In fact there are a number of reasons and circumstances that seems that telling lies is good thing. In this essay I will firstly explain what morality is. Define moral relativism and moral egoism. Finally I will use both theories to discuss the morality of lying.