Last week a new case of scientific misconduct came to light. University of Connecticut resveratrol researcher Dipak Das was accused of serious scientific misconduct. (You can read my brief post about the case or, for all the gory details, you can follow the story on Retraction Watch.)...
Resveratrol and Fraud
Durbin seeks help reducing lunch fraud risk
Responding to a Chicago Tribune story on fraud risks in the federal free lunch program, Sen. Richard Durbin sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking what his department will do to “bolster eligibility verification measures.”
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Durbin asks federal agency to help reduce school lunch fraud risk
Responding to a Chicago Tribune story on fraud risks in the federal free lunch program, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois today sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking what his department will do to “bolster eligibility verification measures.”
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Red Wine Research Fraud; The Tiniest Frog in the World
Discovered: A red-wine research fraud, the world's smallest frog, what makes alcohol addictive, the Internet's mind-altering properties, a new Mars-like planet. Related: The Milky Way Is White; The Farthest Away Galaxy Red wine health fraud? We've been rooting for the...
Alleged Scam May Mean Eviction For Renters
A possible housing scam may be putting hundreds of thousands of dollars in someone’s pockets while getting some people kicked out of their homes.
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Alleged Scam May Mean Eviction For Renters
Cooperating witness, former executive face sentencing in Pa. federal court in Le-Nature fraud
PITTSBURGH — A former accounting director-turned-government witness and a former executive for the defunct soft drink maker Le-Nature’s faced sentencing Tuesday in federal court in one of the biggest business fraud investigations in western Pennsylvania. Tammy Jo Andreycak, 44,...
Publishing scam
AS an Internet user you would have experienced the Nigerian lottery scam. But you may not have heard of the academic scam of the African Journal of Business Management (AJBM) — unless you are in one of the countless management schools that have sprung up in Pakistan since the 1980s.
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Scam preys on Middle Tennessee businesses
It started with an email to Ashley’s Furniture. “It looked very much like a Better Business Bureau email alerting us to a consumer issue,” said the regional manager. Attached, was a major headache.
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Scam preys on Middle Tennessee businesses