Contractors are particularly vulnerable to the possibility of becoming victims to white collar crimes and other types of fraud. According to the recently released study of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), this is because:
-Specialists are required on the job
-A wide range of regulations
-There is significant risk involved (both financial and safety concerns)
-It is lucrative, as the annual revenue generated is estimated to be approximately $465 billion
-There are about 90,000 contractors in the United States
You may think you're creating a clever password, but rest assured – if it's a word in the English language, or a sequence of characters easily typed on the keyboard – zxcvbnm, for example (go ahead, look down at your keyboard!), you can bet that not only are thousands of other people using the same password, it's probably on a hacker's list somewhere of common passwords.
The Sobel & Co. Fraud and Forensic Group is pleased to introduce our newest team member, Maryann Veytsman, CPA, Esq., who will be joining us as a Manager this month.
Homebuyers wanting to claim a valuable federal tax credit faced a deadline earlier this year. To claim the credit, the buyers must have signed a binding contract by April 30, 2010 and the transaction had to close by June 30, 2010. But now, President Obama has signed a new law that extends the deadline for these transactions to close. Here are the details.
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Contractors are particularly vulnerable to the possibility of becoming victims to white collar crimes and other types of fraud. According to the recently released study of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), this is because:
You may think you're creating a clever password, but rest assured – if it's a word in the English language, or a sequence of characters easily typed on the keyboard – zxcvbnm, for example (go ahead, look down at your keyboard!), you can bet that not only are thousands of other people using the same password, it's probably on a hacker's list somewhere of common passwords. 
Homebuyers wanting to claim a valuable federal tax credit faced a deadline earlier this year. To claim the credit, the buyers must have signed a binding contract by April 30, 2010 and the transaction had to close by June 30, 2010. But now, President Obama has signed a new law that extends the deadline for these transactions to close. Here are the details.
