Debit cards canceled after security breach; Fitchburg Savings Bank replaces cards after warning from Visa USA.
Byline: Andi Esposito FITCHBURG - About 1,300 debit-ATM cards issued by Fitchburg Savings Bank were deactivated yesterday after the bank was told by Visa USA that a "large-scale data compromise" may have included its check cards. None of the cards was used fraudulently and all...

Finding the limit to 'brother's keeper' regulations.
In a November 2005 Response column ("Are You Your Brother's Keeper?"), we wrote about several recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) orders that targeted not only the marketers who were responsible for allegedly deceptive advertising, but also named as defendants some of the service providers who helped them do business....

Not ready for sub-prime players: borrowing's fine; debt's a national crisis.
EVEN CAVE-DWELLING, 15-year-fixed-rate-paying troglodytes were close to hysteria this spring, spooked by speculation that the debacle in the sub-prime mortgage industry, which had already sunk industry leaders like Ownit and AmeriQuest, was on the verge of torpedoing the entire American economy. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) proposed...

Financial institutions fraud.
I. INTRODUCTION This Article reviews the development and application of three federal criminal statutes that govern offenses by or against financial institutions. Section II analyzes the Bank Fraud Statute, which targets fraud against financial institutions.(1) Section III describes the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of...

Financial institutions fraud.
I. INTRODUCTION This article reviews the development and application of three federal criminal statutes that govern offenses by or against financial institutions. Section II analyzes the Bank Fraud Statute, which targets fraud against financial institutions.(1) Section III describes the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of...

Financial institutions fraud.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BANK FRAUD: [sections] 1344 A. Scope B. Elements of the Offense 1. Knowledge 2. Executes or Attempts to Execute 3. Scheme or Artifice 4. To Defraud or Obtain Monies by False or Fraudulent Pretenses ...

Financial institutions fraud.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BANK FRAUD: [sections] 1344 A. Potential Scope B. Elements of the Offense 1. Knowledge 2. Executes or attempts to Execute 3. Scheme or Artifice 4. To Defraud or Obtain Monies By False or Fraudulent Pretenses a. Defrauding a Financial...

Combating counterfeit pharmaceutical marketing.
Counterfeiting is a serious problem in the pharmaceuticals industry--made worse because more people are buying pharmaceuticals online without really knowing what they are getting. This problem is not new. Twenty years ago, 1 million counterfeit birth control pills made their way into the U.S. market, causing injury...

How to slash accounts receivable.
Quick, what's the largest asset on your balance sheet? Almost certainly it's accounts receivable. Many physicians fail to realize that, often because they've never assembled a balance sheet or budget--something I'll discuss in an upcoming column. Many also fail to appreciate that aggressive management of accounts receivable is key...

Direct response pays off: mortgage, credit and banking institutions all invest in DR's back-end sales principles.
When DRTV talks real estate and investments most people think Carleton Sheets for obvious reasons. Sheets' "No Down Payment" real estate investment educational series has been a DRTV hit for more than 20 years and still ranks as the No.1 business opportunity product on the Infomercial Monitoring Service's (IMS)...