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A COMPLIANCE OFFICER?S MUSE?

By Robert David, Esq.

By Benson Weintraub, Esq. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (September 15, 2008) In post-Depression era history, the federal government has yielded to systemic extensions of credit through extortionate means, most recently in bailing out Fannie and Freddie, the first of many economic casualties of the sub-prime mortgage crisis. The impact upon markets and investors associated with the failure of Enron and WorldCom resulted in an expression of American political condemnation culminating in Sarbanes-Oxley and the new corporate controls, including radical expansion of corporate compliance programs. The anecdotal reduction of securities fraud correlated with compliance programs over the past fifteen years?and amendments to the federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines?should have significantly deterred offenders having prompted Sarbanes-Oxley, including Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).