Electoral fraud

In Shall We Tell the President? by Jeffery Archer Andrews is put into several situations that determine his fate. It should have been his skills to problem solve, however it was pure dumb luck that saved his life and job. As an author and a member of the British Parliament from 1969-74, Jeffrey Howard Archer’s career is reflected in his fiction and his fiction has influenced his career (“Archer” 21-2). In 1959 he trained to be an Army Officer and held a police officer position for five months…

Richard Dickey Scruggs is a famed Mississippi tort lawyer, who was born on May 17, 1946, grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He was raised by his mother, because his father left the family when Scruggs was five years old. His mother worked as a legal secretary at the Ingalls shipyard. Dickie is known for tobacco and asbestos case and amassed more than 1 billion in judgments against various companies. According Joseph B. Treaster, Scruggs became one of the richest America lawyers, by forcing…

The reasons of the fraud are results from privileges that both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are granted from the U.S. Congress. They are government-sponsored enterprises which are chartered by the Congress, enjoy special privileges from the Federal Government such as exemption from federal and state income state, credit support from the U.S. Treasury; moreover, they are not subject to standard financial disclosures. Lack of effective and sufficient internal control is also another reason for this…

Mary Elizabeth Harriman, the wife of Russell Williams, aided and abetted in his crimes by not revealing his behaviour and actions to the police. Mary Elizabeth Harriman must have been aware of her husband’s illicit conduct but she did not report that conduct to the police. Harriman gained financially from this illicit conduct. She acquired Williams’s assets after he was captured, including his half of the couple’s new townhome in Ottawa. She acquired his half of their $700,000 house in a…

Question 1 Managing the Art of Innovation Assignment Question 1 One of the world's leading diamond mining companies (De Beers), was struggling to find ways to control and minimise diamond theft. As a result, this threatened their business viability due to substantial profit losses at many of the mines at the time. In attempts to start mitigating this problem, De Beers used a combination of physical body searches and conventional x-rays to detect any smuggled diamonds. According to Brian…

Plagiarism, is it a big deal? To put it plain and simple, yes it is. Plagiarism is the crime that gets swept under the rug. We hardly ever hear of people getting caught for plagiarizing someone’s work. Many people believe that no harm can come of taking credit for another person’s work; some may not even realize that they have done anything wrong. People are always getting caught either cheating stealing or copying other people’s work. If no harm can be done by it, why is it against the law?…

Wells Fargo faces a civil lawsuit filed by Mike Feuer, Attorney of the city of Los Anglos. Wells Fargo is accused of unethical behavior by setting impartial sales targets for its employees. The company enforces quotes that were nearly impossible to meet which triggered unethical and fraudulent tactics. Under tremendous pressure due to impartial goals, Wells Fargo employees adopted fraudulent methods for meeting these goals. Investigation findings showed evidence of bankers opening unauthorized…

The United States Congress is the ground for policymaking in our nation. I chose to write about corruption in Congress, because the 535 members of the House and the Senate have the power to place limitations on levying taxes, and solving problems that cause America to be so divided. The legislative branch is able to control almost every aspect of American life in some way. A Princeton University study comparing 1,779 outcomes to what the public actually wanted found that groups representing…

Tartuffe is a great example of someone willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. They are the people who are willing to completely destroy other people's lives so that they can be ahead. Tartuffe is an example of how such greed and ignorance was used against people listening to a sermon in a church. It could be said that Wall Street bankers are a near perfect example of someone possessing those characteristics today. There are many more ways that people have infiltrated our lives…

Bribery is the act of offering, giving, receiving something of value in order to influence an official decision or other legal duties. Bribery is a severe crime and is punishable by the law in different ways in most countries. Bribery can be used to take illicit advantage over the law in different ways. It can be as small as to get away with speeding tickets and as big as tax evasion. In a country where poverty is prevalent, the system does tend to get corrupt. The main key to this system being…