Rampart scandal

When the American heavy metal band Metallica, unleashed their self-funded movie, the 2013 American IMAX thriller concert film - 'Through The Never,' it stimulated the interest of Metallica's fans, only to leave them perplexed and confused by its plot, which is extremely complex and difficult to follow. The 'Through The Never' film was such a commercial failure that the members of the Metallica band lost millions of their own money. In an interview with the Metallica's fan club magazine, the…

In the case of the American Red Cross as mentioned in both questions, I believe that corporate greed and issues of non-caring presidents, leaders and those in high ranking positions was the primary reason for the lack of confidence we have with ARC then and now (Thorne, 2011). The practice of paying leaders for job done poorly continues to exist in American with many companies and ARC is not exempt. This issue with this case is that it was done not only for Bernadine Healy given 1.9 million in…

In the second chapter of the book “Freakonomics”, they go through and analyze the similarities between how the Ku Klux Klan and Real-Estate agents go side and side when it comes to their strategies and their weaknesses. Both parties are described as keepers of information, with this specific information holding the key over control on the people. There are not releasing this information, but withholding it and that is what makes them both powerful. When it comes to certain information,…

From 2008 through 2012, 481 FDIC insured banks were either liquidated or merged with healthier institutions. Credit Unions saw 136 involuntary liquidations or assisted mergers at the hands of the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. In 2009, Credit Unions saw their delinquency for mortgage loans peak at 1.61 percent compared to 8.86 percent at the banks. Many of the largest corporate credit unions in the United States invested in troubled mortgage-backed securities which resulted in…

The act of submitting fraudulent claims is nothing new; many third-party payers are often the victim of these crimes. As a working individual that pays taxes through payroll deductions, like many Americans that have a contribution towards the Medicare program. I have a right to know where funds go and how they are disbursed. The reason I chose this particular regulation because there was a similar case of an Optometrist submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare. Dr. Sponseller was sentenced to…

Vietnam: Authoritarian or Democratic? Following the democratization of The United States of America after their secession from Britain, democracy spread to other states through various reforms. Many states, however, still hold on to authoritarianism as their modus operandi. A form of government defined by strong central power and limited political freedoms, authoritarianism chiefly describes Vietnam’s government today. Freedom House’s Report of Vietnam in 2006 described the Vietnamese…

Facts of the Case - Prior to President Nixon's re-election, seven men broke into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. It was suspected that the Nixon administration was involved in this breach. - After President Nixon's re-election, the Senate began investigating this incident. Witnesses testified that Nixon and other high-ranking officials were aware of the plan to break-in to the DNC headquarters and the subsequent cover-ups. When it was discovered that Nixon had a secret…

time of Nixon resigning, I was working in St. Charles. It was something on the news that I was shocked about. I remember thinking, “Did this actually just happen?”... I can’t explain it in any other term, than simply shocking. This wasn’t just some scandal or some ordinary robbery, as it had seemed in the early hours of the news. This was something much, much more.” It was the warmest June the west had seen in nearly 31 years, however the sun wasn’t the only thing bringing heat. June 17,…

o With no increase in revenue as the market interest rate went up due to the swapping interest rate deal, so did the debt. Jefferson Country’s lawyers wanted to sue the banks for issuing more than $3 billion in debt that ruined by an inducement scandal. o The county agreed to close the lawsuit in exchange to the $3 billion principal reduced to $1.98 billion and…

As the amount technology available continued to spread at an almost exponential rate, the size of computers, which once took up an entire room, and their price were reduced down to more manageable sizes. As a result, computers become a commonplace piece of equipment found in many workplaces and family living rooms. However, as the year 2000 drew near, people began to fear that drastic changes would occur in their lives because of a simple bug called the Year 2000, or simply, Y2K. People’s fears…