You may have heard the curious story this week of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is supposed to make sure thousands of everyday consumer products don't pose unnecessary dangers. Given the spate of recent high-profile recalls, Congress has just discovered there's too much work for the agency's paltry staff of 400, and is now considering a law to beef up its work force Curiously, the... read full post picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

This is a leaked official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S. prosecutors why they should bust music pirates: Because it'll lead them to "everything from handguns to large quantities of cocaine [and] marijuana," not to mention terrorists and murderers! picked by germz 8 months ago

The $3 million winning bid for the Record Rama collection on eBay was a fraud.
"Jopsoup", the winning bidder says he didn't even know about the bid until after the fact and that he was a victim of identity theft. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

"Dell was found guilty on Tuesday of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection practices in a case brought by the New York attorney general."

I hate Dell... and this story made me so happy, I pee-d a little picked by ImNotBlue 5 months ago

Well at least according to Col. Gadaffi of Libya. Christians didn't start world-wide riots or anything. Instead they spoke of a need to pray for him. They also had a good laugh at his reasoning, his "proof" that the Bible was a fraud. Read article to see what it was. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

A change in UK law is set to move the realm of spiritualism from under the cover of the 1951 Fraudulent Mediums Act to a new Consumer Protection Act.

This is a change in the balance of law so that no longer would a plaintiff against a medium need to prove fraud, but the medium would need to prove their veracity. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

An excellent (though dated) article written about the guy that created Winamp and Gnutella. picked by theclansman 7 months ago

Apparently election fraud is bad and we should stop it. picked by gammerus 12 months ago

Federal authorities drooped...errr, dropped charges on Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals and those affiliated with the company. picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

U.S. insurance companies systematically overcharge customers and underpay home and auto claims to pad their already-fat bottom lines, a consumer group said Thursday. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Did you know that the only way to produce a white tiger is through severe inbreeding of brother to sister, father to daughter and mother to son? Did you know that there is no such species as a Royal White Bengal Tiger? picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

More brainy - more gullible? picked by topofall 7 months ago

The P2P network's founder Mark Gorton is in the fight of his life picked by sholom22 1 year ago

A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

According to Susan Shields, Mother Teresa 'harmed her helpers as well as those they helped.' picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. The catch? He did it all alone. What could one man need $7 Billion for?

...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste." picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

More than 7,000 - including rock star Pete Townshend - were said to have downloaded child-porn images from a U.S. website. picked by Hoosker 1 year ago

Woman: I'm no music pirate picked by punthe 1 year ago