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• Nasdaq, Please Don't Delist Overstock.com!

  —Gary Weiss

  At a time when the world seems to be falling apart, it's nice to know that there is a ray of sunshine: the always fascinating story of the corporate crime petri dish, Overstock.com.
  
  I honestly don't know what I'd do without Overstock. What else could I write about that' [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:05pm EST
  by Gary Weiss

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• Many More Mortgage Fraud Cases in Pipeline; ‘Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel’

  —ABA Journal Top Stories

  Mortgage fraud prosecutions are likely to increase exponentially as federal authorities gear up nationwide to put a higher priority on such cases. In Nevada, they have some 300 cases in the pipeline, cherry-picking the most egregious, reports the Las Vegas Sun. Like complex drug cases, mortgage fraud cases can mushroom [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:12pm EST
  

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• Believing the unbelievable sets us free

  —Lovefraud Blog

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  By Ox Drover There are some things in life that we accept as “truths” whether we understand just why they are true or not. We accept that the world is essentially round, that it revolves around the sun, that light is white and the absence of light is dark. We don’t [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:36am EST
  by Donna Andersen

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• The sociopath’s irrational optimism

  —Lovefraud Blog

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  We’ve discussed many of the sociopath’s traits, such as his missing empathy and compassion; his tendency to remorseless interpersonal exploitation; and proclivity to audacious acts of lying, deception and sundry other violating behaviors. Now, I’m tempted to add to the mix what I call the sociopath’s tendency to “irrational optimism.” By [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:00am EST
  by Steve Becker, LCSW

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• Miami Lawyer Says He Pointed Feds to Rothstein in Claimed $100M+ Scheme

  —ABA Journal Top Stories

  Updated: An investment opportunity offered by managing partner Scott Rothstein of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler seemed too good to be true, a Miami lawyer and developer thought. So, Alan Sakowitz tells the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, he called the feds and put them on Rothstein's trail. After meeting with Rothstein three times,' [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  

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