Crime
Company Wants to Keep Botmaster Criminal as SysAdmin After Time Served
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009As if this story could get any worse…
John Schiefer, an employee of human-powered search engine Mahalo, was sentenced to four years in prison this week for operating a botnet. This would be the same Mahalo that hired Schiefer without even a Google search, let alone a background check. They would have learned that Schiefer had [...]
Audit Firm Sues Partner for Insider Trading
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Deloitte & Touche has brought an insider-trading lawsuit against a former partner and vice chairman, Thomas Flanagan from Deloitte’s Chicago office. In a case filed in Delaware Chancery Court in late October, the audit firm sued Thomas Flanagan, a 30-year veteran of the firm, accusing him of improperly trading in the securities of at least [...]