It’s been a great week for the fight against corruption. The Gupta network of shady deals has been dealt a big blow, with the U.S. government hitting the family with financial sanctions that freeze all their U.S. assets. Those blacklisted are the Gupta brothers Atul, Ajay and Rajesh Gupta, and associate Salim Essa. https://blog.fraudcracker.com/u-s-sanction-law-targets-gupta-network/

A former Drexel University professor allegedly spent almost $200,000 of federal research money on strip clubs and other personal expenses. Read more at https://blog.fraudcracker.com/drexel-university-professor-spent-federal-grants-at-strip-clubs/

What are 8 things leaders often do that make people leave? 1 biggie is not creating a psychologically safe culture. Understanding the 8, and how they impact your team, will help you identify those at flight risk, and make changes that could make them stay. https://blog.fraudcracker.com/8-things-leaders-do-that-make-employees-quit/

Going public with serious holes in controls is more common than you think. It happens in 20% of Big 4-audited IPOs https://blog.fraudcracker.com/20-of-big-4-audited-ipos-report-weaknesses-in-financial-reporting-controls/

Want your past to be forgotten on the Net? Moving to Europe might be your best bet. Google doesn’t have to apply Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law globally. It must remove links to sensitive personal data from its search results in Europe when needed, but not for searches elsewhere worldwide.  https://blog.fraudcracker.com/google-can-forget-you-but-only-in-europe/

The British government continues to approve the export of hi-tech surveillance equipment and software of the type being used by states abusing human rights to monitor and repress dissent. This is according to new government data. https://blog.fraudcracker.com/british-government-still-aiding-repression-in-human-rights-abusing-countries/

Speaking at the #ACFESA Africa conference this week on protecting whistle-blowers in the digital age. Lots of interesting other talks. Great to see the move to digital happening more and more in all fraud-related areas – we need to be using smarter tools to fight smarter fraudsters. https://blog.fraudcracker.com/digitally-protecting-whistle-blowers/

When 241 farmworkers became shareholders in the Langwyde Werknemers Trust 10 years ago, they were led to believe their lives would improve. Instead, many still live in dilapidated homes and are struggling to survive because they haven’t received any dividends from the company. The workers believe farm owners are exploiting them to benefit from BEE and get extra state funding. Find out more at https://blog.fraudcracker.com/call-for-forensic-investigation-into-farmworker-equity-schemes/

Goldman Sachs Vice President India steals $5.4m from the company to pay off his gambling debt. More info at https://blog.fraudcracker.com/vp-steals-5-4m-from-goldman-sachs-to-pay-gambling-debt/

The lavish lifestyle and political aspirations of EFF president Julius Malema were funded from the R16m robbed from VBS Mutual Bank. Scorpio’s investigations show how the life savings of the poor and vulnerable VBS-depositors, plus municipalities around South Africa, paid for school-related expenses for Malema’s son, and Gucci, Louis Vuitton and tailored suits from designer Linda Makhanya, a Polokwane party venue and the EFF. https://blog.fraudcracker.com/vbs-theft-money-laundering-lifes-little-luxuries-julius-malemas-time-of-spending-dangerously/