After this elderly duo was caught crossing the border with a cache of alcohol, authorities are asking whether they’ve busted a smuggling ring or just caught some tax-savvy citizens.

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Tags: Inspection, Lower rate, Smuggling, Traveling

After one whiff, this accountant should have known his port-a-potty ploy smelled bad from the beginning.

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Tags: Embezzlement, Mr. John, Port-a-potty, Theft

Investigations into your company’s records can be a drain on both time and processes. After this ordeal, it resulted in a massive windfall — but not for the state.

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Tags: Credit card, Emotional distress, FTB, Gil Hyatt, Social Security

Are you on top of inventory, records-retention and expense reports? You’re way ahead of the curve.

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Tags: GAO, Indian Health Service, Jaws of life

Your company goes the extra mile to make sure its business expense paperwork is bulletproof. Someone ought to clue in IRS.

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Tags: Business expenses, GAO, IRS, lingerie, NASA, P-cards, Reimbursements, T&E, Top Ten

Keeping records and company goods protected is one thing. But this owner took things a step too far.

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Tags: Breaking and entering, Burglaries gone wrong, Fraud protection, Theft

Not only will Fox News have to pay its exterminator bill, but it’ll have to take out the checkbook to pay for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that some critters caused.

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Tags: Bed bugs, Exterminator, Fox News, PTSD

It’s bad enough when fraud affects a company. How about messing up an entire city?

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Tags: Pension plans, San Diego, SEC, Securities fraud, Unpaid liabilities

No company’s perfect: Controls can have an unexpected weak spot and problems can slip through. But shouldn’t an electronic payment company practice what it preaches?

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Tags: Audit nightmares, Financial planning, Internal controls, Verifone

Who’s to blame when medical records get lost in the mail?

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Tags: Audit, Medical records, Scrap, UPS