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Accountant convicted over hit on client

August 29th, 2006 · No Comments

In Sydney, Australia, an accountant was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill a client who he had stolen almost $84,000 from. He had failed to remit those amounts to the government for taxes owed by the victim. The motive was, unsur­pris­ingly, to “stop Mr Williams from bringing the fraud to light.” This is pretty crazy […]

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Category: Accounting
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Wireless internet theft affects us all

March 5th, 2006 · No Comments

A story in the New York Times about your friendly neigh­borhood wireless thieves. I have to admit I’m guilty of this when I’m not at home, but it pretty much does serve you right if you don’t secure your network. Maybe municipal wi-fi will cut down on this “phenomenon”… Edit: If only Twitter were invented […]

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