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13 Jun 2010, 10:16 am
To the Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant Wayne Carnall: Based on my analysis of Medifast’s (NYSE: MED) financial disclosures below, I respectfully recommend that the Division of Corporation Finance immediately review the company’s revenue recognition policy, before it issues its Q2 2010 10-Q report. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 1:53 am
Written by, Sam E. [read post]
13 Nov 2011, 7:15 am
Nature’s Sunshine Products (NASDAQ: NATR), Willbros Group (NYSE: WG), Cal Dive International (NYSE: DVR), and BSQUARE (NASDAQ: BSQR) have recently issued earnings reports which include a calculation of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) that apparently does not comply with Securities and Exchange Commission interpretations for Regulation G governing such non-GAAP financial measures. [read post]
21 Apr 2010, 4:29 am
Simpson, who was the lead counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission in its successful battle against certain criminal members of the Antar family than ran Crazy Eddie. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 3:40 am
Even as events were imploding around us, we could count on gullible and naive research analysts to pump up the price of Crazy Eddie shares, as the Antar family continued to unload stock and pocket millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains. [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 11:44 pm
On Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM Eastern, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) held its Q4 2010 conference call to review its "financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and full year. [read post]
18 Feb 2010, 11:12 pm
"Respectfully,Sam E. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 4:21 pm
In addition, I recommend that the SEC make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice and that Overstock.com's management be prosecuted for their financial frauds on investors and retaliation against their critics.Patrick Byrne and his cronies should start planning ahead and visit the following web sites:Federal Prison Camp TourThe Ultimate Guide to Surviving Life Inside Federal PrisonSpecial thanks to all those people who stood by me, many of whom were illegally pretexted by the creepy… [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 5:17 pm
Antar (former Crazy Eddie CFO and a convicted felon)Disclosure: Not short or long Overstock.comIndex to White Collar Fraud Blog PostsOther Blog and Media Reaction to my Blog [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 11:15 am
To tell this story Schechter speaks with bankers involved in these activities, respected economists, insider experts, top journalists including Paul Krugman, and even a convicted white-collar criminal, Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on intentionally dishonest practices. [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 4:54 am
In this blog post, I will detail how certain members of Overstock.com's (NASDAQ: OSTK) unprincipled management team conned investors into believing that the company's non-compliant EBITDA disclosures were in compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation G, governing non-GAAP disclosures. [read post]
3 Jan 2010, 4:55 am
Open Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission: After carefully examining certain conflicting and contradictory disclosures by Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), I recommend that you should also investigate whether the company engaged in improper audit "opinion shopping" in hiring both Grant Thornton, who replaced PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as the company's auditors and KMPG, who replaced Grant Thornton after they were fired by the company. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 4:05 am
To SEC Chairperson Mary Schapiro: In August 2009, I wrote my first Open Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing how Overstock.com deliberately violated Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in recognizing income for recoveries from underbilled fulfillment partners by improperly claiming that a “gain contingency” existed under accounting rules. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 12:14 am
Updated to include today's anouncement of David Chidester leaving the company To KPMG: Recently, your firm was naive enough to become Overstock.com's (NASDAQ: OSTK) new auditors, after the company fired and publicly vilified Grant Thornton rather than properly follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as recommended by them. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 1:05 am
Last week, I suggested that j2 Global Communications Inc. [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 10:11 pm
Updated at 10:40 PM ET (see bottom of article) On November 17, 2010, District Attorneys from seven California counties sued Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) alleging that the company has engaged in fraudulent pricing practices after a two year investigation. [read post]
21 May 2012, 10:06 am
There is a saying among white-collar criminals, “When you are caught in the act of doing something wrong, play stupid. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 7:44 pm
Corruption and unethical behavior by politicians is a cancer that slowly and deliberately destroys the integrity of our government institutions and ultimately threatens the stability of our Republic.The Democratic Party which will control the Presidency, the Senate, and the House of Representatives has a unique opportunity to show that they are really serious about possible corruption and changing the way Washington does business.However, they must start in their own backyard and immediately remove… [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 4:14 pm
Rather than appropriately restate Overstock.com's financial reports, Patrick Byrne responded on an internet chat board in an unsigned post using an alias saying that: Antar's ramblings are gibberish. [read post]
26 Nov 2009, 7:15 pm
Updated for two additional notes to the SEC at bottom of post To the Securities and Exchange Commission: Recently, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) CEO Patrick M. [read post]
