ALTON – People with experiences or opinions on creditors using or misusing the court system to collect debts can testify Monday before a panel of state officials. The public hearing will begin at 2 p.m. in Alton City Council Chambers, 101 E. Third St. “We want to get input from as many people as possible [Read Full Story]
A Wharton business school graduate and former University of North Carolina basketball player who ran a New York holding company was convicted by a jury in a $21 million bank-fraud case. Courtney Dupree, 42, was found guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. He was accused of lying about receivables to New York-based [Read Full Story]
By Stan Diel — The occasional corporate seminar on ethics isn’t nearly enough to stop fraud, two of the architects of one of the biggest accounting frauds in history said Wednesday. Businesses need to develop a culture of ethics, or else they risk ruin, former HealthSouth Corp. CFOs Aaron Beam and Weston Smith told members [Read Full Story]
Two executives of a New York holding company that owned lighting and furniture dealers used false information to get $21 million in loans from Amalgamated Bank, a prosecutor said at the start of their trial. Courtney Dupree, the former chief executive officer of GDC Acquisitions LLC in Long Island City in Queens, New York, and [Read Full Story]
ByVeronica Brown There has been a drastic increase in debt collection scams recently according to the New York BBB, reports NY1. The scam involves victims receiving bogus calls from scammers claiming to be debt collectors. They even use official-sounding names to sound more credible. Often they will call multiple times to harass victims. The [Read Full Story]
