Guest Blog Post: Can a Flawed US Legal System Discourage Fraud? A Look at PageTurner Scam Prosecution - Writer Beware (R)

It's discouraging for me to read.

Here's a post Panzer found on the Writer Beware (R) site about how fraud cases are prosecuted in the US.

 

In his post Trent Bertrand does a deep dive into how the process works. He uses the PageTurner scam as an example of the legal system's mechanics.

 

Panzer says, "Hmm ... It almost looks like somebody took the fox into the chicken coop."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a glass of iced tea and a bowl of ice cream. (Can you tell it's really hot here?)

  

To read the post tootle over to Writer Beware 

Hugo awards organizers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win - The Guardian*

It's good the Hugo awards caught them.

Today, Panzer made a quick trip to The Guardian site. There he found a post about the Hugo awards.

 

According to the post by Sian Cain, the Hugo awards has announced an investigation found hundreds of votes were paid for with thousands of dollars to try and determine the winner at the Hugo awards. There's no names in the post.

Panzer says, "This is very, very bad."

Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to Hugo Awards Fraudulent Votes

 

 

*With a tip of Panzer's kitty fedora to Kevin's Corner for the original news link

Why You Might Not Want to Use Wire Transfer or Payment Apps to Pay For Publishing Services - Writere Beware

Today's trip into the Catosphere took Panzer to the Writer Beware site. The post our inquisitive little kitty boy found there is about the payment systems scammers use to defraud writers.

 

I didn't know any of this.

Victoria Strauss' post exams how payment systems work and the rules governing them. She also covers which of the systems offer the best protections for authors to recover their money in a fraudulent transaction. Several links to other information about the payment systems are included in the post.

 

Panzer says, "Every author should read this post."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a muffin for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to wire transfer or payment apps

Would-Be Buyer of B&N Settles Fraud Charges - Publishers' Weekly

You thought you'd get away with it?

Panzer stopped in at the Publishers' Weekly site today.

In a post by Jim Milliot he learned some interesting facts about a purported attempt to purchase a controlling interest in Barnes & Noble last year. In February 2014 Michael A. Glickstein of G Asset Management LLC announced they wished to purchase 51 percent of Barnes & Noble. That turned out to be not only false, but impossible. Glickstein and the firm did not have the money to do the purchase and they had no way to get the money. What they did have was some B&N stock they'd already bought. The possible B&N purchase attempt news raised the stock price so G Asset Management LLC made money selling their stock.

Panzer says, "Barnes & Noble didn't have anything to do with any of this. This was strictly Glickstein and G Asset Management."

To read the full post, tootle over to Barnes & Noble