WikidFranchise

scam involving the fast food giant's promotional games, an attorney said Tuesday. Ralph Shapiro, an attorney representing Simon Worldwide Inc., said talks with representatives of McDonald's had been going on for several weeks. He said the talks are continuing in some aspects of the case, while they have

Outright scam, Immigrants as prey, Sincerity, Excuse du jour, Incompetent or predatory: for the small business investor, the outcome is the same, Fraud is widespread, White-collar crime is widespread

scam under companies called Millennium Consulting, Med-Supply, Xtel Marketing, Extel Marketing and Pharm-Assist. Ten telemarketers, working from a calling list, available on the Internet for a fee, were arrested but released unconditionally, White said. They hadn’t been paid for a month, he added. Charged with fraud over

Outright scam, Immigrants as prey, Sincerity, Excuse du jour, Incompetent or predatory: for the small business investor, the outcome is the same, Fraud is widespread, White-collar crime is widespread

scam. the CBC, 2003 Brought to you by WikidFranchise.org Risks: Confidence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Fraud, Development agents, Gag order (confidentiality agreement), Outright scam, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP

scam," said Cosentino. "The loss to the insurance industry was almost $400,000, but the potential loss was in the tens of millions of dollars if they were allowed to continue." He said even some of the co-accused were "victimized" by the alleged ringleaders, who registered "paper cars

scams. The judge convicted Belillti of a further two counts of failing to comply with court orders preventing him from handling financial instruments issued by other people. He was caught trying to certify cheques from the two elderly women. He has been convicted four previous times in similar frauds

scam believed to have run for up to 18 months, Lapham is believed to have employed bogus couriers and administrative staff to deliver consignments of ironing to the immigrant franchisees. He raided second-hand and Salvation Army stores for clothing to keep the ironers busy, and used fake customer names

scam. Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter's advice that collective legal action was the best way forward may be falling on deaf ears, as some defrauded ironing franchisees seek out their individual lawyers because they felt the group was getting too political. The new chairman for Franchise Watch, Husaini Ambawala

scam victims suffer second setback Lincoln Tan and David Eames Defrauded franchisees of former Green Acres master franchisee Keith Lapham were dealt a further blow yesterday. Just when some of them thought they could get their businesses up and running again after two former Lapham employees offered to continue collecting