My mother, a naturalized citizen, was told yesterday that she did not have the same rights as a US born-citizen. She has continuously lived in the US for over 30 years, paid her taxes, great employee and model citizen. She was recently a victim of fraud by a realtor and a title company when she bought a house. She sought legal representation and the lawyer she contracted is telling her that she will have limitations in her law suite because she is a naturalized citizen.

Where can I research the topic?

So my friend applied for disability and SS because he lost his job and scholarship for school because he had a heart attack at 21. So we was hospitalized a couple times while waiting because of his heart condition. He doesn’t have health insurance and this was the main reason why he applied for SS. So he decided to get an under the table job at a commission based telemarketing office because his bills were adding up. 4 months later he hears that he is eligible for SS but denied disability. He also realizes that his boss filed a tax form on him based on the money he was making. So when he applied for disability he was unemployed but because SS was taking so long and the bills were adding up, he felt he had to get some sort of job to pay them. So would it be considered fraud since when he applied he said he was unemployed but currently employed now? He hasn’t received any money from SS yet but will he still be in trouble for being employed while waiting? Is there a way that he can still receive SS benefits if he quits his job?

Here is his strategy:
a. He enticed charities, which are organizations, who would be less hostile if he were exposed, unlike individual investors who lost their all in all, who would be outraged to violence. To fortify his concealed fraud and theft, he got into the directorate of the particular charity, or one of his family did, so that if anything was brought up, he’d get ear of it and either silence it or cover it up specially.
b. To create the appearance of exclusivity and class, he was very selective of the investors who wanted to give him money, rejecting certain ones, so that whatever invester was accepted, would be grateful and less likely to look deep down.

c. He’d screen carefully every person who wanted to place funds with him – To investigate the specific investor – He’d hire investigators to go into every detail of the potential investor’s business activity, credit background, marital involvements etc and if there were indications of tax fraud or divorce fraud, he’d take them in as investors. He wanted to see if the applicant’s financial activities were such that the money he was giving to Madoff was concealed tax fraud, that plenty of monied people have, and they seek places where the monies can remain concealed in a larger fund composed of many investors. Madoff knew that if the fraud ever was found out, these investors with shady assets that the IRS would immediately check into if these persons names surfaced as persons with claims against Madoff, then these people would just go away and take their loss rather than face criminal or civil charges by the IRS. so Madoff had a ready made gag over the mouths of many, many individual investors who he ripped off, knowing they would never open their mouths to regulators to protect themselves.
And as for the alleged “innocence” of his two sons. They knew plenty about it. Madoff didn’t want their lives destroyed by his evil, so it was agreed that when the matter was about to bust out, the sons would play the role of heroes unveiling Madoff so they would avoid prosecution.
Real nice family, isn’t it?

I’ve just came across some evidence pertaining to me when i was around 13 years old. [i am now 22]. when i was 13 i went to live with my aunt and uncle for about 14 months, and then moved back home with my mom. I recently found a paper stating that my uncle is STILL receiving child support from my absent parent. My mom is also receiving back pay from my dad. I feel that my uncle is committing child support fraud because i haven’t been in his household in almost 10 years. Can anyone give me any suggestion on what I should do?! Thanks! =]
My father is the Absent Parent… I showed my mother the paper and she has no idea how to go about the situation.
No. There is no money owed to him. My mom did give him money during the time i was with them. The money never reached me though. They left me there at their home and took trips to the beach with it. PLUS, the child support was never started back up til after i was 18 years old. Therefore, the back pay is what is being paid now. My Uncle never had legal custody of me so Im not sure how he’s getting any money. I just know that he is. And since my mom had an open case when i was living with them, the caseworker said that they could not receive any money, and had no right to [that is what was said when we went to check on it when i was 13, to get the money in my name]

hi, my friend is 17, and her wallet was stolen a few years back with her ss card. she is now afraid that people have used her #, but not sure what to do. we told her to go to the ss office and get a credit report. but what if someone had used her card, what would her actions be? she is now applying to college too, would that hinder anything?

My sister in law was involved in an accident with another member of my family. Her mother went around to cops, insurance companies, courthouse etc. and told them all that she was my sister inlaws power of attorney and they gave her information. She is using this information to cause trouble for my other family member. She also used this information to get temporary custody of my nephew. Can she be charged with anything for doing this or is she just a liar?
my nephew was in custody of the court but living with his parents. When she was in the wreck and in the hospital her mom went to family services counselor to tell a bunch of lies and got temp custody so she can get food stamps and a check.

i want to get some but my parents are worried about Identity theft

Is this another example of hypocrisy with the women’s movement and/or feminist movement? Notable groups such as NOW and others oppose legislation in states in which if a woman defrauds a man with regards to paternity of a child that the man no longer has to financially support the child and in some instances there be a penalty for doing so i.e. pay the man back. Also they oppose that at the time of birth every child be DNA matched to their father to avoid this type of fraud. What is this all about? Studies have shown that as many as a third of women lie about such a thing. So why do prominent organizations within the women’s movement or feminist movement or whatever you want to call it, oppose this type of legislation?

If true, how is it fair that your rates go up because of the accident if it wasn’t your faulet (e.g. slipping on the ice)

right after i entered my information i exited the site and opened a new window to change my password. if changing your password doesent help, then what can you do? thanks!

I need at least three for my business law class. Thanks.

Mentioned a few times within the bible, Dow Jones drops 777 points?
Along with oppressing the laborer, do people understand how the stock market works, or who it truly benefits today? Should Christan’s be involved in our government? That if a thousand people own a piece of an apple that is a lot of profit to pay out? That part of fraud is to cheat, and every state has "escheatment", this law leaves the door wide open for thief’s to steal! What does it mean to oppress the poor?

My wife’s HMO just sent us a summary statement of medical care bills and payments for all of 2008.

You tell me — doesn’t this amount to grand fraud?

1. total charges [excluding double billing caused by HMO delaying for months] 33,343.80

2. Allowed by contract [also includes 437.37 that hasn't yet been been ruled as allowed or denied] 8312.78

In other words, the amounts "billed" by the hospitals, lab operations, physicians, clinics, radiologists, etc. were FOUR times the amounts they’d actually agreed to accept as full payment from the HMO.

Now, if you didn’t have an insurance company bargaining for you, the hospitals, et al, would be trying to collect FOUR times as much from you as they really expect to get, and really "should" get.

FOUR FREAKING TIMES AS MUCH !!

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Aside: for everyone who asks in these forums about paying their medical bills — the bill is a fraud. Provider never expected to get anywhere near that much. Don’t pay it. Offer them far less — it’s all they every expected to get anyway.

[The public hospital was the worst -- billing at FIVE times the amount they'd agreed to accept. By comparison, the regular doctor was only billing 1.6 times the allowed amount. Specialists were billing from two to four times the amounts they'd agreed to.]

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Now, if your banker was billing you for FOUR TIMES as much interest as he actually expected to collect, you’d call it fraud, wouldn’t you?

And isn’t it just as much a fraud when the public hospital district bills at FIVE TIMES what it expects to get — and then sues the poorest people [who don't have insurance] for the WHOLE FREAKING AMOUNT?

Ye Gods above — no wonder unexpected medical expense is the leading cause of bankruptcy in America. Most of the bills are frauds from moment one.

Wanting commentary on fraud, please, and how it relates to custody agreements.
I understand that fraud is one issue that can invalidate any agreement. I also know that most fraud has statute of limitations. Assume that a criminal act DID happen (kidnapping), and because of intimidation or other abusive pressures, the facts were withheld from the court. Would concealing or direct lies about the circumstances of the kidnapping be considered as fraud towards the COURT? (yes, I understand it to be perjury also).
Assume, then, that if the court is unaware of any possible crime, how might this affect the validity of any "voluntary" agreement, in which the parents signed a relinquishment of custody (to the grandparent). Parents were not fully aware of issues concerning what, in fact, constitutes kidnapping. They did not have a lawyer to represent them, nor any understanding of the terms of relinquishing custody. Following the "agreement", they were isolated from persons who might have helped them, both family or lawyers.

Looking only at the original status at the time this happened, would any "agreement" be seen as invalid? Would a court define it as "freely and knowingly"??
This is for my own knowledge and understanding. For various reasons, the parents are not presently attempting to contest the case. I am just wanting various views on how legal or not, any relinquishment may have been.
In Texas, and no, not hypothetical. I certainly get asked that a lot, since it is hard to imagine a more messed up situation, or the level of control from the parties involved.

3 years ago, my husband and I went to purchase a house. Our mortgage broker came back to us and said we needed flood insurance because we are in a flood zone. My husband and I weren’t planning to live in the house for more than a few years, so we didn’t want a home that we couldn’t sell and felt being in a flood zone wasn’t a good option. We told our realtor that we either wanted out of the sales agreement, or for them to knock ,000 off the price. They said they would knock ,000 off. Then, the mortgage broker (who was a friend of our realtor) called and said, “good news! Turns out your not in a flood zone!” and we were back to the original sales agreement. At the closing, the other realtor gave us a piece of paper with our house marked out of the flood zone and had us sign it.
Now, 3 years later…the broker went out of business, and it turns out the mortgage company says our house is in a flood zone. I now suspect we were always in a flood zone, but somehow the realtor came up with some map that showed we weren’t. If I can prove that we were in a flood zone all along and that the realtors presented false documents, do I have a case?
Any help is much appreciated. Our own realtor was absolutely no help to us either. Don’t they have ethics they’re supposed to follow? We were young and stupid and buying our first home. I’ve learned my lesson, but now I’ll never be able to sell this house if it’s in a flood zone. Oh, it’s not just any flood zone…it’s a special zone that costs ,048/year for flood insurance…2 x the amount of my home insurance policy.
Thanks for all of your responses.

I’m just worried since they’re saying it’s in the highest risk flood zone. I’m in the process of fighting that determination, but if it stands, I wanted to know my options against what I think was a fraud.

Your responses were helpful.

Let me give you an example: economics.

Conservatives believe that by cutting taxes (mostly for the rich), deregulating the economy, and cutting social programs for the working poor, you can increase the rate of growth. This is basically SUPPLY SIDE economics as seen under Reagan and Bush Jr.

Liberals believe that by shifting taxes to those who can most afford it (the rich), creating laws that protect workers, consumers, and citizens from corporate abuse and fraud, and creating programs that help people help themselves (GI BIl, state subsidized universities, job training, etc) we can increase the size of the middle class and create even more growth. This is basically KEYNESIAN economics as seen under FDR, JFK, LBJ, and Clinton.

Who is right? Who has the facts on their side? See for yourself.
1) Here are the percent increase in real GDP for various presidents:

FDR 177.51% (from 32′ to 45′)
FDR 88.14% (from 32′ to 41′, without WWII)
JFK/LBJ 46.00%
CLINTON 33.81%
REAGAN 30.63%
BUSH JR 16.55% (from 00′ to 06′)

http://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gdplev.xls

2) Here is the percent increase in inflation adjusted tax revenues:

FDR 447.54% (40′ to 44′, only data available)
CLINTON 57.91%
JFK/LBJ 37.63%
REAGAN 20.16%
BUSH JR 4.44% (assuming predictions up to 2008 hold)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/sheets/hist01z3.xls

3) Here is the percentage point change in poverty for various presidents:

FDR N/A
JFK/LBJ -9.40
CLINTON -3.50
REAGAN +0.00
BUSH SR +1.80 (88′ to 92′)
BUSH JR +1.30 (00′ to 05′)

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html
4) Here is the change in inflation adjusted median wage in net dollars and percent:

NET DOLLARS

FDR N/A
JFK/LBJ N/A
CLINTON +5,825
REAGAN +3,429
BUSH JR -1,273 (00′ to 05′)
BUSH SR -1,394 (88′ to 92′)

PERCENT CHANGE

FDR N/A
JFK/LBJ N/A
CLINTON +13.94%
REAGAN +8.62%
BUSH JR -2.67% (00′ to 05′)
BUSH SR -3.23% (88′ to 92′)

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/h06ar.html
5) Here are the jobs created in percent change and net millions:

PERCENT CHANGE

FDR 95.69% (32′ to 45′, NYT: DERIVED FROM AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF +5.3%)
FDR40.04% (39′ to 45′, no pre-39′gov data found yet)
JFK/LBJ29.35%
Clinton20.73%
Reagan17.69%
Carter 12.81% (76′ to 80′)
Bush Sr 2.42% (88′ to 92′)
Bush Jr 1.55% (00′ to 06′)

NET MILLIONS

Clinton22.746
FDR 18.310 (32′ to 45′, NYT)
JFK/LBJ15.755
Reagan16.102
FDR11.980 (39′ to 45′, no pre-39′ gov data found yet)
Carter 10.339 (76′ to 80′)
Bush Sr 2.592 (88′ to 92′)
Bush Jr 2.059 (00′ to 06′)

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CES0000000001

Go to "More Formatting Options" and then select "Table Format", *"Original Data Value", "Specify year range", and "Select one time period: January"

http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2003/07/02/business/03JOBSch450.gif
6) Here is the change in inflation adjusted national debt in net trillions and percent change:

IN AUGUST 2006 TRILLION DOLLARS

JFK/LBJ{content}.071
FDR {content}.387 (32′ to 41′ without WWII)
CLINTON{content}.796
BUSH SR.436 (88′ to 92′)
BUSH JR.813 (00′ to 06′)
REAGAN.231
FDR.622 (32′ to 45′ with WWII included)

PERCENT CHANGE

JFK/LBJ 3.56%
CLINTON 13.57%
BUSH JR 27.21% (00′ to 06′)
BUSH SR 32.42% (88′ to 92′)
REAGAN101.53%
FDR 132.45% (32′ to 41′ without WWII)
FDR897.43% (32′ to 45′ with WWII included)

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/InflationCalculator.asp

my father died in 2004 jan. and step mother died 2004 april. there was a 3 part trust and my step family took practically all of it. i’ve been to a few attorneys and was told that my step mother had the right to give most of my share to her grandchildren now me and my kids are out of luck in recieving our fair share who would fight for my rights a sole surviving child of my father who clearly wanted me to have 1/3 of the estate.

During the election fraud of 2000 in Florida, after the republican judges broke their vows to recuse on issues of conflict of interest, two of those judges had family members employed by bush. shouldn’t the 5 republican supreme court justices be removed from their appointments, and shouldn’t mr. bush step down because he was not elected properly? in the future shouldnt we have an intenational peace keeping force come to oversee U.S. elections because of the corruption levels? As the 9th amendment promises, do we not have the right to have a citizen review board to oversee the corrupt election process and review the judiciary and executive for unconstitutionality?

reporting a deadbeat dad working off the books
I would like to report my husbands co-worker for fraud. He claims he does not work and there fore can not pay child support for his two kids. His ex-wife is barely getting by and because of him she and her kids had to go on food stamps and gov’t health insurance. He brings home alomst ,100 a week off the books. He is working for his uncle(the same place my husband works). I think it is horrible what he is doing to his children, and that my taxes have to support his kids when he is able to. My question is if I call the phone number to report him, will they be able to track me by my phone number and will i be talking to a real person or a voice recording. I want to help his wife and kids but if his uncle (the boss) finds out my husband will lose his job and we can not afford that.

Given the history of the world, corruption seems to be the norm for governments. Congressional scandals appear almost daily and it is well known in Washington that congress is virtually for sale to the highest bidder. Many serious allegation of fraud, deception, misappropriations of money and constitutional violations have been leveled at the government by people like Aaron Russo and others and the only response we are expected to believe are the denials that come from the very institutions accused along with their subordinate corporations (ie. lawyers, accountants, etc.) that depend for their livelihood on the status quo. There may or may not be truth in these allegations but to think that such deception and fraud is impossible in government seems to me a bit naive. Government cannot be trusted to police itself, nor can a press which is owned by the corporations be considered truly free. We need to do something to clean up this mess and get America back if indeed it has fallen.

found out it is an insurance against fraud (credit card etc) company is CPP (homecare) in york

Our last five governors in order (1973 – current)

Dan Walker (D) – CONVICTED FELON. Seven year sentence for Savings & Loan fraud totaling over million. Crimes were so bad Clinton refused to pardon him.

Jim Thompson (R) – Deep association with two convicted felons: Jim Thompson spent million of his law firm’s money defending convicted felon George Ryan (see below) and he sat on the Audit Committee of Hollinger International run by CEO Conrad Black who looted over million and was convicted on 13 felony counts.

Jim Edgar (R) – Involved in MSI scandal which involved million in graft from Illinois Taxpayers. Several in his administration were tried and convicted but prosecution never made it to his level. The same cannot be said for

George Ryan (R) – CONVICTED FELON – Found guilty on 18 felony charges. PARDONED ALL 156 inmates on Death Row to gain sympathy for trial.

Rod Blagojevich (D) – Several felony investigations are ongoing for our governor and his staff.
This of course does not include the literal billions stolen under the 18 years of Mayor Richard Daley (I’m not even counting his father’s graft) and Crook County’s Stroger family (and tens of thousands of others stealing from taxpayers).
Louisiana and New Jersey are the only states who may have a case. You need to provide some facts to back up your statement.
We have 1.5 million illegal aliens and we spend .5 billion each year to educate illegal alien children (primary & secondary). This doesn’t count the free in state tuition we give to every illegal alien.

my x recently became a private investigator& has stolen my older sons income tax money.he didnt even have the w-2.he hasnt lived at home for 6 years& hes going to college&working 2 jobs.his dad is also a prison guard so, he doesnt think he can fight him on this. so, every year he keeps taking it.i wanna call the irs, he dont because, its his dad but, hes hurting my son emotionally& physically.is there anything you can do about identity theft?

i reported a scam email msg to Yahoo! for abused what will happen to d email account of d scammer? will it be terminated?

I am interested in this career path and was wondering if I became an CPA and got certified in Fraud detection for a while, if I could get a law degree later on and be a lawyer in this field? Any other sugggestions on the best way to do this?