Mike MasoudNovember 15, 2021While it is the role of government, The judiciary, and other agencies to enforce laws and regulations, it is leadership, which is required to succeed in the fight against corruption. Leadership by example and setting the proper tone at the top are prerequisites for conquering corrupts and...
Mik MasoudSeptember 15, 2021Earlier this month, the trial of one of the biggest healthcare frauds in U.S. history has started. The currently available information is scary, serious, and alarming. It is the Theranos scandal.On Oct. 16, 2015, John Carreyrou, twice-Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist of The Wall Street Journal, published a report in the Wall Street Journal alleging...
Technical staffAugust 26, 2021The government is in charge of fighting corruption in the country. However, to obtain meaningful outcomes, people, civil society, and the media community are required to engage in anti-corruption efforts. We will concentrate on what a government may do to accomplish successful anti-corruption goals in the private...
Technical StaffAugust 19, 2021When was the last time you asked yourself about the likelihood that corruption exists in your organization? Was it a month, six months, one year, or more than one year? But when was the last time the organization’s leadership conducted a corruption risk assessment and responded effectively...
Technical StaffJune 19, 2021The perpetrators of this corruption scheme attempted to get control shares of shell companies in order to artificially inflate their share values and sell them to unsuspecting investors. Shell company hijack: Men used SEC filings, fake press releases for stock pump-and-dump scam, feds sayThree men have been...
Technical StaffJune 19, 2021On June 3, 2021, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. set the right tone at the top for combatting corruption. For the first time in U.S. history, he issued a memorandum that regarded the fight against corruption as a core national security interest 1. He said, ”...
Technical StaffMay 22, 2021We at The American Anti-Corruption Institute (AACI) follow the Internal control literature and guidelines issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, known as COSO (COSO.org). In July 2020, COSO issued a guideline entitled “Blockchain and Internal Control: The COSO Perspective”. The guidelines discussed...
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