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The Guilty is reviewed on Bookpleasures.com by Gabriel Boutros 5/21/2013 3:44:15 PM
"The courtroom cross examinations are brilliant, the psychological insights are deep, the dialogues are sometimes shocking, sometimes sweet, often funny, no word is wasted and in the end all the issues are resolved."... more
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Insurance Fraud and Cybercrime on the Rise by Debra Purdy Kong 5/21/2013 7:37:51 AM
Insurance fraud and cybercrime are serious enough, but the most infuriating white-collar crime has to be doctors who prey on seriously ill patients.... more
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Bank Robbers Now Use Laptops Instead of Guns and Masks by Debra Purdy Kong 5/14/2013 8:00:41 AM
The world of cybercrime is becoming nastier all the time, and it won’t be going away anytime soon.... more
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More Praise For the Guilty by Gabriel Boutros 5/8/2013 11:01:48 AM
But where are the book sales?... more
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Desperate People, Desperate Crimes by Debra Purdy Kong 5/7/2013 7:42:01 AM
Fraud is still on the rise, as are ID theft victims, and many of these crimes are acts of desperation. Here’s a couple of stories that will have you shaking your head.... more
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Excellent Review for The Guilty on Room With No View Blog by Gabriel Boutros 5/5/2013 8:58:03 PM
Blogger Jason Phillip Reeser gives a big thumbs-up to The Guilty, at http://roomwithnoview.blogspot.ca/... more
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Fraudulent Tax Returns Targeting Seniors by Debra Purdy Kong 4/30/2013 7:32:11 AM
Tax fraud is still on the rise in the U.S. Also, tips to protect yourself from data breaches, and a short piece on marriage fraud in Canada.
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End of Book Give Away by Gabriel Boutros 4/25/2013 2:27:35 PM
Well, my free book give away on the Goodreads site just ended. A total of 669 people signed up for one of the five free copies of my novel, The Guilty. I'll send the five winners their copies and...then what? Even if they like it, will they write nic... more
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Corporate Fraud More Widespread Than You Think by Debra Purdy Kong 4/23/2013 7:53:43 AM
Disturbing information suggests that corporate fraud is far too common. Also, is your personal information safe at hotels, and more mislabeling in the food industry.... more
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And That's the End of That by Gabriel Boutros 4/18/2013 1:30:46 PM
My five day free promo for If I Should Die Before I Wake has ended, and it didn't really get that many free downloads. I take that as a sign that my decision to "unpublish" this long short story is the right one. It was all a bit of an experiment any... more
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Food Fraud, Tax Fraud, and Murder by Debra Purdy Kong 4/16/2013 12:20:27 PM
Have you heard about the tainted beef scandal in Europe? How about the accountant who tried to have his clients killed so they wouldn’t testify against him?... more
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Free Kindle Download for If I Should Die Before I Wake by Gabriel Boutros 4/13/2013 8:10:42 PM
When I wrote, "If I Should Die Before I Wake," it was a bit of an experimental effort. First of all, I wanted to write a gangster story, something I had never done before. At the same time, there was a "Twilight Zone" type of plot that was going to b... more
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Stepping Up to Help Victims by Debra Purdy Kong 4/10/2013 5:54:02 PM
Two of the pieces below describe how the U.S. government and the courts are helping victims sort through the devastation caused by identity theft and fraud. Also, did you know that women lead the way in the study of white-collar crime?... more
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Safeway robbery by Lucille Bellucci 4/10/2013 9:46:51 AM
I was next door having lunch and came out to find five police cars outside the market, a woman being interviewed by a cop, and various people feverishly talking on their cell phones.
I asked a cop what had happened and he told me, his eyes ... more
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Great One-Liners by Gabriel Boutros 4/9/2013 1:57:14 PM
To quote Charles Bray, who runs the Indietribe website: "...a single line from a book can stick in one's memory and be passed round for eternity." Not that I'm hoping that anything I write will be remembered for that long, but when Mr. Bray sent out ... more
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A Breathless Announcement of Even More Exciting News! by Gabriel Boutros 4/2/2013 4:26:53 PM
(OK; so maybe I exaggerated a little about how exciting my news is. If you're reading this, then maybe it worked.)
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes the cover is the only thing you have to go on. Although I always liked ... more
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A New Take on an Old Crime by Debra Purdy Kong 4/1/2013 4:34:43 PM
Watch out for romance fraud as well as fraudulent tax returns!... more
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Unabashed Self-Promotion by Gabriel Boutros 3/27/2013 6:11:49 AM
In my ongoing quest to build up the readership for my novel, The Guilty, I have listed a giveaway of five copies of the book on Goodreads (You can go right to the contest listing at
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17232441-the-guilty). I have... more
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When Good Intentions Become Criminal Acts by Debra Purdy Kong 3/25/2013 12:24:26 PM
These two interesting stories show how good intentions can turn sour when too much money is involved.... more
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Invitation to Appear at a Book Club Meeting by Gabriel Boutros 3/22/2013 2:00:16 PM
In my last posting, many moons ago it seems, I mentioned that I had been invited to appear at a meeting of a book club to discuss my novel, The Guilty. Due to some scheduling problems, this meet and greet (and eat) event took place only yesterday.
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