To our bringingfreudtofraud followers: We are back! Our blog site has been dormant during construction of (and eventual integration with) our new web site, behavioralforensicsgroup.com. But we are now back and you will soon see fresh new postings on all matters regarding why people commit fraud. The Curator
(By Jack Bigelow) 60 years ago, our nation was stunned by Sputnik. The Soviet Union caught the United States by surprise when it launched the first human-made satellite. Sputnik became the trigger-title for starting an intense period of national introspection, concluding that U.S. attention to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (now known in academic circles […]
Behavioral & Computer Forensics: A New Interpretation of Human-Computer Interactions (Blog Posting Part II) (By Sri Ramamoorti and David Sems) In an earlier post at this blogsite, we noted that computers and software are, in themselves, tools of massive utility for communication and productivity. We also observed that they are empty of value and and […]
(By Jack Bigelow) Bethany McLean is one of the foremost business journalists of our time. She uncovered the story of Enron, then covered it by writing (with Peter Elkind), The Smartest Guys in the Room. She explores (with Joe Nocera) the greed and sleaze of the financial crisis in All The Devils Are Here, and […]
(Blog Posting I) The world isn’t run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It’s run by ones and zeros—little bits of data—it’s all electrons…There’s a war out there, a world war. It’s not about who has the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information—what we see and hear, how we work, what we […]
(By Daven Morrison, MD) Everyone wants to be young rich and a Silicon Valley success. Well, at least it seems like it. In fact, every time I turn around I see stories in the papers, on LinkedIn or on Twitter about how the Silicon Valley (or just “The Valley”) is the cool place to be. […]
(By Daven Morrison, M.D.) As Joe Koletar noted in a recent blog, there is a group dynamic that has been at the heart of our “bad bushel” model since our first explorations of A.B.C. in a paper entitled: “Bringing Freud to Fraud”. The push to be always keeping up with the Jones is often more […]
(By Jack Bigelow) Bethany McLean is one of the foremost business journalists of our time. She uncovered the story of Enron, then covered it by writing (with Peter Elkind), The Smartest Guys in the Room. She explores (with Joe Nocera) the greed and sleaze of the financial crisis in All The Devils Are Here, and […]
(By Dr. Joseph W. Koletar) In matters of fraud we tend to think most often of the motives of the perpetrator. Thanks to the work of our colleague, Dr. Daven Morrison, we now also begin to explore the psychology of the victim(s.) But, one key player in the “script” of a fraud has been little […]
(By Dr. Joseph W. Koletar) It is perhaps the oldest question in the world: A child asking a parent, “Why is the sky blue?” As adults, in the world of governmental and corporate affairs, we ask our own version of that simple question: “Why did they do it?” Think of Madoff, Skilling, and so many […]