THE DAILY CAVEAT is written by Michael Thomas, a recovering corporate investigator based in Wash, DC. More… Contact TIPS, COMMENTS and QUESTIONS are always welcome (and always confidential).Tumblr (3.0; @thedailycaveat)http://www.dailycaveat.com/<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/02/20/prosecutors-prepare-for-trial-as-doj-brass-weighs-fcpa-sting-case/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fcorruption-currents%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Corruption+Currents%29">Prosecutors Prepare For Trial As DOJ Brass Weighs FCPA Sting Case</a>: <p>from Corruption Currents</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/18008606776http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/18008606776Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:50:15 -0500corruptionwhite collar crime<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/170137032360861696">Friend of the blog, Christopher Whalen continues the conversation - MF Global: Where's the Cash? Via @zerohedge http://t.co/L4OEjpRM</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17709731663http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17709731663Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:27:51 -0500<a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGR1ngVM79Fk_6tdXo0U8CDpPVw8g&url=http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2012/02/13/the-daily-docket-missing-mf-global-customer-money-totals-1-6b/">The Daily Docket: Missing MF Global Customer Money Totals $1.6B - Wall Street Journal (blog)</a>: <p>from investigative-firm - Google News</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17661240177http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17661240177Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:51:44 -0500corruptionwhite collar crime<a href="http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view/backgroundid=609">The mounting case for a Financial Transaction Tax</a>: <p>from NiemanWatchdog.org</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17661239787http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17661239787Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:51:43 -0500corruptionwhite collar crime<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169481638609297408">Institutional Shareholder Services investigates leak of confidential investor voting data. http://t.co/XPRQICUY</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613573793http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613573793Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:14:21 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169480969475198977">Former Bear Stearns Fund Managers Settle With SEC http://t.co/Kz78m8rs</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613573524http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613573524Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:14:20 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169475641417277440">Brian Willingham warrants your attention: “@SamAntar: 15 Fraud and Investigation News/Blog Sources http://t.co/jXleAx1S”</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613070928http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17613070928Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:58:41 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169076672551858179">RBS staff - four current, one former - held in tax fraud probe. http://t.co/dryUvq53</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17552672602http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17552672602Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:19:45 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169050567665135616">Avon FCPA case reaches Grand Jury. http://t.co/ZQ47MzFg</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17550296941http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17550296941Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:43:29 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/169049403519270912">Notes on the testimony of star witness James Davis in the R. Allen Stanford fraud trial. http://t.co/3xWLoy9U</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17549962670http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17549962670Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:28:09 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168925459806040064">An update on Louis Freeh's private P.I. practice... “@WSJBusiness: Ex-FBI Chief Taps Old Skills in New Job http://t.co/JYMAWNNm”</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17538323846http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17538323846Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:13:48 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168788583124189185">Putin calls Russian corruption levels "civilized." Call it a kinder, gentler reiderstvo. http://t.co/cWKppP9h</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17505779828http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17505779828Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:16:38 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168781929389359104">More on China biz surveillance: Competing with Intelligence: New Directions in China’s Quest for Intangible Property: http://t.co/VqFewhWt</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17504688184http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17504688184Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:33 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168711481263788032">Of course that @nytimes article on surveillance in China was scooped by a v-good @washingtonpost story from Sept 2011 http://t.co/UOWhfhtG</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17488659023http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17488659023Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:14:04 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168706716790308865">A reminder on modern digital espionage threats to the weary business traveller to, let's say, China. Via @nytimes http://t.co/X8jtVpwO</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17487462143http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17487462143Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:43:23 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/168091177403420672">In a reversal, BP wins exclusion of previous settlement emails from ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill trial http://t.co/5uI0m0Xb</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17388221102http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17388221102Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:50 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/167704829303586816">Private use of GPS trackers is still legal, but states (like Virginia) mull strict controls, demand consent. http://t.co/LJuqYQZC</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17330444431http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17330444431Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:08 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/167703356956098560">Department of Homeland Security adapts social media sharing tool used by other intelligence services. http://t.co/MVzKxtVM</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17330443821http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17330443821Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:07 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/167702301908287488">FBI cuts back on GPS surveillance after Supreme Court ruling http://t.co/SZD5h9ma</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17329731636http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17329731636Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:15 -0500<a href="http://twitter.com/DailyCaveat/status/167676528887472129">FBI releases Steve Jobs report: http://t.co/R2EWxP2p</a>: <p>via Twitter</p>http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17326684693http://www.dailycaveat.com/post/17326684693Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:54 -0500