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To: Arthur Radley who wrote (277204)	7/17/2002 10:04:05 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769667

Interesting stats. Never seen them before: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reports that burglary and robbery combined cost the United States approximately $4 billion a year. In contrast, white-collar fraud, generally committed by intelligent people of means, costs 50 times as much -- or $200 billion a year, according to W. Steve Albrecht, a Brigham Young University accounting professor and co-author of the book Fraud: Bringing Light to the Dark Side of Business." "The FBI reports approximately 24,000 street crime homicides a year. More than twice that number -- 56,000 Americans -- die each year on the job or from occupational diseases such as job-related cancers and brown and black lung disease. This does not include the health costs to the general public of corporate pollution."

To: Arthur Radley who wrote (277204)	7/17/2002 11:01:35 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 769667

Good call, TD. There is so much out there that they wish we'd forget. They can hide, lie and deny for years, until it blows sky-high: "Enron has been repeatedly criticized for relying on political clout rather than low bids to win contracts. Political heavyweights that Enron has engaged on its behalf include former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, former U.S. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher and retired General Thomas Kelly, U.S. chief of operations in the 1990 Gulf War. Enron's Board includes former Commodities Futures Trading Commission Chair Wendy Gramm (wife of presidential hopeful Senator Phil Gramm, R-Texas), former U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Charles Walker and John Wakeham, leader of the House of Lords and former U.K. Energy Secretary. "