Article: BUSINESS TODAY in two minutes: Investors warned over 'bogus' recovery firms; FINANCIALS.(Business)

Article: Just too good...
Financial Adviser;  September 4, 2008 ;     302 words ......comes to the latest scams involving recovery firms You may have noticed that the FSA recently...issued an alert regarding scams that recovery firms are to actively target investors. Recovery firms often operate outside the UK and are...

Article: FEDERAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES:STEPHEN BOOMA
Congressional Testimony;  June 29, 1999 ;     700 words ......insurance plans, we elected to use outside recovery firms for claim overpayments. I believe strongly...HIR 1827 should require the use of recovery firms for health insurance overpayments of...health care plans. We elected to use recovery firms for several reasons. First, outside...

Article: Pacific Continental victims target of new scam.
Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content;  August 19, 2008 ;     153 words ...Byline: Jonathan Eley Unlicensed 'recovery' firms are chasing victims of Pacific Continental...warned that 'at least ten' so-called recovery firms are targeting a scam at investors who...The FSA warns that these so called 'recovery firms', often calling from outside the UK...

Article: Billing practices getting a close check
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 11, 1992 ;     559 words ......years have turned to these "revenue recovery" firms to make up for deficiencies in their...system. It found that many revenue recovery firms work on a contingency basis, with their...quotas for auditors and prohibit revenue recovery firms from tying auditor pay to the undercharges...

Article: Dissecting Hospital Bills; Insurers, Providers, Industry Set Guidelines for Charges
The Washington Post;  May 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ......turned increasingly to these "revenue recovery" firms to make up for deficiencies in their...system. It found that many revenue recovery firms work on a contingency basis, with their...quotas for auditors and prohibit revenue recovery firms from tying auditor pay to the ...

Article: BREAAKDOWN; EXCLUSIVE Rescue service is ranked 7th in poll.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  July 6, 2008 ;     196 words ......which questioned 32,000 motorists, found small roadside recovery firms were voted the best. Breakdown firms were rated under four...efficiently with roadside emergencies. Lesser known and smaller recovery firms generally outshone the big boys. news@sundaymirror.co.uk...

Article: NEWS IN BRIEF: Watch out for recovery racket.(Brief article)
Money Marketing;  August 21, 2008 ;     36 words ...The FSA says at least 10 recovery firms are aiming a scam at investors who bought shares through Pacific Continental Securities Ltd, which went into administration in June 2007. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Article: Recovery firms as markets soar again.
The Australian (Sydney, Australia);  October 15, 2008 ;     12 words ...Byline: Scott Murdoch Oct. 15, 2008 (LexisNexis ABIX delivered by Newstex) --

Article: FEDERAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES:GERALD R. PETERSON
Congressional Testimony;  June 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......possible. Employing professional audit recovery firms is a best practice we adopted sixteen...invoicing and AAFES' new imaging systems, recovery firms can examine more information faster...commercial recovery audit. Having two recovery firms is quite common in the retail industry...

Article: Vehicle recovery deal praised
Supply Management;  May 22, 2008 ;     288 words ......divided London into nine lots and sourced directly from three recovery firms in each zone. The agreement broke the "monopoly" of the...Vehicle Recovery Operators (LARO) - the body for vehicle recovery firms in London which Kitchen said had previously "dictated contract...

Article: Roth: kill fees for 'revenue recoverers.' (William V. Roth of Delaware)
Accounting Today;  March 4, 1991 ;     247 words ......contingent fee arrangements by auditors at so-called revenue recovery firms. The bill, introduced by Sen. William Roth (R-Del.), is...too much, he told Congress. In short, too often revenue recovery firms are not presenting a clean, fair bill. Because revenue recovery...

Article: THE RIP-OFF COPS; Police deal with tow firms leaves accident victims out of pocket.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 12, 2001 ;     592 words ......victims are being ripped off by a deal between police and recovery firms. Motorists are having to fork out up to pounds 400 for a...Strathclyde - have struck private deals with just a handful of recovery firms. The firms are cashing in by charging huge fees, and insurance...

Article: Jewelers expecting meager De Beers payout
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 17, 2008 ;     586 words ......invoices of their purchases. Settlement recovery firms are soliciting jewelers, offering to...not feel pressured to use one of the recovery firms. Bryan Aderhold, manager of Arthur...said the store has been contacted by recovery firms pitching their services. *** Staking...

Article: Vehicles seized.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  February 12, 2005 ;     66 words ......uninsured vehicles have been seized by police in a two-day blitz in County Durham. The cars were removed from the streets by recovery firms and a Suzuki motorbike was seized and crushed. They are being held at local garages and owners must produce proof of insurance...