News
September 29, 2022
How Enron Foretold Our Greedy, Disastrous Present
When Texas Monthly covered Enron's fall in 2001, we wondered if the company was an outlier or the new normal. There's no longer any question.
Fraud
Politics & Policy
August 3, 2015
Ken Paxton And His Legal Team Are Being Awfully Quiet Now That He’s Been Indicted
The Attorney General of Texas doesn’t usually shy away from the spotlight, but after turning himself in for three felony charges Monday, the outspoken chief civil lawyer for the state has been shockingly reticent.
Politics & Policy
December 18, 2014
Gambling In The Casino
Jack Stick’s resignation shows that even in Texas, some things count as corruption
Health
January 21, 2013
ABC News Runs McAllen Medicare Fraud Sting
The healthy 82-year-old grandmother of an ABC News producer goes undercover and reveals Medicare fraud in McAllen, "the town Medicare dollars built."
Business
October 31, 2012
Con, Baby, Con
What Joseph Blimline's oil and gas Ponzi scheme tells us about financial regulation.
Business
June 8, 2012
Texas Business Report: Orthofix Settles Medicare Fraud Case
The Lewisville-based company agreed to pay $42 million for accepting "overpayments by federal programs," U.S. Airways dances the acquisition tango with American, and more Texas business news.
Business
December 1, 2011
Enron Ever After
Ten years ago this month, the company that once dominated Houston collapsed in a cloud of debt. But its ghost still haunts the city—and America.
True Crime
April 1, 1992
Other People’s Money
A man with big ambitions, Paul Rush bought his way into San Antonio society. Too bad the money he spent wasn’t his.
Business
May 31, 1977
Diamonds Aren’t Forever
Spring cleaning in the house that Zale built.