According to Cressey, the three elements necessary for heightened fraud risk are: pressure, opportunity, and rationalization.

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Management maintains majority control of the software business, while Cressey and SV Life own a minority stake, sources note.

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Last week, for example, Nature correspondent Daniel Cressey listed some of the biotech players turning to stem cells.

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