Another idea: set up fraud alerts at the major credit reporting agencies, which can prevent a crook from creating any accounts in your name.

FORBES: Cyber Crooks See Huge Opportunity In Japan's Tragedy

Nor do senior scientists, who are rarely punished for fraud, set a decent example to their juniors.

ECONOMIST: Academic fraud in China

The same year the False Claims Act was amended, Phillips set up Taxpayers Against Fraud, a nonprofit group out to aid whistleblowers.

FORBES: The Enforcer