Todays News!!!
By Daniel at 2 December, 2009, 10:07 am
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Rothstein `fraud’ funded campaign donations
A month after the Scott Rothstein scandal broke, prosecutors charged him with masterminding South Florida’s biggest financial fraud in memory. More than $2 million of the stolen money was donated to politicians and parties.
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BALTIMORE - Baltimore’s mayor was convicted yesterday on a single charge she took gift cards intended for the city’s poor. Although Sheila Dixon was acquitted of felony theft charges, her misdemeanor conviction could force her from office.
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Broadcom Corp.’s co-founder must testify in a trial against a former executive accused of backdating stock options. A federal judge in Orange County says he’ll sign an order Wednesday compelling testimony by Henry Samueli, co-founder of the Irvine computer chip firm.
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U.K. prosecutors are unlikely to charge former Madoff Securities International Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Raven or any London employees of Bernard Madoff, people familiar with the matter said. The Serious Fraud Office, which has said it will decide by the end of this month whether to prosecute anyone relating to the Madoff fraud, is scrutinizing several funds that invested money with the convicted con artist, one of the people said.
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A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to committing a fraud that netted him more than $20 million from the descendants of a 19th-century industrialist and using the money on personal extravagances including three private jets.
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A former American Red Cross worker has been charged with theft and credit card fraud, after allegedly racking up $13,000 in fraudulent expenses, including a hotel room and a vehicle for members of a prostitution ring.
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday testing when whistle-blowers who discover fraud in federal programs may sue in the name of the United States and collect some of the settlement.
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Supreme Court hears case on whistle-blower lawsuits. Congress adopted the False Claims Act during the Civil War to solicit the help of ordinary citizens in fighting contracting fraud. The law encourages whistle-blowers to sue on behalf of the U.S. government by ensuring that a portion of any damages or civil penalties won will be shared with the person who initiated the lawsuit.
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Maywood activists seek probe into alleged voter fraud
Global warming fraud exposed
Essex County Freeholder Samuel Gonzalez charged with election fraud in wife’s …
Aventis settles on Medicaid fraud charges;Medicaid fraud suit resulted in a $95.5 million
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India Body Files 7 Cases in Satyam Computer Fraud
Judge recommends discipline in Scenic Title fraud case
CLIMATE CHANGE ‘FRAUD’
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Man wins right to reduced sentence in Wal-Mart fraud case
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Kroger scammed in tax fraud, feds say
Republicans press for ACORN hearings, citing fraud allegations
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Former Acorn and Schools Employee Accused of Fraud
Leading US Science Groups Endorsed the Global Warming Fraud
SEC: ‘Fantasyland of fraud’ at Home Solutions of America
Ex-Swan to face court in fraud cas
Former bank executive arraigned in fraud case; Seamen’s Bank
Former NASA climate scientist pleads guilty to contract fraud
India’s forensic auditors join war on fraud
Lawyer charged with $1B fraud; alleging he operated a $1 billion investment scheme
FRAUD EVERYWHERE
- CracksInTheSystem
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