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US: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY in fraud
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Plans for the brother of jailed financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty and serve 10 years in prison are raising new questions about the status of the investigation into the epic multibillion dollar fraud and whether other family members remain under criminal investigation.
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Prosecutors: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:31 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday.
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Court papers: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday.
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Saudi man found guilty in Texas bomb plot trial
Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT
Associated Press -  In the months before his arrest, authorities said, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari collected bomb-making supplies and instructional videos and made a list of targets, from nuclear power plants to the home of a former president. His goal, they said, was to carry out jihad.
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Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says
Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:25 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Peter Madoff, the brother of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges on Friday, the first family member to do so since the Ponzi schemer's fraud was uncovered in December 2008. In a letter filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Peter Madoff is expected to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other crimes, as well as falsifying records. He agreed not to seek a sentence other than 10 years in prison. Madoff, who had been chief compliance officer at Bernard L. ... Full Story | Top |
Court: Madoff's brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
NY man to be sentenced for rare document thefts
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A presidential memorabilia collector who has acknowledged stealing thousands of rare and valuable documents from historical societies and archives nationwide was set to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court.
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Jury deliberates in Texas stand-your-ground case
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Prosecutors told jurors Wednesday that a man convicted of murder after claiming Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor he had confronted about a loud party is dangerous and unpredictable and deserves a life sentence.
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U.S. court: OK for jurors to take indictment home
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:26 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - You can take it with you. A federal appeals court in New York refused to overturn the conviction of a man who claimed he was denied a fair trial because jurors were allowed to take his indictment home to read after deliberations had begun. In what it called the first case of its kind, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday acknowledged a "marginal" extra risk of taking indictments home, noting that human nature and the Internet already leave jurors exposed to outside influences. ... Full Story | Top |
Jury deliberates in Texan stand-your-ground case
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:11 AM PDT
Associated Press - A jury is deliberating the sentence of a man convicted of murder who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor in a confrontation about a noisy party.
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Businessman linked to Nagin to plead guilty
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:05 AM PDT
Associated Press - A Louisiana businessman linked to a corruption probe of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring to bribe a former city official. Full Story | Top |
Jury in Texas bomb plot case hears only 1 side
Wed,27 Jun 2012 12:08 AM PDT
Associated Press - Defense attorneys for a Saudi man accused of plotting terror bomb attacks against Americans made quick work of their case: They rested without calling any witnesses or presenting any evidence.
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Apple DOJ eBook trial set for next summer
Tue,26 Jun 2012 08:25 PM PDT
BGR News -  Judge Denise Cote of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has set the date for Apple's eBook antitrust trial, Reuters reported. The Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against the Cupertino-based company and five other major book publishers — Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Penguin — in April that alleged the companies were conspiring to fix eBook prices. Apple, along with the publishers Macmillan and Penguin Group, are fighting the antitrust case, while News Corp's HarperCollins, CBS's Simon & Schuster and Hachette Book Group have agreed to settle the case out of court. Judge Cote gave the three publishers until the end of the summer to propose a settlement offer to
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RI repeals law that made it a crime to fib online
Tue,26 Jun 2012 04:07 PM PDT
Associated Press - If you've ever lied to a potential Internet date about your weight, texted your spouse that you were someplace you weren't or emailed mom to say how much you love that ugly new sweater, you were breaking the law if you did it in Rhode Island. Full Story | Top |
Fabrication Is This Week's Crime Against Journalism
Tue,26 Jun 2012 01:29 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  Following Jonah Lehrer's self-plagiarism scandal, The Wall Street Journal and Hearst have dropped their respective axes on a reporting intern and a reporter, for making up sources and quotes.On the one hand, it's good to see that there are still standards at publications in this era of journalistic flux, but, as far as the big picture goes, we're a bit worried about this recent rash of journalism crimes.
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Research firm executive arrested on insider trading charges: FBI
Tue,26 Jun 2012 09:36 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Law enforcement authorities said on Tuesday they arrested and charged an executive at an investment research firm as part of the government's wide-ranging probe of insider trading at the now-defunct Galleon Group hedge fund. Tai Nguyen of research firm Insight Research LLC surrendered to the FBI Tuesday morning, an FBI spokesman said, and was expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan later in the day. Nguyen was facing charges related to insider trading, the FBI said, but the exact charges have not yet been made public. ... Full Story | Top |
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