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Stay informed of the latest announcements relating to financial fraud law.
Fri, 05/24/2013 - 5:09am
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Twenty-two law firms from 15 countries around the world have launched the International Network for Financial Litigation in an effort to coordinate efforts to build a worldwide litigation strategy capable of fighting financial fraud.
Thu, 05/23/2013 - 1:05pm
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Rockville, Md.-based proxy adviser with failing to safeguard the confidential proxy voting information of clients participating in a number of significant proxy contests.
Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:20am
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Thirty three states have reached an antitrust settlement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc. that requires Penguin to pay $75 million to resolve the states' claims that Penguin colluded with other major publishers and Apple Inc. to fix the prices of electronic books (E-books).
Thu, 05/23/2013 - 8:24am
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Just weeks after the SEC charged the
Thu, 05/23/2013 - 3:41am
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The Crime Museum in Washington, D.C., has unveiled “The Bernie Madoff Exhibit,” a permanent exhibit that features artifacts from the nation’s most notorious Ponzi scheme criminal. The exhibit features a number of items from both his business and personal life.
Wed, 05/22/2013 - 2:19pm
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Attorney Mitchell J. Stein of Hidden Hills, California, has been convicted by a jury in the Southern District of Florida for his role in operating a five-year, multimillion-dollar market manipulation and fraud scheme.
Wed, 05/22/2013 - 2:04pm
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Transparency International’s
Wed, 05/22/2013 - 1:53pm
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A federal jury in New Haven has found Robert Braddock, Jr., guilty of multiple offenses stemming from what prosecutors asserted was a scheme to direct illegal campaign contributions into the campaign of a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. The trial before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton began on May 13, and the jury returned its verdict after deliberating for approximately two hours.
Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:58pm
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Two Alabama real estate investors and their company have been sentenced for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure actions in Southern Alabama.
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 4:38pm
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is alleging that Charles J. Dushek and his son Charles S. Dushek engaged in a fraudulent cherry-picking scheme with their investment advisory firm, Capital Management Associates, Inc. (CMA), defrauding CMA clients in a scheme that garnered the Dusheks nearly $2 million in illicit profits.
Mon, 05/20/2013 - 1:56am
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Larreka Jackson may have thought she had it all figured out. But what prosecutors said was a multi-million dollar conspiracy to use stolen identities to obtain tax refunds has landed her a 48 month prison term instead.
Fri, 05/17/2013 - 7:09am
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The IRS, with the help of the Justice Department, has caught someone engaged in tax fraud. An Alabama man has pleaded guilty for his involvement in a large scale stolen identity tax refund fraud.
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:38am
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Michael Russell has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to charges related to a scheme that defrauded an Indianapolis investor of $1.7 million in 2007.
Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:07am
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The Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, had received dozens of complaints about a St. Louis woman who was selling what she claimed were designer handbags. Buyers spent as much as $100,000 for a single bag, but ended up with either knock-off bags or sometimes nothing at all…and the woman refused to refund their money. The IC3 forwarded the complaints to the St.
Wed, 05/15/2013 - 2:50pm
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Husband-and-wife executives at a China-based company have been charged with engaging in a scheme to overstate the company’s revenues and divert proceeds from a securities offering for their personal use.
