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ALBANY, N.Y. — The corruption case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he used his power to line his pockets and deprive New Yorkers of honest government.U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe instructed jurors late Monday on the eight fraud counts, saying they m (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Distinguished musicologist known for his trailblazing work on Haydn and his books on MozartFew musicologists achieve true celebrity outside their specialist field. But the name of HC Robbins Landon, who has died at the age of 83, was known by many thousands of people beyond the scholarly community. While his reputation was (Read More)
MSNBC.com: Security:
Authorities say an Australian woman who fell in love online was duped out of nearly $50,000 by a Nigerian man who said he was her "Mr. Right."
Fraud - Business - Advance Fee Fraud - scam - Ponzi scheme. (Read More)
SF Gate:
A federal magistrate has agreed to postpone the arraignments for a former New Orleans technology chief and his wife on charges that include bribery and wire fraud. Lawyers for 44-year-old Greg Meffert and his wife, 42-year-old Linda Meffert, said their... New Orleans - United States - Bribery - Wire fraud - Louisian (Read More)
NY Post:
ALBANY, N.Y. — A jury is deliberating over whether former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno used his political office to enrich himself.
The 80-year-old retired politician faces eight federal fraud counts. Prosecutors told a jury in Alb... (Read More)
The Guardian:
Keith Hellawell, former chief constable and non-executive chairman of Goldshield Group, takes the reins of the Uk sportswear retailer from Simon Bentley Sports Direct has appointed a one-time government drugs tsar as its new chairman, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus.Keith Hellawell, the 67-year-old former chief constable (Read More)
India Times:
The CBI filed a second chargesheet against the accused in the multi-crore Satyam Computer fraud, including its founder chairman B Ramalinga Raju and Mahindra Satyam's internal audit head V S Prabhakar Gupta. (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Alan Ralsky, the so-called "Godfather of spam" was yesterday sentenced by a federal judge in Detroit to spend the next 51 months of his life in prison for wire fraud, mail fraud, and violations of the CAN-SPAM act.Not content simply to move boxes of pills or to sign people up for new mortgages, Ralsky's ope (Read More)
The Guardian:
US president set to make official announcement on US troop levels early next weekBarack Obama said today that he intended to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, as it became clear that he is poised to announce early next week the deployment of up to 35,000 more troops to the troubled region in one of the most crucial decisions (Read More)
SF Gate:
A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail to more than four years in prison for his role in a 2005 stock fraud scheme that netted him $2.7 million. Alan Ralsky of Oakland County's... E-mail spam - Alan Ralsky - Oakland County Michigan - (Read More)
New York Times:
The chairman of the provincial council in Baghdad said investigators had found that $20 million had been siphoned away by a gang cashing checks in the names of fake employees.
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smh.com.au Business News.:
A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said. (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | Breaking News | World Breaking News:
A HONG Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam", have been sentenced to prison for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said. (Read More)
The Age World Headlines:
A Hong Kong resident and three other men have been sentenced to prison for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Small businesses are pushing back on "friendly fraud" by tightening return policies and integrating technology to crack down on credit-card "chargebacks.". (Read More)