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Builder investigated in alleged campaign money-laundering for Noguez
A Beverly Hills-based property developer is under investigation for allegedly using his daughters and two of his firm's attorneys to launder illegal campaign contributions to Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, according to a search warrant...
Tags: Trials, Steve Cooley, Corporate Crime, Elections, Lawyers
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Jury gets fraud case against former Chicago alderman
An attorney for former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano came up with a colorful closing argument to a federal jury Friday, likening a government investigation of his client to cooking live frogs in a pot of water and purposely bringing it to boil slowly so...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, FBI
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'Entrapment' cited by co-defendant in Medrano trial
Tribune reporterIn closing arguments at the bribery trial of former Chicago Alderman Ambrosio Medrano, an attorney for another defendant summed up the government’s case against his client with one word. “Entrapment,” said Joseph J. Duffy, who...Tags: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prosecution, Defendants
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Fannie Mae exec fired amid kickback scandal
Fannie Mae has fired the executive who headed its Irvine office amid a federal investigation into alleged kickbacks from real estate brokers. One former employee of the home-finance giant has been indicted on charges of soliciting illegal payments...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Corporate Crime, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Fannie Mae
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Man offers $100,000 bribe to Lauderdale cop, police say
— A 73-year-old man is being held on a $1.7 million bond after offering a police sergeant a $100,000 bribe in the aftermath of an undercover drug deal, a police report says. George Malden is accused of first selling 140 Dilaudid pills to an...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Rentals, Alprazolam (drug), Fort Lauderdale, Clonazepam (drug)
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LETTER: Former Gov. Rell Was There For 'Dark Period'
Tuesday's letter from former Gov. M. Jodi Rell about ethics and campaign finance reform[June 11, "Rell: Dems Trash Campaign Reform"] fails to mention that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's election in 2011 ended 20 years of Republican control of the governor's...Tags: Corporate Crime, Elections, Executive Branch, Dannel P. Malloy , Government
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FBI raid highlights need for reform
SACRAMENTO — When federal agents raided state Sen. Ron Calderon's Capitol office last week, it jogged memories of the FBI's sweeping Shrimpscam sting 25 years ago. Fourteen politicos — legislators, lobbyists, staffers — were...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers, FBI
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Morgan professor accused of grant money kickback scheme
A Morgan State University professor accused of defrauding the National Science Foundation also paid out Department of Defense grant money to students in exchange for kickbacks, federal prosecutors allege in a court filing. Manoj Kumar Jha, director of...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Trials, Prosecution, Students, Lawyers
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Undercover sting at issue during trial of former alderman
Gabriel Casanova would make a good undercover name if this was a page-turner of a spy thriller. But in this caper, Casanova is the real name of the FBI agent who assumed a less conspicuous moniker — George Castro — as part of his real-life...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Trials, Prosecution, Court Preliminary, Defendants
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God is great; you don't have to be in control
"So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded. God, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome" (Deuteronomy 10:16-17 The Message). These words came...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Hot Dogs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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Ex-White Sox scout sentenced to prison for kickback scheme
The White Sox's former top scout for talent-rich Latin America was sentenced Friday to one year in federal prison for collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from young prospects signed with bonuses. "What is at issue here is baseball,...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Trials, Judges, Major League Baseball, Prosecution
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L.A. County D.A. considers criminal charges against foster agency
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey is considering whether criminal charges should be filed against officials at Teens Happy Homes, a foster care contractor with a long history of financial improprieties and substantiated instances of child abuse,...
Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Criminal Laws, Laws
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