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Police: TCU victim of organized check fraud scam
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Police said they believe 11 check fraud cases involving Teach-ers Credit Union at the end of last year may have been part of an organized scam including several people. The incidents were re-ported to the South Bend Police Department...Tags: Fraud, Corporate Crime
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Dems want their candidate as Indiana elections chief
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — While Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels held off Saturday on appointing a permanent replacement for the state elections chief convicted early that morning of voter fraud, Democrats said they planned to move quickly to wrest control...Tags: Mitch Daniels, Parties and Movements, Politics, Elections, Government
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Illinois man in erectile pump fraud case asks for leniency
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An Illinois man facing sentencing in Rhode Island for shipping unwanted penis enlargers to diabetes patients as part of a Medicare fraud scheme is asking for a maximum prison term of 1 1/2 years. Lawyers for 49-year-old Gary...Tags: Lawyers, Punishment, Prisons, Justice System, Diabetes
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N. Mich. prosecutor accused of prescription fraud
ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) — Attorney General Bill Schuette is accusing a northern Michigan prosecutor of fraudulently getting prescriptions for painkillers. Schuette says he's charging Presque Isle County Prosecutor Richard Steiger with seeing...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Prosecution, Justice System, Prescription Drugs
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Financial advisor sentenced in scheme to defraud clients
A Reisterstown financial advisor was sentenced Friday to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud in connection with defrauding clients, including a child suffering from cerebral palsy, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Punishment, Prisons, Punishment, Edward Thomas
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State launches Lap-Band investigation
The California Department of Insurance is investigating the business practices of Lap-Band surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, according to insurer Aetna Inc.
The insurance giant said in a statement that it was...Tags: Laws, Health, Politics, Elections, Law Enforcement
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Corrupt Broward official to be freed
One of Broward County's former politicians has almost done his prison time and will be coming home in 2012, while several local officials accused of wrongdoing are hoping juries will find them not guilty this year.
Former County Commissioner Josephus...Tags: Voting, Politics, Elections, Fort Lauderdale, Blackmail and Extortion
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Legendary Lawmen, Part 7: Four who got Capone
Al Capone was a scourge of the city of Chicago. The brutal gangster controlled not only many illegal enterprises, namely beer and booze, but also influenced the legal ones through bribes and threats. It took the full weight and power of the federal...Tags: Organized Crime, U.S. Secret Service, Ken Burns, Chicago Tribune, Prisons
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Federal appeals court hears NASCAR drug case
Associated PressAttorneys for ex-driver Jeremy Mayfield are asking a federal appeals panel to reinstate his lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test. A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Richmond heard arguments Tuesday. ...Tags: NASCAR, Breach of Contract, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Judges
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Rothstein has spoken ... so what did we learn?
For more than 70 hours, billion-dollar fraudster Scott Rothstein talked and talked, answering questions for the first time under oath. He mapped out how he constructed the largest financial swindle in South Florida history, leveled damaging accusations at...Tags: Laws, Organized Crime, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Bankruptcy, Law Enforcement
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Former mayoral candidate's wife target of city suit
The city of Baltimore has filed suit against the wife of former mayoral candidate Otis Rolley, demanding $26,100 for months of leave that were erroneously granted her because of a computer glitch. Charline Rolley took more than 90 days of paid leave &#...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Breach of Contract, Politics, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Allergan halts Lap-Band sales to 1-800-GET-THIN clinics
The maker of the Lap-Band will no longer sell its product to clinics affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company — a blow to Southern California surgery centers that have built an empire implanting the weight-loss devices in people...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Health, Weight Loss, Politics, Advertising
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