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Ex-mayor gal pal won't testify at his graft trial
DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer for a former aide and ex-lover of Kwame Kilpatrick says his client won't testify at the ex-Detroit mayor's kickback and corruption trial. Jeffrey Morganroth tells The Detroit News (http://bit.ly/SXdp4y ) that Christine...
Tags: The Detroit News, Corporate Crime, Kwame Kilpatrick
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Hope for Romania baby born with stunted intestines
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Baby Andrei has confounded doctors just by being alive: The tiny boy with twig-thin limbs was given just days to live when he was born with almost no intestines — eight months ago. Now there's a glimmer of hope for...Tags: Health, Corporate Crime, Hospitals and Clinics, Bucharest (Romania), Romania
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Warsaw-based device maker Biomet paying $22.7M in US accords
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical device maker Biomet Inc. has agreed to pay $22.7 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed government-employed doctors in Argentina, Brazil and China for eight years to win business with...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, Warsaw (Poland), Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance
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Feds file charges against 13 for penny stock fraud
BOSTON (AP) — Federal officials are charging a group of corporate executives, lawyers and stock promoters with fraud to spur investments in penny stocks. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 13 defendants who agreed to pay kickbacks to an undercover FBI...Tags: FBI, Corporate Crime, Florida Gators, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Man in sports bribery case charged with food fraud
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man accused of paying off University of Toledo athletes and a horse-racing jockey has more legal problems: food stamp fraud. Federal prosecutors have filed a new criminal case against Ghazi "Gary" Manni, accusing...Tags: Basketball, Justice System, Corporate Crime, Lawyers, College Sports
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Four arrested in alleged government bribery case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two other men have been arrested in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors say involved more than $20 million in illicit payments. An indictment unsealed Tuesday...Tags: Corporate Crime, Washington, DC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Political Corruption, Prosecution
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Train collision in China kills 32, injures 191
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that had stalled after being struck by lightning Saturday in eastern China, causing four carriages to fall off a viaduct and killing at least 32 people and injuring 191...Tags: China, Elections, Transportation Accidents, Beijing (China), Wen Jiabao
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Bringing shame on his profession [Editorial]
Regardless of how most of us feel about individual elected officials or their leanings on particular policies, it's a fair observation that a lot of people get involved with politics because they want to make a difference. Some lose their moral...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Corporate Crime, Dwayne Johnson
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian,...Tags: Justice System, Raul Castro, Cuba, Court Preliminary, National Government
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Tow truck driver accused of pepper-spraying baby and then offering deputy a bribe
A routine trip to tow an illegally parked car ended up with a baby being pepper-sprayed, a false report of shots fired and the tow truck driver arrested on bribery charges. It all began shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, when Carmel Towing driver Ronald...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Corporate Crime
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LETTER: Editorial Smeared Chris Donovan
Monday's editorial "I'm Working On It" [May 20] states, "They make you want to rush to the nearest shower to rinse off the sleaze." The reference is to tape recordings made by Ray Soucy at the behest of the FBI. On the tape, Mr. Soucy is trying to trick...Tags: FBI, Corporate Crime
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Indy Mayor Ballard suspends land bank activities after federal indictments of top officials
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard suspended a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties a day after federal prosecutors indicted two of its top officials for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks. Ballard...Tags: FBI, Corporate Crime, Prosecution
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