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Business and Financial
Dec 16, 2009
SAN FRANCISCOPatricia Morgen pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco yesterday to wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. In pleading guilty, Morgen admitted that the company she founded and controlled, Chicago Development and Planning, engaged in two fraudulent…
Dec 15, 2009
Lucette Montane, a fugitive since June 2008, was arraigned on a 2008 indictment in federal court today before Magistrate Judge Jan Adler. Montane surrendered to Customs and Border Protection officials yesterday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Agents from…
Dec 10, 2009
James Nicholson, the President, Senior Portfolio Manager, and sole managing member of investment firm Westgate Capital Management L.L.C., pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge Richard J. Sullivan to three felony charges, including securities fraud,…
Dec 10, 2009
Hugh Zuber, a lawyer formerly employed by the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, has plead guilty to two counts of mail fraud arising from his participation in schemes to defraud two former clients. Zuber…
Dec 9, 2009
Stock brokers Anthony Martin and Alain Lustig were sentenced today to 57 months and 28 months in prison, respectively, on securities fraud charges arising from a scheme to manipulate the stock of Smart Online. Ruben Serrano received a sentence of…
Nov 24, 2009
Washington, DC The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a default judgment order requiring Robert J. Sucarato to pay $800,000 in restitution and a $1.2 million civil monetary penalty for fraudulently soliciting commodity pool participants to trade futures…
Nov 24, 2009
Las Vegas, NV Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has filed a lawsuit alleging Service Corporation Internationals (SCI) proposed purchase of Palm Mortuary, Inc. violates federal and state antitrust laws and reduces competition in the market for cemetery services in…
Nov 3, 2009
Some changes are effective now, most start next year Congress passed the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 the Credit CARD Act the most sweeping statutory changes in card protections for consumers since the Truth in Lending…
Nov 3, 2009
By Lora Shinn Bankrate.com With hundreds of thousands of homes in foreclosure or on short sale lists, theres never been a better time to score a sweet deal. But discount-priced foreclosures and short sales can come with a raft of…
Oct 20, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell First Republic Bank to a number of investors, led by First Republic's existing management, and including investment funds managed by Colony Capital, LLC and General Atlantic…
Oct 20, 2009
* Approximately $2.6 Billion in Writedowns From Improvement in Company Credit Spreads * Terminating Government Guarantee Term Sheet Costs $402 Million * Merrill Lynch Platform Continues to Boost Results * Extends $183.7 Billion in Credit in the Third Quarter *…
Oct 20, 2009
New Bankrate.com Study Reveals Average Costs for ATMs and Checking Accounts across the Country NEW YORK -- A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that the costs of checking account fees have risen again this year to an all-time…