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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Embezzlement</title>
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		<title>Ex-head of union for newspaper mailroom workers is accused of embezzling more than $200,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-head of NYC union accused of stealing $200,000

NEW YORK — The former head of a union representing mailroom employees of New York-based newspapers has been charged with embezzling more than $200,000.
Wayne Mitchell was expected to surrender Friday to federal authorities in Manhattan.
Court papers accused Mitchell of embezzling the money from the Communication Workers of America ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-head-of-union-for-newspaper-mailroom-workers-is-accused-of-embezzling-more-than-200000-245851/">Original article on  : Ex-head of union for newspaper mailroom workers is accused of embezzling more than $200,000</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney who reviewed ACORN videos says he found no pattern of intentional, illegal conduct</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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ACORN prober finds no illegal pattern on videos

WASHINGTON — An internal investigation of the community-organizing group ACORN concluded there was no criminal conduct by employees caught on videos offering advice on how to hide assets and falsify lending documents.
The report, which ACORN&#8217;s CEO described as &#8220;part vindication, part constructive criticism and complete roadmap for the ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorney-who-reviewed-acorn-videos-says-he-found-no-pattern-of-intentional-illegal-conduct-241017/">Attorney who reviewed ACORN videos says he found no pattern of intentional, illegal conduct</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Audit of Okla. Land Office finds accounting weaknesses in division where embezzlement occurred</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Audit: Accounting weaknesses in Okla. Land Office

OKLAHOMA CITY — An audit of the School Land Office has found accounting weaknesses in a division of the agency where a former employee is accused of embezzling nearly $1.16 million.
A multi-county grand jury has indicted Roger Q. Melson on 174 counts of embezzlement. Prosecutors say Melson, former director .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/audit-of-okla-land-office-finds-accounting-weaknesses-in-division-where-embezzlement-occurred-227531/">Audit of Okla. Land Office finds accounting weaknesses in division where embezzlement occurred</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit man charged in theft of nearly $1M from city of River Rouge prescription drug plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Detroit man charged in funds theft from drug plan

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. — A Detroit man has been charged in the theft of nearly $1 million in money intended for employee prescription drug coverage in the city of River Rouge.
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox says in a release that 45-year-old Adam Korejsza was arraigned Friday in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/detroit-man-charged-in-theft-of-nearly-1m-from-city-of-river-rouge-prescription-drug-plan-221067/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Detroit man charged in theft of nearly $1M from city of River Rouge prescription drug plan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>State investigators seize computers, records while searching ACORN offices in New Orleans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.

NEW ORLEANS — State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization&#8217;s national headquarters was based in New Orleans.
&#8220;This is an investigation of everything — ACORN, the national organization, .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-investigators-seize-computers-records-while-searching-acorn-offices-in-new-orleans-221013/">State investigators seize computers, records while searching ACORN offices in New Orleans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors won&#8217;t appeal decision to try ex-French President Chirac in corruption scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Vaux-montagny</dc:creator>
		
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Prosecutors won&#8217;t appeal decision to try Chirac

PARIS — Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they will not appeal a judge&#8217;s decision to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial in an alleged corruption case that predated his presidency.
The case would mark the first time a former leader of modern France would be forced to defend ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-wont-appeal-decision-to-try-ex-french-president-chirac-in-corruption-scandal-218001/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Prosecutors won&#8217;t appeal decision to try ex-French President Chirac in corruption scandal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor won&#8217;t appeal decision to try ex-French President Chirac in corruption scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Vaux-montagny</dc:creator>
		
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Prosecutor won&#8217;t appeal decision to try Chirac

PARIS — The Paris prosecutor&#8217;s office says it will not appeal a decision by an investigating magistrate to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to his 1977-95 tenure as Paris mayor.
The decision, announced Wednesday, means Chirac will be tried for embezzlement ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-wont-appeal-decision-to-try-ex-french-president-chirac-in-corruption-scandal-217964/">Prosecutor won&#8217;t appeal decision to try ex-French President Chirac in corruption scandal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former NY Senate GOP leader Bruno, 80, faces trial on federal corruption, influence charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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NY Senate leader Bruno, 80, faces corruption trial

ALBANY, N.Y. — For more than a decade, state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno was a top power broker in New York. The backslapping former boxer had more bounce in his step than aides half his age and was gruffly unapologetic over the millions in pork projects that ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ny-senate-gop-leader-bruno-80-faces-trial-on-federal-corruption-influence-charges-213875/">Former NY Senate GOP leader Bruno, 80, faces trial on federal corruption, influence charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-benefits manager in Missouri gets 27 months in prison for embezzling from union plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Mo. benefits manager gets prison for embezzlement

ST. LOUIS — A former benefits manager for a union local in St. Louis County has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling $341,000 from the union&#8217;s benefit plans.
The money was taken from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 9 local in Bridgeton.
The U.S. .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-benefits-manager-in-missouri-gets-27-months-in-prison-for-embezzling-from-union-plans-212783/">Ex-benefits manager in Missouri gets 27 months in prison for embezzling from union plans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former French President Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial in alleged corruption scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Vaux-montagny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[France&#8217;s Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial
PARIS — A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a former leader of modern France is forced to defend himself in court.

Chirac is to be tried for embezzlement and breach .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-french-president-jacques-chirac-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-alleged-corruption-scandal-212245/">Former French President Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial in alleged corruption scandal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court documents: Ex-South Carolina agency official to plead guilty in $5M check cashing scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-South Carolina agency official to plead guilty

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The former finance director of South Carolina&#8217;s social services agency has agreed to plead guilty to stealing more than $5 million from the agency, according to a plea agreement filed this week.
The agreement filed in federal court in Columbia Monday also shows that Paul Moore has .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-documents-ex-south-carolina-agency-official-to-plead-guilty-in-5m-check-cashing-scheme-208601/">Court documents: Ex-South Carolina agency official to plead guilty in $5M check cashing scheme</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica convicts ex-president of embezzlement from Finnish gov&#8217;t loan: 5-year sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianela Jimenez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A former Costa Rican president was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison Monday for embezzling funds from a Finnish loan intended for medical equipment for public hospitals.

Rafael Calderon, who was president from 1990-1994, was accused of receiving $520,000 from a 2004 Finnish government loan to Costa Rica&#8217;s social .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/costa-rica-convicts-ex-president-of-embezzlement-from-finnish-govt-loan-5-year-sentence-187736/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Costa Rica convicts ex-president of embezzlement from Finnish gov&#8217;t loan: 5-year sentence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rican ex-president convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 5 years in jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A Costa Rican court has found former President Rafael Calderon guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to five years in prison.

Calderon, who was president from 1990 to 1994, was accused of receiving at least $520,000 in 2004 from a Finnish government loan to Costa Rica&#8217;s social security system.
Prosecutors alleged that .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/costa-rican-ex-president-convicted-of-embezzlement-sentenced-to-5-years-in-jail-187675/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Costa Rican ex-president convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 5 years in jail</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former radio exec who embezzled to buy lottery tickets learns he won before he pleads guilty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GIRARD, Kan. — A former Kansas radio executive who admitted that he embezzled to support an addiction to scratch-off lottery tickets won a $96,000 lottery prize.

Prosecutors say the prize money will go toward paying restitution to Paul W. Lyle&#8217;s former employer, American Media Investments.
Lyle pleaded guilty Thursday to felony theft for embezzling an estimated $88,000 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-radio-exec-who-embezzled-to-buy-lottery-tickets-learns-he-won-before-he-pleads-guilty-185159/">Read more : Former radio exec who embezzled to buy lottery tickets learns he won before he pleads guilty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru ex-president pleads guilty in trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison, pleaded guilty on Monday to authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribes of politicians, journalists and businessmen.

Fujimori, 71 and ailing, appeared to sleep during chief prosecutor Jose Pelaez&#8217;s accusation, but stirred at the close of the ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peru-ex-president-pleads-guilty-in-trial-for-alleged-illegal-wiretaps-bribes-181744/">Peru ex-president pleads guilty in trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jailed former oil tycoon accuses Russian prosecutors of withholding exonerating evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is accusing Russian prosecutors of withholding evidence exonerating him of new charges that could keep him in prison for decades.

Khodorkovsky — once Russia&#8217;s richest man — is charged with embezzling more than $25 billion worth of oil from subsidiaries of his former oil major oil company, Yukos, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jailed-former-oil-tycoon-accuses-russian-prosecutors-of-withholding-exonerating-evidence-181204/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Jailed former oil tycoon accuses Russian prosecutors of withholding exonerating evidence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president on trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori, who already faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison, went on trial again Monday, charged with authorizing wiretaps and bribes of politicians, journalists and businessmen.

Prosecutors charge Fujimori and his former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos used state funds to secretly wiretap 28 politicians, journalists .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-jailed-ex-president-on-trial-for-alleged-illegal-wiretaps-bribes-to-congressmen-media-181071/">Peru&#8217;s jailed ex-president on trial for alleged illegal wiretaps, bribes to congressmen, media</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon&#8217;s own &#8216;Madoff&#8217; embarrasses militant Hezbollah group after investments vanish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOURA, Lebanon — A Mideast version of the Bernie Madoff scandal is threatening to tarnish Hezbollah&#8217;s reputation in Lebanon for being incorruptible, and the powerful Shiite militant movement faces calls to bail out small investors to keep its position from being undercut.

Hundreds of Lebanese sold land or drained their retirement savings and handed over hundreds ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanons-own-madoff-embarrasses-militant-hezbollah-group-after-investments-vanish-175755/">Lebanon&#8217;s own &#8216;Madoff&#8217; embarrasses militant Hezbollah group after investments vanish</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ACORN names former Mass AG Harshbarger to investigate housing program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.

Democrat Scott Harshbarger, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/acorn-names-former-mass-ag-harshbarger-to-investigate-housing-program-175370/">Source &nbsp;: ACORN names former Mass AG Harshbarger to investigate housing program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Actions in ACORN video &#8216;inappropriate,&#8217; favors investigation into scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp.

The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.
The video .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-actions-in-acorn-video-inappropriate-favors-investigation-into-scandal-173909/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Obama: Actions in ACORN video &#8216;inappropriate,&#8217; favors investigation into scandal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: ACORN video &#8216;inappropriate,&#8221; favors investigation into community group&#8217;s activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says there should be an investigation into the hidden-camera video involving employees at the activist group ACORN and a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. The two ACORN workers are seen apparently advising the couple to lie about her profession and launder her earnings to get housing aid.

The .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-acorn-video-inappropriate-favors-investigation-into-community-groups-activities-173651/">Obama: ACORN video &#8216;inappropriate,&#8221; favors investigation into community group&#8217;s activities</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade&#8217;s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president. Oh yeah — and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/acorn-grew-from-local-charity-to-national-conglomerate-with-radio-stations-schools-173182/" title="ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schools">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolshoi: Big theater, big scandal as investigators say millions embezzled in reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Russia&#8217;s top investigative body said Monday that millions of dollars have been misspent in the reconstruction of the renowned Bolshoi Theater.

The Investigative Committee of the General Prosecutor&#8217;s Office said it had opened a criminal investigation into the matter, adding to the troubles of the reconstruction that is years behind schedule and has kept .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolshoi-big-theater-big-scandal-as-investigators-say-millions-embezzled-in-reconstruction-168070/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Facing drug, embezzlement and other charges, police chief in Vt. resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VERGENNES, Vt. — Officials in Vergennes say the city&#8217;s police chief — who&#8217;s facing drug, embezzlement and other charges — has resigned.

Fifty-one-year-old Michael Lowe submitted his resignation Friday.
Last month, he pleaded not guilty to allegations that he converted to his own use a pistol seized as evidence and that he fraudulently obtained prescription drugs using .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/facing-drug-embezzlement-and-other-charges-police-chief-in-vt-resigns-162878/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taiwan court convicts former first lady on perjury charges, sentences her to 1 year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie Huang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TAIPEI, Taiwan — The wife and adult children of Taiwan&#8217;s former president were convicted of perjury and sentenced to prison for lying to investigators in a high-profile corruption case against the ex-leader.

The wider case against former President Chen Shui-bian tests the Taiwanese government&#8217;s resolve to crack down on corruption — and the credibility of its .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taiwan-court-convicts-former-first-lady-on-perjury-charges-sentences-her-to-1-year-157054/">Taiwan court convicts former first lady on perjury charges, sentences her to 1 year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors: Police chief in Vt. gave gun used in suicide to officer in exchange for vitamins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Prosecutors charging Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe with embezzlement say he converted to his own use a pistol that was used in a suicide.

They say the 51-year-old lawman gave the handgun to fellow Vergennes police office Brent Newton in exchange for Newton buying some vitamin supplements for him.
Lowe, who was charged with ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-police-chief-in-vt-gave-gun-used-in-suicide-to-officer-in-exchange-for-vitamins-148596/">Prosecutors: Police chief in Vt. gave gun used in suicide to officer in exchange for vitamins</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Dairylea administrator admits embezzling nearly $600,000 from milk cooperative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A former Dairylea administrator has admitted stealing nearly $600,000 from the upstate New York milk cooperative over seven years.

Cheryl Nelli, 54, of DeWitt, pleaded guilty in federal court to mail fraud for diverting Dairylea payments from May 2002 to May 2009.
The Syracyuse-based cooperative collects milk from 2,300 Northeastern dairy farmer members and .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-dairylea-administrator-admits-embezzling-nearly-600000-from-milk-cooperative-144453/">Former Dairylea administrator admits embezzling nearly $600,000 from milk cooperative</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean court finds ex-Samsung chairman guilty of breach of trust over bond deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae Hee Suh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A Seoul court ruled Friday that former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee was guilty of breach of trust and handed him a suspended prison sentence in another legal blow to the South Korean tycoon.

The Seoul High Court sentenced Lee to three years in prison and fined him 110 billion won ($89.2 million) ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-korean-court-finds-ex-samsung-chairman-guilty-of-breach-of-trust-over-bond-deal-139495/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : South Korean court finds ex-Samsung chairman guilty of breach of trust over bond deal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Detroit Public Schools employees charged with embezzlement in ongoing fraud, theft probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — Five Detroit Public Schools employees have been charged with embezzlement in an ongoing investigation into the &#8220;culture of corruption&#8221; that took hold in the state&#8217;s largest district, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Among the five charged was a clerical worker at an elementary school who wrote herself 15 checks and made 17 withdrawals from district ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-detroit-public-schools-employees-charged-with-embezzlement-in-ongoing-fraud-theft-probe-138039/" title="5 Detroit Public Schools employees charged with embezzlement in ongoing fraud, theft probe">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CEO charged with embezzling more than $1 million from failed W.Va. credit union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Huber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal prosecutors say the former chief executive of a failed West Virginia credit union has been charged with embezzling more than $1 million.

The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia says 56-year-old Bernie D. Metz was arrested and released on bond Tuesday.
Metz was CEO of Center Valley Federal Credit ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ceo-charged-with-embezzling-more-than-1-million-from-failed-wva-credit-union-116341/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : CEO charged with embezzling more than $1 million from failed W.Va. credit union</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s Fujimori convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 7 1/2 years for $15 million payoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Monday after he admitted illegally paying his spy chief $15 million in government funds.

Fujimori sat expressionless in front of the three-judge panel as the verdict and sentence were read. He told the court he would ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-fujimori-convicted-of-embezzlement-sentenced-to-7-12-years-for-15-million-payoff-115232/">Peru&#8217;s Fujimori convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to 7 1/2 years for $15 million payoff</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>At embezzlement trial, Peru&#8217;s Fujimori testifies that $15M payoff avoided coup by spy chief</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former President Alberto Fujimori said Friday during his embezzlement trial that an illegal $15 million payoff he made went to stave off a military coup plotted by his powerful spy chief.

Fujimori acknowledged using state funds to make the irregular payment to intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos in testimony earlier this week, but said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-embezzlement-trial-perus-fujimori-testifies-that-15m-payoff-avoided-coup-by-spy-chief-113122/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: At embezzlement trial, Peru&#8217;s Fujimori testifies that $15M payoff avoided coup by spy chief</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor rejects war crimes charges, says he was a corruption fighter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Corder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The American CIA and Libya&#8217;s leader Moammar Gadhafi both had a hand in Charles Taylor&#8217;s rise to power as Cold War politics and pan-African struggles helped propel him to the presidency in Liberia, according to his testimony Wednesday at his war crimes trial.

Taylor sketched a turbulent African continent in the 1980s ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-liberian-leader-charles-taylor-rejects-war-crimes-charges-says-he-was-a-corruption-fighter-110099/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor rejects war crimes charges, says he was a corruption fighter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peru&#8217;s ex-President Fujimori acknowledges paying spy chief to leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Whalen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori acknowledged Monday that he paid his spy chief $15 million in state money to quit as his government collapsed amid a corruption scandal.

Fujimori&#8217;s defense lawyer, Cesar Nakazaki, said the 70-year-old ex-president should not be held criminally responsible for the irregular payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos because he ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/perus-ex-president-fujimori-acknowledges-paying-spy-chief-to-leave-108422/">Peru&#8217;s ex-President Fujimori acknowledges paying spy chief to leave</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SF City College officials charged with using public money to pay for alcohol, parking tickets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terence Chea</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — The former chancellor at the City College of San Francisco has been charged with making illegal campaign contributions and steering public funds to a secret account used in part to buy liquor and pay parking tickets, prosecutors said Wednesday.

District Attorney Kamala Harris&#8217; office said it filed eight felony counts Tuesday against former .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sf-city-college-officials-charged-with-using-public-money-to-pay-for-alcohol-parking-tickets-103664/">SF City College officials charged with using public money to pay for alcohol, parking tickets</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>European human rights watchdog: Russia needs to do more to clean up judicial system</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Constant Brand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — Despite efforts to clean up Russia&#8217;s legal system, its courts still suffer widespread political abuse, including prosecutors with too much power and subservient judges, according to a report by Europe&#8217;s top human rights watchdog.

The Council of Europe report said Russian authorities must do more to end influence peddling over judges and prosecutors, and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-human-rights-watchdog-russia-needs-to-do-more-to-clean-up-judicial-system-90874/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: European human rights watchdog: Russia needs to do more to clean up judicial system</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi PM: Corrupt bureaucrats are as bad as criminals, calls for anti-corruption campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 21:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraq should launch an anti-corruption campaign that would match the fight it has waged against insurgents and militias, the country&#8217;s prime minister said Saturday amid increasing complaints over criminality in the government.

Nouri al-Maliki told representatives of the powerful northern Shammar tribe that bureaucrats stealing public money are just as bad as criminals robbing .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-pm-corrupt-bureaucrats-are-as-bad-as-criminals-calls-for-anti-corruption-campaign-57717/">Iraqi PM: Corrupt bureaucrats are as bad as criminals, calls for anti-corruption campaign</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former pro-Chavez mayor charged with embezzlement in Venezuela</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiola Sanchez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan prosecutors filed embezzlement and other charges Wednesday against a former Caracas mayor who supports the government of President Hugo Chavez.

The allegations come as opponents accuse the government of targeting corruption probes against them, including a prominent opposition leader who has taken asylum in Peru and a former defense minister jailed on ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-pro-chavez-mayor-charged-with-embezzlement-in-venezuela-55572/">Former pro-Chavez mayor charged with embezzlement in Venezuela</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors: Tenn. financier who embezzled $11M pleads guilty in first bank bailout fraud case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Prosecutors say a Tennessee financial adviser has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the first fraud case related to the federal bank bailout program.

The U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office says Gordon B. Grigg pleaded guilty on Wednesday to four counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud in federal court in Nashville.
Prosecutors ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-tenn-financier-who-embezzled-11m-pleads-guilty-in-first-bank-bailout-fraud-case-46221/">Prosecutors: Tenn. financier who embezzled $11M pleads guilty in first bank bailout fraud case</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chess champion Garry Kasparov stages guerrilla protest at Khodorkovsky trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Chess master Garry Kasparov staged the latest of his guerrilla hit-and-run protests against the Kremlin on Wednesday, showing up at the criminal trial of a former billionaire and engaging in a brief, heated debate with one of the prosecutors.

Spectators gawked and whispered when Kasparov sat on a front bench in the courtroom where .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chess-champion-garry-kasparov-stages-guerrilla-protest-at-khodorkovsky-trial-44170/">Original article &nbsp;: Chess champion Garry Kasparov stages guerrilla protest at Khodorkovsky trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kremlin opponent Garry Kasparov spars with prosecutor during break in Khodorkovsky trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Kremlin opponent Garry Kasparov attended the trial of onetime billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday, getting in a brief, heated exchange with one of the Russian prosecutors during a recess.

The impromptu debate took place a few feet from the glass defendant&#8217;s cage where Khodorkovsky and his co-defendant, Platon Lebedev, stood watching.
Kasparov, the former chess .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kremlin-opponent-garry-kasparov-spars-with-prosecutor-during-break-in-khodorkovsky-trial-43836/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Kremlin opponent Garry Kasparov spars with prosecutor during break in Khodorkovsky trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>$1,120 trash can, $790 ashtrays prompt probe of alleged fraud in new Bosnian Serb HQ</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aida Cerkez-robinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Most Bosnian Serbs barely make ends meet, but you&#8217;d never know it from their new government complex: It features a euro15,000 ($19,725) love seat, an euro850 ($1,120) wastebasket and euro600 ($790) ashtrays.

Investigators are looking into those and other items as they probe allegations that Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and 14 of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1120-trash-can-790-ashtrays-prompt-probe-of-alleged-fraud-in-new-bosnian-serb-hq-43600/" title="$1,120 trash can, $790 ashtrays prompt probe of alleged fraud in new Bosnian Serb HQ">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Husband: Yukos lawyer who gave birth while in detention freed from prison clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A former Yukos oil company lawyer who gave birth while serving a prison sentence for embezzlement and tax evasion was released along with her child from a prison hospital on Monday, her husband said.

Svetlana Bakhmina, 40, had been in custody since her arrest in December 2004. She was sentenced to 6 1/2 years .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/husband-yukos-lawyer-who-gave-birth-while-in-detention-freed-from-prison-clinic-41017/">Source &nbsp;: Husband: Yukos lawyer who gave birth while in detention freed from prison clinic</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: Financial adviser to plead guilty to criminal charges in first bank bailout fraud case</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-financial-adviser-to-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges-in-first-bank-bailout-fraud-case-34261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former financial adviser in Tennessee will plead guilty to criminal charges in the first fraud case related to the federal bank bailout program, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors charged Gordon B. Grigg with four counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud on Wednesday, accusing him of using the  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-financial-adviser-to-plead-guilty-to-criminal-charges-in-first-bank-bailout-fraud-case-34261/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China upholds death sentence for financier found guilty of embezzling $8.8 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-upholds-death-sentence-for-financier-found-guilty-of-embezzling-88-million-33124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A Beijing court upheld the death sentence of a former securities firm manager found guilty of embezzling 60 million yuan ($8.8 million), his defense lawyer and state media said Wednesday.

Yang Yanmin was convicted of stealing the identities of his staff at China Galaxy Securities Company to borrow money and open stock accounts, state .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-upholds-death-sentence-for-financier-found-guilty-of-embezzling-88-million-33124/">China upholds death sentence for financier found guilty of embezzling $8.8 million</a>.]]></description>
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