2 former NE Pa. judges charged with racketeering, money laundering in kids-for-cash schemeALLENTOWN, Pa. — Federal prosecutors have ratcheted up their pursuit of two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to place youth offenders in private detention centers. Congress reopening inquiry on SEC’s failure in Madoff case; agency watchdog to testifyWASHINGTON — Congress is reopening its inquiry into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s failure to detect the multibillion-dollar fraud conducted for more than a decade by Bernard Madoff, this time seeking answers from the agency watchdog and potential lessons for lawmakers in crafting new financial rules. Karzai backs election commission despite bias charges, highlighting gap with outside overseersKABUL — President Hamid Karzai stressed his support for Afghanistan’s election commission Wednesday as international trust in the group appeared to erode following allegations of widespread fraud in last month’s presidential poll. ACORN turns in 11 of its own Fla. workers on charges of falsifying voter registrationsMIAMI — Armed with a tip from the grassroots group ACORN about its own workers, authorities on Wednesday began arresting 11 people suspected of falsifying hundreds of voter applications during a registration drive last year. Investigators scour bank records in continuing hunt for corruption in Iraq’s costly rebuildingWASHINGTON — Federal investigators are searching for suspicious transactions in the personal bank records of a retired Army colonel who ran the contracting office in Baghdad during the early stages of Iraq’s $125 billion reconstruction. UN-backed commission orders Afghan recount as Karzai wins majority of votesKABUL — A U.N.-backed commission found “convincing evidence” of fraud Tuesday in Afghanistan’s presidential election and ordered a recount of suspect ballots in at least three provinces, a process that could take months. NHL owner sentenced to 8 plus years in prison for bilking banks to finance lavish lifestyleSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Silicon Valley financier William “Boots” Del Biaggio III to more than eight years in prison for bilking investors and banks — including one he helped launch — out of millions of dollars in a desperate attempt to buy a pro hockey team. NYC man charged in Ponzi scheme that diverted millions to bad real estate deals, porn companyNEW YORK — A small-time money manager who did business out of a shabby storefront in Brooklyn was charged Tuesday with running a $40 million Ponzi scheme that secretly diverted client money to unauthorized ventures, including a mail-order pornography business. UN-backed commission orders recount in Afghanistan as Karzai nears outright winKABUL — A U.N.-backed commission Tuesday ordered a recount of tainted ballots from the Afghan presidential vote, saying it had “convincing evidence of fraud,” even as President Hamid Karzai for the first time surpassed the threshold needed to avoid a run-off and win re-election. State Department says it could take months to resolve allegations of fraud in Afghan electionWASHINGTON — The State Department is saying it could take months to sort out the many allegations of vote fraud in the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election. UN-backed commission orders Afghan recount as Karzai nears outright winKABUL — A U.N.-backed commission Tuesday ordered a recount of tainted ballots from the Afghan presidential vote, saying it had “convincing evidence of fraud,” even as President Hamid Karzai for the first time surpassed the threshold needed to avoid a run-off and win re-election. Karzai has 54 pct in Afghan vote, passing key threshold, but concerns grow over fraudKABUL — President Hamid Karzai surpassed for the first time the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in Afghanistan’s presidential election, according to preliminary results released Tuesday, but with fraud allegations rising, a U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count of tainted ballots. Karzai has 54 pct in Afghan vote, passing threshold for outright victory, amid fraud claimsKABUL — President Hamid Karzai surpassed for the first time the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off in Afghanistan’s presidential election, according to preliminary results released Tuesday, but with fraud allegations rising, a U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count of tainted ballots. U.N.-backed commission finds fraud in Afghan election results, orders recounts at some sitesKABUL — The U.N.-backed commission ordered a re-count Tuesday of ballots where it had found “convincing evidence” of fraud in Afghanistan’s presidential election, including polling stations where all votes were cast for a single candidate. Afghan electoral officials discard about 200,000 votes because of fraudKABUL — About 200,000 votes have been thrown out of the tally of Afghan election results because of fraud, an election official said Tuesday. Karzai wins votes in neat, round-number blocks, proof, observers say, of Afghan election fraudKABUL — At the Afghan polling station called Haji Nehmetullah House, every one of the 725 votes cast during the country’s Aug. 20 election went to President Hamid Karzai. At another site, Haji Akhtar Mohammad House, the incumbent got each of the precisely 400 ballots cast. A flood of fraud charges undermines voter trust in Afghanistan’s presidential electionMAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — School principal Karima Monib has become an unwilling celebrity in her hometown as a symbol of the fraud allegations plaguing Afghanistan’s recent presidential election. Votes thrown out at 447 Afghan polling sites; Karzai closer to 50 percent in election tallyKABUL — Afghan election officials say they have thrown out votes at 447 voting sites across the country because of fraud allegations. Top challenger in Afghan election calls for moratorium in poll results pending probeKABUL — The leading challenger in Afghanistan’s presidential vote urged electoral officials Saturday to stop announcing preliminary results because of “highly suspicious numbers” in tallies released so far. Canadian inventor sues Idaho, Washington, Oregon universities over yellow mustard seed patentBOISE, Idaho — Three Pacific Northwest universities face a federal lawsuit that accuses them of using, without permission, a Canadian inventor’s patented process to build a better yellow mustard seed. Del. man who fled to Central America with 3 daughters pleads guilty to fraud, kidnappingWILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware optometrist who fled to Central America in a motor home with his three young daughters has pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping and bank fraud charges. SEC badly bungled probes of Madoff scheme, agency watchdog says _ incompetence, not corruptionWASHINGTON — Pushing past years of “red flags,” investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission bungled their probes of Bernard Madoff so badly that his multibillion-dollar fraud not only flourished but he used the exams to suck in new investors, an agency watchdog declared Wednesday. SEC inspector general finds agency mishandled its probes of Madoff despite ample warningsWASHINGTON — The watchdog of the Securities and Exchange Commission has found the agency consistently mishandled its five investigations of Bernard Madoff’s business, despite ample complaints over 16 years about the multibillion-dollar fraud. NY prosecutors level new fraud allegations against high-profile Democratic fundraiserNEW YORK — Prosecutors have leveled new allegations against a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats, claiming he paid back a $74 million fraudulent loan by deceiving a second bank. Afghanistan’s deputy intelligence chief among 23 people killed in Taliban suicide attackKABUL — A Taliban suicide bomber attacked officials leaving a mosque east of the capital Wednesday, killing the country’s deputy intelligence chief and 22 other people in a major blow to Afghanistan’s security forces. US envoy downplays worries about Karzai and fraud charges in Afghan electionPARIS — U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke has played down worries about Afghan President Hamid Karzai amid charges of fraud in Afghanistan’s presidential elections. Attorney says fraud-accused Texas billionaire Stanford had heart procedure, results pendingCONROE, Texas — A lawyer for Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford says his client has had a medical procedure that allows doctors to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. Judge finalizes dismissal of Web hoax chargesLOS ANGELES — A judge has finalized his decision to throw out convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in an Internet hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide. Woman sentenced to nearly 3 years for visa fraud scheme involving Cambodian sham marriagesSEATTLE — A 35-year-old Seattle-area woman who ran a visa fraud scheme involving sham marriages to Cambodians faces two years and nine months in prison. US general says new Afghan strategy needed to defeat Taliban but says success ‘achievable’KABUL — The commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan called Monday for a new strategy against the Taliban in an assessment of the 8-year-old conflict, saying the situation is serious but victory was achievable. |
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