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NY Days Inn exec fined $105M in tax-fraud case
A former executive of a New York company that ran dozens of Days Inn hotels has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and agreed to pay $105 million. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced Friday that Stanley Tollman entered the plea via video link from...Tags: Trials, Hotels and Accommodations, New York, Corporate Crime, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Obama gets Verizon apology
The Swampby Frank James Will people never learn? Verizon has had to apologize because some of its employees without authorization looked at the cell-phone records of President-elect Barack Obama. This is only the latest instance of employees with access to......Tags: Barack Obama, Employees, Employers, Verizon Communications
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Bucks man charged in $40 million class-action fraud
Of The Associated PressAn elaborate scheme to create fictitious victims of class-action lawsuits yielded more than $40 million in bogus claims for six people now facing fraud charges, federal authorities announced Thursday. The six went to great lengths to create bogus...Tags: Corporate Crime, Bank of America Corp., Florida, Banking, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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MOVIES
COMING ATTRACTIONS MOVIE Seven Pounds THE DEAL Will Smith is an IRS agent on a journey of redemption. IN THEATERS Dec. 19 NEXT WEEK Australia - Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, right, star as cattle ranchers in a World War II-era epic. Four...Tags: Hugh Jackman, Will Smith, Vince Vaughn, Hancock, Australia
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Longtime downtown tax lawyer
Tribune reporterBernard Kleinman, a downtown tax attorney for 47 years, devised tax strategies for entertainers such as Curtis Mayfield and Bob Newhart. He also defended Olympics hero Jesse Owens on tax-evasion charges. Mr. Kleinman, 82, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, of cancer...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, DePaul University, Jesse Owens, Justice System, Curtis Mayfield
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Gifting your house and living in it, too
The Wall Street JournalPlunging real estate values have made it an opportune time for older homeowners to give property to their children, while realizing big savings on gift and estate taxes. They can do this by moving the home out of their estate with a so-called qualified...Tags: Rentals, Florida, Property, Homes, Columbus
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Dec. 1 Deadline For Bids On Cubs
Bidders for the Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee. The team was put up for sale in April 2007 by Tribune Co., the Cubs' owner as well as corporate parent of The...Tags: Lou Piniella, Sam Zell, Tribune Co., Justice System, Court Administration
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Shelton Developer's Father Accused In Public Corruption Case
The Hartford CourantFederal prosecutors on Wednesday indicted the 80-year-old father of a Shelton developer charged earlier this week with bribing Mayor Mark Lauretti. Peter C. Botti of Shelton is accused of conspiring with his son, developer James Botti, 45, to illegally...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Justice System, Prosecution
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16 charged in mortgage fraud schemes
anthony.destefano@newsday.comSixteen people have been charged with involvement in two Long Island-based mortgage fraud schemes which lost lenders $13 million, federal officials said Wednesday. The charges, unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, accused one group of suspects...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Huntington Station, Prosecution
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Bad-check scam warning issued in Berwyn
Berwyn police are looking for a man trying to scam people by mailing bad checks with a notice telling people they've won a cash prize from Publishers Clearing House. A 70-year-old man was caught up in the scam when he was told he needed to pay $3,700 in... -
Shelton Developer Indicted On Bribery, Other Charges
The Hartford CourantA Fairfield County developer has been indicted on bribery and a half-dozen other offenses for providing cash and other gifts — including a home addition — to eight-term Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, people familiar with the indictment and the...Tags: Bribery, Trials, Corporate Crime, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Shelton developer charged with bribery
A developer was indicted on charges of bribing a public official in Shelton with cash and work on his house, federal prosecutors said Monday. James Botti, 45, of Shelton faces a seven-count indictment charging him with bribing a public official, mail...Tags: Corporate Crime, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), John G. Rowland, Executive Branch, Government
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