John Burch, a former stockbroker with Wachovia Securities, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of laundering over $300,000 received through bribery and racketeering. Burch opened multiple brokerage accounts during 2001, 2002, and 2003 to launder criminal proceeds from Milt Morris. […]
Gary Stephen Kaplan, the founder of BetOnSports PLC, was arrested on Wednesday in the Dominican Republic. He was sent from there to Puerto Rico to appear before a magistrate, and will soon be sent to St. Louis. Kaplan has been […]
Let the fun begin! A couple days ago I saw a commercial for a program called “A Home Run for Trademark” on TLC. It looked like this will be the warmup for the new show featuring Richard Davis, Ginger, and […]
Today a judge did not allow a Hurricane Katrina class action lawsuit against State Farm Insurance to proceed. The judge said that even though the lawsuits appear to have similar facts (i.e. all properties were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina) they […]
Former American Family Insurance agent Nancy Paquette was found guilty of 104 criminal counts – 52 counts of forgert and 52 counts of identity theft. Paquette established dozens of fraudulent insurance policies in order to receive commissions and bonuses, as […]
This news really hits home with me. I was a probation officer a long time ago. I supervised adult offenders, most of whom were on probation for domestic violence, other physical assaults, or drug dealing. I had a few on […]
Plastic surgery patient Georgette Gilbert was unhappy with her results, and started a website called My Surgery Nightmare. On the site, she detailed her experience with Dr. Jonathan Sykes, including before and after photos. She had an endoscopic browlift, lower […]
Remind me again…. didn’t he say in his re-election campaign that he wasn’t going to raise taxes? Sounds like another lie from the Doyle administration… Here’s what’s in store for us: An additional $630 per each of the 2.76 million […]
I was recently amused as I was directed to a site detailing “proposed [tag]ethics[/tag] opinions” for North Carolina [tag]lawyers[/tag]. This is no joke. It appears that the ethics rules will prohibit attorneys from handing out business cards, because people might […]
