Federal prosecutors in New York, Alabama, and New Hampshire have threatened to label companies uncooperative if they continue to pay the legal fees of indicted executives. Prosecutors want individuals to pay their own legal fees, even though the fees can […]
Martin Frankel, infamous looter of insurance companies, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his theft of more than $200 million. This is the same sentence he received in 2004, and he was resentenced pursuant to a Supreme Court […]
The trial of former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay will continue this week, with the prosecution expected to wrap up its case. However, according to the Wall Street Journal: …there has been no smoking gun — no emails […]
Accusations of corruption are still lingering for Red Cross volunteers. They are being accused of diverting relief supplies, failure to follow Red Cross procedures for supply tracking and distributions, and use of felons as volunteers (which is against Red Cross […]
Corstan Court was the first supervisor on the scene of the October 2004 Frank Jude Jr. beating by off-duty police officers. Chief Nannette Hegarty demoted Court to officer because he failed to perform the duties of a supervisor. Namely, he […]
Two laptop computers containing personal data on an undisclosed number of Verizon employees, were recently stolen. The laptops were supposedly part of a “random theft” from a Verizon building, and the data is supposedly password-protected. The affected employees were notified […]
A man accused of stealing upwards of $36,000 in natural gas says he broke no laws, and only admitted to wrongdoing after police wore him down. He says the statements given during his confession were false. Warren J. Krohn of […]
This past January, 24,500 people applied for the 325 jobs available at a Wal-Mart just outside Chicago’s city limits. All but approximately 500 of the applicants listed Chicago as their address. The Wal-Mart was built in Evergreen Park, one block […]
Note sent to those who submitted proposals: This is to inform you that at its meeting today, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors did not approve, by the required two-thirds majority vote, funding from the Contingency Fund for a forensic […]
The former CFO of Enron Corp, Andrew Fastow, has testified in the criminal trial of former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay. Fastow has already admitted to stealing millions of dollars from the company. His testimony included discussion of […]
