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#96 Updated:  1/3/06 8:06 a.m.

01/03/06
Skilling Will Face Insider Trading Charges
A federal judge rejected a request to dismiss 10 counts of insider trading charges
against former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling.

01/03/06  
Fighting Appraisal Fraud
As the San Diego real estate market cools off and home prices start to fall, local
real estate appraisers say they are coming under intensifying pressure from
mortgage brokers to provide inflated property valuations.

01/03/06  
Securities fraud suits down in '05
Number fell more than 17% from '04; associated investor losses also decreased,
Stanford study says.

01/03/06
US lobbyist Abramoff expected to plead guilty
Former U.S. lobbyist Jack Abramoff is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday to
charges of conspiracy, tax evasion and fraud in a plea deal with prosecutors as
part of their corruption investigation, a Justice Department official said.

01/02/06
Ex-Enron officer's plea could have huge impact
For nearly two years, former Enron Corp. Chief Accounting Officer Richard Causey
locked arms with his former bosses, company founder Kenneth Lay and former
CEO Jeffrey Skilling, in a unified defense against criminal charges in the biggest
case stemming from the one of the nation's biggest corporate scandals.

12/30/05
 Feds accuse ex-insurance adjuster of fraud
A Birmingham woman and former employee of Vesta Insurance Company faces a
forty-count federal indictment. The charges include forgery and mail fraud.

12/31/05
Russia charges Adamov with fraud
Russia charged former Nuclear Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov with fraud and
abuse of power on Saturday, local agencies reported, after he was extradited
from Switzerland.
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