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#339 Updated: 1/16/07 8:24 p.m.

Ex-CA Lawyer Gets Two Years
Former chief counsel Steve Woghin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit
securities fraud and obstruction of justice in the software company's $2.2 billion
accounting scandal.

JAPAN: Mainichi accountant held in embezzlement
Former employee of newspaper publisher suspected of making withdrawals from
company's accounts

Yukos Suspect in Embezzlement Case Escapes in Moscow
A Russian-born Spanish national accused of helping embezzle $13 billion from
bankrupt oil company OAO Yukos Oil Co. escaped from his guards in Moscow.

Feds seek 12 years for Ex-Cendant chair
Former Cendant Corp. Chairman Walter Forbes should be sentenced to more than
12 years in prison and pay more than $3 billion in restitution for leading the
largest accounting fraud of the 1990s, federal prosecutors said.

ABQ businessman could get 33 years in jail
An Albuquerque businessman faces up to 33 years in a state prison after the
state reached a plea agreement with him on Tuesday on 11 counts of securities
fraud and one count of racketeering.

Refco's Grant Accused of Helping Defraud Investors
The former president of Refco Inc., the bankrupt futures trading firm, was indicted
for helping the company's chief executive hide hundreds of millions of dollars in
losses in a 2004 leveraged buyout.