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#125 Updated:  2/23/06 8:28 a.m.

02/23/06  Enron:  Unruffled, ex-exec says she followed company line
Former Enron executive Paula Rieker was unflappable Wednesday as her ex-boss
Ken Lay's lawyer unsuccessfully tried to unravel her contentions that she, Lay and
many others followed the company line in misrepresenting Enron's financial health
to outsiders.

02/23/06 Milberg Weiss lawyers face indictment in kickbacks case
U.S. prosecutors have told lawyers Steven Schulman and David Bershad that
they'll be indicted for their role in a scheme that allegedly paid kickbacks to clients,
according to Schulman's lawyer.

02/23/06 Qwest civil fraud suit apt to wait till '07
The government's civil fraud case against six former Qwest executives isn't likely
to go to trial until at least 2007, a federal magistrate judge said Wednesday.

02/23/06 Schwab to cover losses due to fraud
Responding to growing anxiety about cybercrime, Charles Schwab Corp. on
Wednesday joined the small number of online banks and brokerages that publicly
promise to cover customer losses from online fraud.

02/23/06 HealthSouth Settles Investor Fraud Suits for $445 Mln
HealthSouth Corp., the largest U.S. provider of rehabilitation services, will pay
$445 million to settle investor lawsuits filed after a $2.7 billion accounting fraud
nearly bankrupted the company.

02/23/06 Man convicted of $400 million investment fraud
An Atlanta man accused of defrauding thousands of investors out of $400 million
by selling them payphones was convicted Wednesday of wire fraud, money
laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

02/22/06 Japanese prosecutors serve new warrant on Livedoor founder Horie
Prosecutors said they have served a new arrest warrant on Internet firm Livedoor
Co's founder, Takafumi Horie, for alleged financial fraud

02/22/06 Cash runs short as 'fraud' brings down German transport giant
BANKS and retailers across Germany were struggling to maintain their supplies of
cash yesterday after the country’s biggest money transport firm collapsed in a
€300 million (£205 million) alleged fraud scandal.
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