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#352 Updated: 2/5/07 6:58 p.m.

US courts to decide on scheme liability
US courts are considering on Monday whether to bless a new legal theory thought
up by plaintiffs' lawyers that could put banks, lawyers and business partners on
the hook for billions of dollars when a public company goes bust because of fraud.

Employees Whistle, IRS Listens
Agency appoints director for its new Whistleblower Office.

Former CEO gets two years for bank fraud in resentencing
Former Westar Energy Inc. CEO David Wittig on Monday was sentenced to two
years in federal prison for his role in a fraudulent bank loan and was ordered to
pay a $1 million fine.

Embezzlement case hits city church
When the tens and twenties started disappearing from the Sunday collection at
St. Peter Catholic Church in downtown Richmond, Stephanie Cimillo knew
something wasn't right.

Kawkawlin woman faces embezzlement charges
A Kawkawlin woman faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in penalties if
convicted of embezzling from her employer, a Kawkawlin underground contracting
company.

Prosecutors file new charges against jailed Russian oil tycoon
Prosecutors filed new charges Monday against the jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail
Khodorkovsky and his business partner in an apparent move to head off any
political threat from the nation's once-richest man before parliamentary and
presidential elections.