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| _________::::___#363 - February 23, 2007________________ |
| #363 Updated: 2/22/07 10:04 p.m. Old $$$, new places -- Suit says $57M grabbed for jets, golf, vacations A former executive engaged in “systematic looting” of $57 million from the trust funds of 19th century industrialist Frederic Ayer’s descendents, then went on a wild spending spree that paid for private planes, mistresses, vacation homes, and Playboy golf trips, according to new allegations in a lawsuit. Banks Lose Bid to Delay Enron Trial Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston, and Barclays Bank had sought to push back the April 9 trial date, pending an appeals court decision on whether the litigation can proceed as a class action. Mother Blames Son for Hedge Fraud Scam A woman who pleaded guilty to helping recruit investors in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scam says she got involved only because she had been "bent to the will" of her college-age son, who engineered the fraud. Former Insurance Broker Sentenced For Fraud and Money Laundering, Reports U. S. Attorney A Hanson man was sentenced yesterday in federal court for defrauding a number of individuals who believed that they were purchasing annuity policies from Transamerica and with defrauding a client of the Catholic Order of Foresters ("COF"). Fallon lady pleads guilty to embezzlement A former employee of the Fallon Chamber of Commerce has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement. |