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#140 Updated:  3/20/06 8:19 a.m.

03/17/06 Metro husband and wife sent to jail, fined for fraud
A Lithonia, Ga., couple has been sent to prison and ordered to pay a total of $2.6
million in fines for mortgage and bankruptcy fraud.

03/17/06 Calif. Man Arrested for Workers' Compensation Fraud
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that
Sacramento resident Wayne Allen Sorenson, 35, has been arrested on workers'
compensation insurance fraud charges after an investigation by the California
Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division revealed Sorenson allegedly
collected Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits from State Compensation
Insurance Fund (SCIF) while employed.

03/17/06 University hosts national conference on crime, fraud trends
The St. Thomas University economic crimes center will host a conference today to
help law enforcement coordinate efforts in white collar crime and consumer fraud
in the aftermath of a disaster.

03/17/06 ZIP code turns into a fraud deterrent
If you pull up to the self-service gasoline pumps in some Boston neighborhoods,
or use a credit card to buy aspirin at the local Walgreens drugstore, don't be
surprised if you're asked for your ZIP code.

03/17/06 Ferry workers may get hotline to report fraud
Casco Bay Lines officials are talking about setting up a hotline to take reports of
suspected fraud, at the suggestion of auditors and at the urging of employees
who say the Portland-based ferry operation has had problems in the past.

03/17/06 Block Gets Okay for Bank in Midst of Bad News
The Office of Thrift Supervision approved an application from H&R Block Inc. to
organize a federal savings bank in Kansas City, Mo.

03/17/06 CFOs Cite Top Concerns: Insurance, Healthcare, Cash Management
Employee healthcare expenses top the list of worries for financial executives
today, a new survey shows. Nearly half (49 percent) of chief financial officers
polled recently cited the rising cost of insurance and healthcare as one of their
three most pressing concerns.

03/17/06 Probe into former NYSE boss Grasso takes new turn
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe into former New York Stock
Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso's pay $193 million package has taken a new
turn, it emerged on Thursday.

03/17/06 A Small Uproar over 404
Two CFOs sound off about the disconnect between the costs and benefits of
complying with the internal-controls provision.
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