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#367 Updated: 3/2/07 9:02 p.m.

Two more sentenced in Buca fraud case
Two more former top executives of restaurant chain Buca Inc. were sentenced
Wednesday for their role in looting the company between 2000 and 2004.

IRS stirs, sweetens pot to nab cheaters
The Internal Revenue Service estimates that the difference between what
Americans owe in federal taxes and what they actually pay is about $345 billion
annually.

Trial Ordered in Looting of Mich. County
The former county treasurer in this Lake Huron vacation community was ordered
to stand trial on charges that he looted $186,500 in public funds for a Nigerian
investment scam.

Hayward woman held on suspicion of fraud
Symphony officials caught on to the scheme when a donor called and asked why
he hadn't received a letter of appreciation from the symphony, as he had in past
years, Lee said."

Lafayette woman sentenced to three years for embezzlement
Marie Ferdette Arnaud Cart, 49, was ordered to pay $309,760 in restitution and
sentenced to three years in jail and three years supervised release by U.S. District
Judge Richard Haik in federal court.

U.S. Treasury Prepared To Resolve Banco Delta Asia Case
The U.S. Treasury Department is prepared to resolve the issue of North Korean
money laundering through Banco Delta Asia (BDA), and the negative designation
of BDA has affected North Korea’s access to the international financial system, a
senior State Department official tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

13 charged in white-collar case
Husband and wife lawyers and 11 top Wall Street workers were charged
Thursday with making more than $15 million in illegal trading profit through an
alleged federal securities fraud scheme, authorities said.