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| #374 Updated: 3/13/07 8:28 a.m. Chamber Offers Six Suggestions for U.S. Markets The U.S. Chamber of Commerce had offered up a number of recommendations for changes to the country’s legal and regulatory framework -- taking aim at Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the process. Bank President Sentenced For Embezzlement A former senior vice president of a Redwood City bank was sentenced today to serve a term of 15 months in prison, and ordered to pay at total of $188,714 in restitution, following her conviction for bank fraud. Former Head of Student Finance on Trial The former head of the Student Finance Corp. used money from the company to shower his mistress with money and gifts and to pay off gambling debts, then lied about the expenditures in a bankruptcy proceeding, prosecutors said Monday. Arraignment for deputy in embezzlement case Arraignment is scheduled Monday for a sheriff's deputy accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from an East County homeowners association for which he served as treasurer. More charges for priest A former Catholic priest in Louisa County was indicted today on 12 additional counts of embezzlement. Tulsa Financial Advisor to Serve Time, Pay $627,000 A former Tulsa financial investment advisor will pay more than $625,000 restitution and serve a 40-year sentence after pleading guilty today to embezzlement. Former Nortel Officials Including Dunn Sued for Fraud North American securities regulators sued former Nortel Networks Corp. officials including ex-Chief Executive Officer Frank Dunn for allegedly manipulating earnings to meet financial targets. |