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#167 Updated:  4/25/06 10:24 p.m.

04/25/06 Lay saw bright future for Enron in 2001
Ken Lay saw a bright future for Enron when he took back the CEO reins in 2001
and could not envision the looming bankruptcy nor did he have a clue about the
ongoing larceny of Andrew Fastow, he testified Tuesday.

04/25/06  Enron Trusted Fastow, Thought Paper Was on Witch Hunt, Lay Says
Enron Corp. trusted its finance chief and believed critical newspaper articles about
his off-the- books partnerships were part of a ``witch hunt,'' ex-Chairman
Kenneth Lay testified today.

04/25/06 Feds say Russian/Armenian mob's fraud ring busted
Five members of a Russian-Armenian organized crime ring have been indicted in
connection with a $20 million Medicare fraud conspiracy that operated out of
clinics and labs in L.A., Glendale, Van Nuys and Pasadena, authorities said Monday.

04/25/06 NY's Spitzer indicts 8 on mortgage fraud
The New York Attorney General and the state's banking department on Tuesday
announced the indictments of eight individuals who allegedly participated in a
scheme that defrauded residential mortgage lenders of "tens of tens of millions of
dollars" over the past five years.

04/25/06 H&R Block to Settle Refund Loans Case
H&R Block Inc. has agreed to settle a long-standing class-action lawsuit over its
refund anticipation loans for $39 million.

04/25/06 SOX Whistleblower Protections Being Tested
Companies are fighting more than just the internal controls provisions of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- according to published reports, the whistleblower
protections outlined under the law are also coming under fire in court.
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