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#399 Updated: 4/19/07 8:59 a.m.

Paper Fires Entire Accounting Department
The Chicago Defender, a venerable weekly newspaper, has fired its entire
accounting department after discovering a fraudulent payroll scheme, according to
Editor & Publisher.

CREDIT CARD AND IDENTITY THEFT DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN JAIL
The evidence at trial showed that Dwight Moss either created credit card accounts
in victims' names and added himself as an authorized user, or added himself as an
authorized user to various victims' existing accounts.

Former Delta pilot admits to fraud
Former Delta Capt. Robert W. Hughes, 61, was involved in a scheme to defraud a
private real estate limited liability company of more than $140,000 and to defraud
a federally-insured bank by creating a fictitious bank account, according to the
U.S. Attorney's Office.

Payroll company owner pleads guilty to $4 million fraud
The co-owner of a payroll company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a scheme to
defraud business clients of more than $4 million by diverting employee taxes to
his personal use, federal officials said.

Man charged with embezzlement
A 55-year-old Inwood man who is accused of embezzling more than $200,000
from an area restaurant was one of several people indicted this week by a
Jefferson County grand jury, which met for a second day on Wednesday.