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#408 Updated: 5/3/07 11:01 a.m.

Ex-Governor Tells Black's Jury He `Skimmed' Filings
Former Illinois Governor James Thompson ``skimmed'' Hollinger International
Inc.'s financial statements while running the company's audit committee, he told
jurors at ex-Chairman Conrad Black's fraud trial.

When lawyers sanction fraud
If you are going to commit fraud, you may need a good lawyer. In some cases,
you have to have a lawyer to pull off the fraud at all.

Inexpensive, But Effective Fraud Prevention
Small practices and businesses are more vulnerable to fraud and have more to
lose than their corporate cousins, but a few inexpensive changes can do much to
prevent workplace fraud.

FBI opens fraud probe into couple killed in SoCal resort shooting
Federal authorities have opened a fraud investigation into a couple who were
killed last month in a confrontation with police at a luxury Southern California
resort.

Adcox sentenced for role in embezzlement scheme
Adcox was the third and final defendant sentenced for the theft of approximately
$600,000 in March 2006.

Judge rejects plea deal, sentences charity embezzler to 15 years
After rejecting a plea agreement that prevented jail time, a judge sentenced a
Tennessee woman to 15 years in prison for embezzling nearly $280,000 in charity
proceeds from a Kentucky senior citizens center.