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| #208 Updated: 6/25/06 9:55 p.m. 06/26/06 Apparel Company Puts Execs on Leave Misuse and misappropriation of assets for personal benefit are among the issues being investigated. 06/26/06 Changes Coming for Tax Informant Reward Program While the Internal Revenue Service's reward program for turning in tax cheats does a good job bringing in money, it's still in need of some revamping, a ccording to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. 06/24/06 District hot line fights fraud On the heels of a construction and billing scandal that bilked close to $16 million, the Fort Worth school district created a hot line in 2004 that people could use to report fraud and abuse 06/24/06 Bankrupt Adelphia Sues Motorola Bankrupt cable TV operator Adelphia Communications Corp. sued Motorola Inc. this week for more than $1 billion, alleging that the Schaumburg-based company assisted in the fraud that led to Adelphia's collapse in 2002. 06/24/06 Prominent attorney indicted in tax case A prominent attorney who has filed many high-profile lawsuits against law enforcement agencies was indicted on charges of trying to evade paying more than $100,000 in federal income taxes, authorities said Friday. 06/23/06 Prudential Scammer Pleads Guilty A former New York City corrections officer pleaded guilty Friday to his role in a scheme that defrauded Prudential Insurance Co. of more than half a million dollars. 06/23/06 Bolivia says to sue ex-Enron execs for fraud Bolivia's government said on Friday it would sue former executives of U.S. energy company Enron as well as former government officials for fraud in relation to the Brazil natural gas pipeline project that was completed in the 1990s. 06/23/06 Boeing Worker Sentenced for Wire Fraud A former Boeing Corp. employee was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for using company expense cards to make nearly $300,000 in personal purchases, including a $52,000 BMW, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said. |