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| #216 Updated: 7/6/06 6:50 p.m. 07/06/06 ABB Employees Settle Bribery Charges A vice president of finance and three other ABB employees agree to settle SEC charges that they violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. 07/06/06 Trio charged with trying to sell Coke trade secrets to Pepsi Three people including a Coca-Cola Co. employee were arrested and charged Wednesday with stealing trade secrets from the world's largest soda maker and trying to sell the information to rival PepsiCo Inc. for more than $1.5 million. 07/06/06 Banker to alter plea on embezzlement charges A former bank manager charged with embezzling $650,000 by tampering with more than 60 customer accounts at Hudson Savings Bank would like to reverse his plea of not guilty. 07/06/06 'NatWest Three' facing extradition from Britain in Enron case The British government rejected pleas to block the extradition to the United States of three former NatWest bankers over Enron-related fraud charges. 07/06/06 Merrill to settle Enron claims for $29.5 mln Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MER - news) will pay $29.5 million to settle claims that it helped Enron Corp. commit fraud, Enron said on Thursday. 07/06/06 Real estate investor pleads guilty to mortgage fraud A Kansas City real estate investor pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to a $17.5 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 280 residential properties, U.S. Attorney Bradley Schlozman said. |