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| _________::::____#37 - September 28, 2005________________ |
| Updated: 9/28/05 11:29 a.m. 09/28/05 Fraud Charges for Five Former Executives - Cornerstone Propane Partners eventually wrote off $9.8 million of unsubstantiated balances at fiscal year-end 2001 as a result of its accounting errors, according to the SEC. 09/28/05 Founder faces judge in first major Parmalat trial - Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, 15 other executives and two financial institutions face a Milan judge on Wednesday in the first major trial over the dairy group's collapse in December 2003. 09/28/05 Father and son get prison time in fraud case - The former Cayucos inn owner and his son must also pay back victims in $8 million case 09/28/05 Group sues Deloitte on audits - A group of investors has sued accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, saying it failed to warn them a local venture capital firm was mismanaging its money. 09/28/05 Judge bans sales by 'tax-fraud scam' pair - A federal judge has permanently barred two local men from promoting a tax-dodge scheme that prosecutors say has cost the U.S. Treasury nearly $18 million. 09/27/05 Prosecutors seek delay in Qwest sentencing - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to delay the sentencing of Qwest's former chief financial officer for insider trading because she is helping with another investigation. |