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| _________::::___#261 - September 19, 2006________________ |
| #261 Updated: 9/18/06 8:24 p.m. 09/18/06 New Conduct Hotline Established A 24-hour code of conduct compliance report line was recently launched, providing a source to anonymously report code of compliance and ethics violations at the Storrs and regional campuses. 09/18/06 Engineering firm CEO, two others charged in suspected embezzlement A former top executive of PBS&J and two underlings were charged today in a suspected $36 million embezzlement at the giant Miami-based engineering firm. 09/18/06 Ex-pastor's embezzlement sentencing delayed (12 p.m.) It will be nearly one year after Randall Radic, the former pastor who sold his church behind his congregation's back and kept the money, pleaded guilty to embezzlement before he knows how long he'll spend in prison. 09/18/06 Billionaire Settles in Case Brought Under SOX Billionaire tycoon Ricardo Salinas Pliego and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement last week, marking the end of the first lawsuit against a foreign company under the corporate governance rules of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. 09/18/06 IRS Document Might Excuse KPMG Shelters A 2004 e-mail could come back to haunt the Internal Revenue Service in its case against 16 former KPMG executives accused of selling questionably legal tax shelters. 09/18/06 IRS Investigating Liberal Calif. Church The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a prominent liberal church to turn over documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year that contain references to political candidates. 09/18/06 Enron Ex-Officer Delainey Sentenced to 2 1/ 2 Years in Prison Former Enron Corp. executive David Delainey was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, compared with 10 years he previously agreed to serve, after prosecutors said his help was a key to unraveling crimes at the energy company. |