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#279 Updated: 10/12/06 11:38 p.m.

10/12/06 Ex-bank exec accused of embezzlement
A federal indictment says three bank officials schemed to divert fees, and
sometimes forged checks, into accounts they controlled.

10/12/06 Ex-Homestore CEO gets 15-year sentence
The founder and former chief executive of online real estate listings company
Homestore Inc. was sentenced Thursday to a 15-year prison term and ordered to
pay a $5 million fine for his part in a scheme to defraud investors.

10/12/06 Options Probes Claim Jobs of Top Execs
McAfee and CNET are the latest companies to lose top executives over options
backdating practices.

10/12/06 Pa. Fund Ex-Managers Charged With Fraud
Two former hedge-fund managers were indicted Thursday on federal charges they
allegedly bilked investors out of nearly $2 million.

10/12/06 Three area men get prison time for mortgage fraud
Three co-defendants in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme were
sentenced to federal prison Wednesday and ordered to pay combined restitution
of $21.7 million.

10/12/06 Oakland Co. fights mortgage fraud
A new program in Oakland County is making home ownership a little safer.

10/12/06 Accountant gets 33 months in prison on tax fraud charges
A former Detroit-area accountant was sentenced Thursday to nearly three years
in prison on tax fraud charges