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#286 Updated: 10/24/06 9:24 p.m.

10/23/06 Woman pleads guilty to embezzling $885,000 from Bloomington financial
firm
A Bloomington financial services employee pleaded guilty today to embezzling
more than $885,000 from her employer between January 2005 and April of this
year, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office said today.

10/23/06 Former Point Loma couple sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case
A former Point Loma couple who hid their assets from a bankruptcy judge –
including the 57-foot sailboat they used to escape to Mexico – was sentenced to
prison terms Monday.

10/23/06 E*Trade, TD Ameritrade Targeted in Brokerage Fraud
E*Trade Financial Corp. and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. customer accounts have
been infiltrated by computer hackers in Eastern Europe and Asia in one of the
biggest cases of identity theft to strike the U.S. securities industry.

10/23/06 SKILLING GETS 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENRON FRAUD
Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling was sentenced today to 24 years in prison for his
role in the energy company's 2001 collapse in what has become one of the
nation's biggest corporate scandals.

10/23/06 WorldCom Investors to Receive $150 Million
Sarbox provision cleared the way for $750 million in payouts.