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_________::::____#67 - November 14, 2005________________
Updated:  11/13/05 9:02 p.m.

11/13/05 U.S. attorney: Mortgage fraud cases on rise - Kevin McDonald, an
assistant U.S. attorney in Columbia, said the number of mortgage fraud cases he's
seen has grown in recent years, due in part to the state's hot housing market,
particularly in the Upstate and along the coast.

11/13/05 Study: Small businesses more vulnerable to fraud - Everyone in the
business world has been inundated with news about high-profile corporate fraud
cases including Enron, WorldCom and Tyco.

11/12/05 Risk of debit-card fraud rises - $2.75 billion in losses were recorded in
the U.S. last year.

11/12/05 Man bilked investors of $2M in stock fraud - A New York man has
pleaded guilty in federal court in Bridgeport to charges of fooling more than 50
investors, some of whom are in Greenwich and other areas of the state, into
putting $2 million in fake companies, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Connecticut
announced yesterday.

11/11/05 Refco Gets $110 Mln Bid for Frozen Currency Accounts - Refco Inc., the
futures broker that is liquidating its assets in bankruptcy, agreed to sell its
unregulated currency-trading accounts for $110 million, an accord that may spur
competing bids for the unit.
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