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#298 Updated: 11/13/06 8:50 a.m.

Time up for last major Enron exec
The last of Enron's felonious uppermost echelon is slated to learn his punishment
this week for helping perpetuate one of the biggest corporate frauds ever.

KB Home CEO Resigns Over Backdating
One of the nation's highest paid executives agrees to forfeit his gains.

'Tis the season for return fraud
Stores tighten policies to prevent estimated $3.5B in holiday losses

Sentencing set in money laundering
Hundreds of thousands of dollars from drug trafficking and kidnapping ransoms
systematically deposited into bank accounts in San Diego County have landed a
Chula Vista woman in federal court, where she faces a sentence tomorrow of up
to five years in prison.

Ex-County Worker Charged With Fraud
A former employee for the Hillsborough County Tax Collector's Office has been
charged with making $25,000 by selling fraudulent driver licenses and altering
immigration information, authorities said.

San Francisco Brothel Owner Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
A Bay Area brothel owner faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to
one count of money laundering for his role in a large-scale human smuggling and
prostitution scheme uncovered during a multi-agency investigation known as
Operation Gilded Cage.

Petaluma couple, Utah resident nabbed for embezzlement
After a Petaluma couple was arrested last month on charges of embezzling money
from Brown and Brown Insurance in Novato, a third person surrendered to police
on Monday, said Sgt. Dave Jeffries of the Novato Police Department.

Ex-bookkeeper faces felonies
An investigation that began in August into the alleged embezzlement of missing
money from Moffat County High School has translated into felony charges against
a former bookkeeper.