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#302 Updated: 11/16/06 8:20 p.m.

U.S. Treasury notes spike in mortgage fraud reports
As real estate prices climb — especially in coastal regions such as the Baltimore
area — along with middle-class qualms about first-home affordability, at least one
government agency is looking at an obscure cause of home cost inflation:
mortgage fraud.

Skilling to Start His Prison Term Next Month
The former Enron CEO heads north to prison and settles a lawsuit with the
Department of Labor.

Computer problems stall state welfare fraud investigation
Problems with a new state computer system being tested in two counties have
prevented Health and Human Services Commission investigators from looking for
fraud and overpayments in food stamps, welfare and Medicaid programs in that
area, according to a state audit released today.

Judge explains silence on wife’s embezzlement case
A Bradford County judge whose wife pleaded guilty to stealing $520,000 from the
Canton Water and Sewer Authority between 1998 and 2004 recently explained
his reasons for remaining silent.

Ex-city clerk found guilty of money laundering, embezzlement
A federal jury found a western Kentucky city clerk guilty of money laundering and
embezzling more than $900,000 in city funds over three years, a U.S. attorney
said.