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#305 Updated: 11/21/06 10:49 p.m.

Prosecutors Drop Fight to Convict Lay
But two senators introduce legislation to make sure that a conviction wouldn't be
vacated if the defendant died after being convicted of a federal offense.

11 people indicted in mortgage fraud scheme
Eleven people were indicted in a mortgage fraud scheme, using phony and stolen
documents to get $10 million dollars in mortgage loans, authorities announced
Tuesday.

Whistle-blowers bring govt. payback
Whistle-blowers tipped off the government to $1.3 billion worth of fraud cases
over the past year, largely at hospitals or other health care providers, the Justice
Department said Tuesday.

Wesley Snipes Says He's a `Scapegoat'
Wesley Snipes has told a newspaper columnist he is being unfairly targeted by
federal prosecutors who indicted him on tax fraud charges

Ex-EDS unit CFO sentenced to 1 year
The former chief financial officer of an Electronic Data Systems Corp. unit was
sentenced to one year and one day in prison Tuesday in connection with a
scheme to defraud the technology-services company.