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| _________::::___#305 - November 22, 2006________________ |
| #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. |