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#94 Updated:  12/29/05 8:12 a.m.

12/29/05 Ex-Qwest executive pleads guilty to wire fraud -  A former Qwest
Communications International Inc (Q.N: Quote, Profile, Research) executive on
Wednesday pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a deal with prosecutors and may be
used as a witness against ex-chief executive Joseph Nacchio, who is accused of
insider trading. Reuters

12/29/05  The wild card in Enron scandal /NEWS ANALYSIS: Which Richard
Causey will testify at trials?  -  At a top Enron management meeting in
September 2001, a red-faced Richard Causey, the chief accounting officer,
pounded the table after hearing his colleagues label the company's accounting
practices as aggressive.  San Francisco Gate

12/29/05 Warehouse worker charged in $185,000 fraud scheme  -  A Delran
man who processed customer orders at an OfficeMax warehouse was charged in
federal court in Camden yesterday with diverting $185,000 worth of electronics
and other merchandise to addresses he controlled.  philly.com

12/29/05  Causey's plea wreaks havoc for Lay, Skilling -  After Enron's former
top accountant entered a guilty plea Wednesday, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were
granted an extra two weeks to prepare for trial, but legal analysts suggested
more time may not be enough to offset the potential damage.  Houston Chronicle

12/29/05 HealthSouth rejects Scrushy claims  - HealthSouth Corp.  trying to
recover from an accounting scandal, on Wednesday sued founder Richard Scrushy
for more than $76 million, and rejected a breach of contract lawsuit that he had
filed against it. news.yahoo.com

12/28/05  Crime Without Conviction: Report Details 34 Special Deals with
Major Corporations - Federal and state prosecutors are increasingly offering
major corporations – including Adelphia, Computer Associates, KPMG, Merrill Lynch,
Monsanto, Sears, Shell, WorldCom/MCI – special deals – known as deferred
prosecution or non prosecution agreements. corporatecrimereporter.com

12/28/05 2 agents to leave FBI, but not each other  - Late in 1995, Judy Lewis
and Craig Arnold, husband-and-wife FBI agents, were sipping cocktails in a New
York nightclub when Lewis tried to strike a deal. kansascity.com
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