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| _________::::____#95 - December 30, 2005_________________ |
| #95 Updated: 12/30/05 10:58 a.m. 12/30/05 Ex-Bank Employee Charged With Embezzlement - A former employee at a suburban Chicago bank was charged with stealing more than $350,000 from customers. ledger-enquirer.com 12/29/05 Causey's shift eases burden for prosecution - The decision by Enron's former chief accounting officer to plead guilty this week will undoubtedly alter the dynamics of the criminal trial of former Enron chiefs Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling next month. usatoday.com 12/29/05 Va. Mayor Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud - The mayor of Lynchburg pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges of stealing from a church charity to pay his debts and taking money from Social Security recipients. Houston Chronicle 12/29/05 Skilling Request to Drop Charges Denied - judge rejected former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling's request to dismiss insider trading charges pending against him in a court opinion made public Thursday. Houston Chronicle 12/28/05 Founder of Just For Feet dies at 63 - Ruttenberg, a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, was credited for transforming the company - which grew to some 300 stores - into the second-largest U.S. athletic shoe retailer before it filed for bankruptcy in November 1999. ledger-enquirer.com |