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#325 Updated: 12/26/06 8:17 a.m.

Accountant says she was fired after finding DynCorp fraud
Worker claims government was cheated out of millions;  company denies
allegations

State can't keep up with mortgage fraud
Homebuyers' complaints often languish with Commerce Department

Fairfield attorney convicted in $2.5M bank fraud
A Fairfield lawyer, accused of bilking at least 17 clients out of $2.5 million, has
been convicted of bank fraud.

Ex-RCC administrator convicted of embezzlement
A former Riverside Community College administrator was convicted Thursday of
stealing college funds and violating his oath as a public employee.

Plea bargain reached in embezzlement case
Keihin Aircon's former controller, accused of stealing $167,000, would face a
maximum 60-day jail term if the plea agreement is accepted.

SEC, Treasury to share money laundering info
An information-sharing accord aimed at uncovering terrorist financing and money
laundering was announced on Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department's
financial crimes unit and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ex-pension consultant sentenced for fraud
A Crete man was sentenced to 7 years in prison Wednesday and ordered to pay
for embezzling and defrauding pension and welfare benefit plans of more than
$6.9 million and paying graft to union officials.

SEC Charges Ex-Tyco Executives With Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged two former Tyco
International Ltd. executives in connection with frauds that inflated the company's
operating income by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Spokane COPS embezzlement investigated
The former president of a neighborhood police support group, COPS West, is
under police investigation.