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bizjournals.com | 10/6/08 | Kevin Kemper

Worried about the exposure of those in her department to criminal charges, a National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. finance executive kept copies of company documents in her basement to share with investigators if they ever came calling. Jessica Bily, the former associate vice president of funding at National Century, told jurors who will decide the fate of her former boss Lance Poulsen that she decided to copy documents that detailed allegedly illegal payments to clients so she and her employees would be protected in case a criminal probe was ever launched.

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recordonline.com | 10/7/08 | Staff Writer

A former Orange County Jail lieutenant who 10 years ago siphoned $130,000 from jail accounts and served time in prison is again behind bars.

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prnewswire.com | 10/7/08 | Press Release

A loan broker from the Philippines has been charged in connection with a $15 million scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (the Ex-Im Bank), Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor announced today.

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startribune.com | 10/7/08 | David Phelps

A federal judge Monday authorized the seizure of several billion dollars worth of assets related to an investigation of businessman Tom Petters and several of his businesses and associates, who allegedly carried out a massive investment fraud scheme.

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stltoday.com | 10/5/08 | Associated Press

The former treasurer of a southwest Missouri humane society is charged with embezzling almost $90,000 from the organization's building fund over a three-year period.

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usatoday.com | 10/5/08 | Julie Appleby

Home health care costs charged to Medicare in the Miami area have risen 20 times the national average in the  past five years, prompting a federal investigation of suspected fraudulent billing.  Miami-Dade County is on track to cost Medicare a projected $1.3 billion for home health care services this fiscal year, up 1,300% in just five years, government data show.

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