A Nassau County jury found a paralyzed defendant guilty on all counts connected to a drunk driving accident that killed a teen.
An ex-NFL player has been charged to 15 years in prison for driving under the influence and killing a man on a bicycle.
The former Putnam Investments employee who blew the whistle on rapid trading at the mutual-fund firm has filed suit against the state of Massachusetts and its attorney general to collect the award he believes he is owed.
A judge has approved the $468 million settlement between Dynegy and members of the class action shareholder suit against the energy company.
Bernard Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom, has reached a settlement in the civil claims against him, agreeing to forfeit most of his assets, which could total up to $45 million.
Following an acquittal by a federal jury on all criminal counts of accounting fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil suit against HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy.
A Greenville, Mississippi business man is sentenced to 70 months in prison and fined $2.45 million in damages for a scam that bilked 19 investors.
A $50 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Qwest Communications International, Inc.
Bernard Ebbers, the former chairman of WorldCom Inc., was sentenced July 13 to 25 years in prison for leading the biggest accounting fraud scheme in the history of the United States.
A $25 million settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against HealthSouth Corp., following a massive fraud that led to losses in employees' retirement plans.
A class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against three former WorldCom executives.
A Manhattan party promoter was sentenced to 17 years to life for driving under the influence and killing a Long Island mother of three.
The former president of Vari-L Co. pleaded guilty to charges of wire and securities fraud and could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $2 million fine.
According to federal regulators, a former executive of Qwest Communications has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement for charges stemming from an accounting scheme.
On Friday, an inquiry into the medical practices of an Australian surgeon revealed that he had mistakenly sewn through a patient's bowel as many as 20 times in an attempt to close an abdominal incision.
A $2.4 billion settlement has been reached between the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Enron investors, the largest yet since the accounting fraud scheme was revealed following the 2001 collapse of the energy company.
A $2.5 billion settlement has been reached with Time Warner Inc. and its auditor to resolve securities fraud charges against the media giant.
A former Cendant executive has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $3.27 billion fine after being found guilty of securities fraud.
The man arrested for killing a pedestrian in front of a Florida cafe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for DUI manslaughter.
A drug dealer convicted of cocaine possession and distribution was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
An Illinois judge sentenced a homeless man to 18 years in prison on charges of driving under the influence and killing a man.
A New York City man indicted for killing a 3-year-old with a truck while driving under the influence now faces a civil suit being filed by the child's family.
A 21-year-old drug user slit the throat of his infant son and received a life sentence, meaning that he will not be eligible for parole for 25 years.
Ryan Robert Romaine, 25, is standing trial for attempted murder for intentionally running his car into Curtis Smith, 33, and severely injuring him.
Man from Benton, Arkansas was found guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine.
The former chief of police in Kingsley, Iowa pleaded guilty to drug charges and has been sentenced to serve more than six years in federal prison.
A convicted drug dealer found guilty of shooting two individuals, killing one, receives an 85-year prison sentence.
A group of pipefitters who were fired by a contractor at the Hanford nuclear reservation for voicing safety concerns have been awarded $4.7 million by a Washington jury.
An accounting fraud lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against former executives of Waste Management has been settled for $30.8 million.
An Indiana man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and $10,022 in restitution for a DUI accident that killed his friend.
A thirty-year-old man from Austin, Texas who pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges faces six years in prison.
Man from Minnesota who pleaded guilty to selling cocaine, was sentenced to eight years in prison and three years suspension.
An American man and 11 Chinese citizens were arrested in a fake drug plot involving approximately $4.3 million dollars of counterfeit medications. The scheme reportedly spanned 11 countries worldwide.
A Pennsylvania man who was convicted of four counts of vehicular homicide and DUI charges has been sentenced to 12 to 24 year in prison and a $30,000 fine.
A drug dealer from Connecticut sentenced to life in federal prison plus five years for his participation in the 1996 murder of a rival drug dealer.
A Michigan woman was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute crack cocaine.
After being cleared of criminal charges in the boat crash that killed 11-year-old Brianna Lieneck, it is probable that Steven Fleischer will face a civil suit filed by the Leineck family.
Man from Trenton, Maine faces prison sentence and may be ordered to pay a substantial fine after pleading guilty to drug charges.
Attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center have filed a civil suit against five individuals involved in the racially charged assault of Billy Ray Johnson.
After refusing to tip a stripper at Dèjá Vu strip club in Seattle, Michael Chiristian, a man disabled by a traumatic head injury, was severely beaten by four bouncers, further deteriorating his already diminished abilities.
Man pleading guilty to two counts of felony embezzlement receives five-year prison sentence and is ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution.
Indiana drug dealer receives a 20-year sentence after being convicted of dealing both cocaine and methamphetamine.
University of Albany student currently involved in a personal injury lawsuit against police was arrested for assaulting both a police officer and a civilian.
Two former Tyco executives convicted of securities fraud and other charges were sentenced to up to 25 years in prison and combined damages of $239 million.
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to a $150 million settlement to resolve claims the company inflated the price of two of its medications for the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Jeffrey Borer, owner of XtraJet and Arvel Jett Reeves, owner of Executive Aviation Logistics, were indicted on federal charges of secretly recording entertainer Michael Jackson two years ago.
The United States will receive a $4.75 million settlement from Office Depot to resolve allegations that the company sold products made in countries not authorized under the Trade Agreements Acts.
A whistleblower who filed a qui tam lawsuit against Weill Cornell Medical School on behalf of the National Health Institute will receive $877,000 for alerting authorities to fund misuse.
Idaho woman receives seven-year prison sentence for a drug offense as well as being in possession of an illegal firearm.
A Rhode Island man receives life sentence on drug trafficking charges.
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison with four years supervised release after pleading guilty to drug and weapons charges.
Man sentenced to nine years in prision for drug possession with the intent to distribute.
Freeport, Illinois - The family of Susan Filitz has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Freeport School District 145 and the school bus driver responsible for hitting and killing Filitz in January.
A man receives 18-year sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine in a lab that he insists was not his.
Ahmet Artuner of Ferndale, Washington was indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles for deliberately sinking his 73-foot fishing boat.
Four Tenesee prison guards have been charged with the death of prisoner Estelle Richardson. Richardson was found dead as a result of traumatic head and bodily injuries after a night in solitary confinement.
A former employee of Maricopa County has been awarded $4.75 million in a whistleblower lawsuit.
Iowan drug dealer receives death penalty sentence for the murder of five individuals, including two children, in 1993.
A Canadian family is suing an alleged drug dealer who sold their 21-year-old daughter drugs that almost resulted in a fatal overdose.
A Tacoma woman severely injured in a car crash that also killed her mother has won a settlement from the Washington state Department of Corrections in the amount of $1.2 million.
Man charged with killing a potential customer during drug transaction sentenced to nine years in prison.
Man who provided his girlfriend with the drugs that resulted in her overdose convicted of negligent homicide and drug possession with intent to distribute.
Daniel Andrew Wolcott of Buford, Ga. has been charged with stealing a $7 million Cessna Citation VII from a St. Augustine, Fla. airport.
79-year-old woman admits she sold drugs and receives probation.
Man receives 20-year sentence for running drug ring in Baltimore.
A pending lawsuit alleges that Covington County employees negligently allowed the escape of two inmates who viciously murdered Dennis Courtney, 56, after breaking out of Covington County Jail in March.
Man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a drug dealer.
Cocaine dealer who murdered four drug rivals was put to death in Ohio.
Man sentenced to 215 months in prison without parole for cocaine possession and distribution.
Man sentenced to 25 years for murder in botched drug transaction.
Elderly man, who claimed he used drug money to pay for his wife's cancer treatments and medical bills, was sentenced to 10 years suspension.
A Pittsburgh property owner has been sentenced to more than two years in prison as a result of a program designed to crack down on illegal drug activity.
South Carolina man sentenced to 35 years for murdering another man who owed him money for drugs.
A man from Wisconsin has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for distributing cocaine.
Alleged drug dealer who pleaded guilty to brutally murdering a man over a drug debt was sentenced to life in prison.
Man was sentenced to 10 months in prison with an additional four years on parole for possessing drugs with the intent to distribute.
A major drug dealer from Washington was sentenced to 107 years behind bars for his role in distributing methamphetamine.
A man from Iowa who received federal charges on five counts faces a 10-year prison sentence and millions of dollars in fines.
The mother of a man who was allegedly subject to a fatal beating outside of a bar has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the individuals accused of the murder and the bar's owner.
A handyman, who was growing a pot farm in his basement, was convicted in the death of two firefighters.
In Benson County, Oregon, the family of a fatal hit-and-run victim recently filed a multimillion-dollar wrongful death suit against the driver of the vehicle.
A Clifton, Maine man charged with multiple counts of drug and firearm possession will spend 27 months in prison.
A drug dealer from Brooklyn has been convicted of manslaughter after killing an 8-year-old boy during a shootout.
Drug addict who robbed and attempted to rape a 74-year-old woman received a 23 year prison sentence.
Actor Nick Nolte has successfully served three years probation after pleading no contest to driving under the influence of drugs.
A woman charged last month for endangering her infant daughter faces new charges including driving under the influence after hitting a police officer at a DWI checkpoint on New Year's Day.
An insurance company has agreed to a $2,085,000 settlement with the family of a Pennsylvania woman killed by a policyholder accused of drunk driving.
According to attorneys for the state of Georgia and the United States, those involved with the malfeasance that took place at Life Care Center of Lawrenceville will pay a$2.5 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating the federal False Claims Act.
The former CEO of HealthSouth Corp. has been order by a judge to repay more than $47 million worth of bonuses he earned when the company was involved in fraud.
A former Las Vegas stockbroker has agreed to a $153 million settlement to resolve allegations of fraudulent trading practices.
Director of the Port of Pensacola has been placed on probation as a result of his involvement in two accidents while driving under the influence.
The second largest hospital chain in the United States, Tenet Healthcare Corp., has agreed to settle class action lawsuits filed by shareholders for $215 million.
A new law has been put into effect in Tennessee to punish drunk drivers.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has agreed to a $500,000 settlement to resolve a qui tam lawsuit filed by a former construction worker who reported consulting firms over charged the agency.
A senior securities broker who bought stock for clients without their permission was ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution and serve 18 months in prison for his crime.
Man was sentenced to life in prison after murdering a 19-year-old drug dealer.
Moises Perez Carreon was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the deaths of Maria and Sergio Valenzuela, who were killed in 2003 when Carreon, who was driving drunk, collided with their pickup truck.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has established new guidelines to determine the amount a company should be fined when engaged in fraudulent practices.
Cardinal Health has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to end an SEC investigation into the company's accounting practices.
The mother and four children of 50-year-old Timothy Stephens are suing Stanislaus County for his death resulting from a head injury inflicted by another inmate.
A woman in New Hampshire was sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison after killing an elderly woman in a drunk-driving accident.
A former vice chairman of Wal-Mart pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax return and five counts of wire fraud charges.
A woman in Indiana pleads guilty to driving under the influence and causing an accident that killed two people.
Dan Biechele, the former tour manager of Great White, has plead guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a plea bargain deal, which limits his jail time to a maximum of 10 years.
Families of DWI victims in Baltimore, Md. are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the driver and his employer for the death of a woman and two children.
The assistant district attorney of San Francisco pleaded guilty to accepting drugs from defendants on the cases he was prosecuting.
American International Group has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement to resolve charges of fraudulent accounting practices.
A securities fraud trial against a former executive of Cendant Corp. ended in a mistrial for the second time.
A teacher in Madison, Wis. received a one-year prison sentence after killing a woman in a drunk driving accident.
A New York law firm and three investment banks will each pay a portion of a $180 million settlement to resolve securities fraud claims against them arising from the bankruptcy of Boston Chicken.
A $300,000 settlement has been reached between the city of Anisonia, Conn. and the family of James Law, who was accidentally killed while in police custody.
A New York man convicted of nine drunk driving offenses has been sentenced to 8½ years in prison.
A 20-year drug sentence was overturned by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday when the court concluded the arresting officer went too far in discovering crack-cocaine during a weapons search.
A man from Verbank, N. Y. was sentenced after injuring his two children in a DWI accident.
HealthSouth has reached a tentative $445 million settlement to resolve federal lawsuits resulting from a major fraud scandal that almost left the company bankrupt.
A $2.6 million settlement has been reached with a cardiologist to resolve a federal lawsuit originally filed by a whistleblower.
In a sweeping narcotics case against the Black Disciples street gang, Derrick White, 35, is the 43rd to be convicted.
A Montgomery County Pa. judge upheld an order to dismiss a drug case against Kenneth Williams Jr. on double jeopardy grounds; a previous judge dismissed the case when the prosecutor's questioning went against court's orders.
A drunk driver in Northern California was sentenced to three years in prison after causing an accident that left one man a paraplegic.
The city of Columbus, Ohio will pay $307,495 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a whistleblower who alleged malfeasance in the city's sewer division.
The Bombers youth football team were getting ready for practice while their coach was getting ready to commit a felony only yards away.
After hearing two days of counter testimony in a Mobile, Ala. courtroom, Edward Kenneth Riley, 58, has decided to testify against seven others who allegedly sold drugs ranging from crack-cocaine to pharmaceuticals.
A New York man was sentenced for killing two of his friends in a drunken driving accident two years ago.
The mother of a 13-year-old boy killed by a drunk driver two years ago in Hampton, New Jersey is trying to toughen the law for DWI offenders.
The case has led to tougher drug laws in Utah but the State's Supreme Court said prosecutors cannot convict Jeffery Don Ireland of drug possession.
A woman from Albuquerque, N. M. was sentenced for killing a court worker at a gas station while driving intoxicated.
Two teachers from the Royal Independent School District, just outside of Houston, Texas, were arrested and put in jail after marijuana was discovered in their home.
Authorities have charged Assistant Cook County Prosecutor John Joseph Edwards III after allegedly finding crystal methamphetamine in his apartment.
A man from Indiana was sentenced to prison for a drunken driving accident that led to the death of a motorcyclist.
Both a felony possession of cocaine charge and a misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge have been dropped against Marshall University football recruit Kirby Watson.
A man from Tucson, Ariz. was sentenced to 15 years for a drunk driving accident that resulted in the death of a motorcyclist.
The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the constitutionality of a law that denies financial aid for students convicted of drug offenses .
Responding to a 911 call in West Philadelphia, the last thing officers expected to find were 120 "sofa-cushion" sized marijuana bundles.
In a 3-2 ruling, the South Dakota Supreme Court sided with prosecutors in allowing the state to keep a $7,400 vehicle for a $50 drug bust.
Montana state legislator, Jack Ross, was sentenced after pleading guilty to DUI.
A man who was previously sentenced for causing a fatal DWI accident has been ordered to pay a $2,500 fine.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. -- Norberto Reyes-Serra, 45, a paratrooper who lost his jump status in the U.S. Army after a brutal attack rendered him brain injured, has won $2.3 million in a lawsuit against his assailant.
An assistant girls high school basketball coach and the father of a University of North Carolina basketball player have been arrested with two others as part of a cocaine distribution network.
A Clements man was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter.
Goose Creek, S.C. students will receive $1.2 million as part of a settlement stemming from a November, 2003 drug raid at Stratford High School.
A woman from McHenry County, Illinois was sentenced to 180 days in prison for killing a Johnsburg police officer while driving under the influence of marijuana.
After discovering drugs on a man detained for urinating in public, California courts have been forced to defined public urination illegal or invalidate the drug search.
Jeffrey K. Skilling, former Enron executive and 10th defense witness to take the stand in a Houston courtroom, denied any wrongdoing regarding charges that he conspired to defraud Enron and its shareholders. He used strong language proclaiming that he was "absolutely innocent" and would fight any charges "until the day I die."
Stanislav Shpigelman, a junior-level investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. and Eugene Plotkin, a bond analyst at Goldman Sachs Group have been charged along with a third man in an insider trading ring that netted $6.7 million and involved more than a dozen people.
The drug convictions of cousins Froilan and Juvenal Martinez have been reversed after an appellate court agreed that a confidential informant's identity should have been revealed.
A Colorado business consultant has reached a preliminary agreement with prosecutors regarding his involvement in an accounting scandal at San Diego's Peregrine Systems.
A judge has set aside the conviction of Dr. Harry Smith, the principle of Lee High School in Huntsville, Ala. who was arrested for drug possession.
A South Carolina woman received two 12-year sentences and more than $20,000 in fines for her involvement in a fatal DUI accident.
A Pennsylvania man, who volunteered as a firefighter in Cambria County, was sentenced to prison after being involved in a drunken driving accident that left an elderly man dead.
A Louisiana man was sentenced to six years in jail after a drunken driving accident left one dead and three injured.
New York State Comptroller, Alan G. Hevesi, has filed a securities lawsuit against Qwest Communications International, several of its former executives, and auditor Arthur Anderson contending conspiracy to commit securities fraud.
Five men have been charged in connection with an elaborate "boiler room" investment scheme that federal prosecutors contend scammed at least 50 people out of $2.5 million.
JPMorgan Chase, one of a list of banks that are currently being sued for allegedly manipulating the price of Initial Public Offerings, has agreed to a $425 Million dollar settlement.
A teacher in Broken Arrow, Okla. who was suspended is back in the classroom after a judge dropped the drug charges against her.
Former Chief Executive of Computer Associates International (CA Int'l), Sanjay Kumar, pled guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges related to accounting fraud at the software company.
A repeat DUI offender from North Carolina was sentenced to 50 years in prison after causing a collision that killed a grandmother.
A Pawnee, Okla. man on probation for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine has been given a five-year sentence after again attempting to produce the illegal substance.
A Kentucky woman was sentenced to eight years after driving intoxicated and hitting a couple on a motorcycle, leaving the husband injured and the wife dead.
Actress Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to DUI.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Reform Act has been cited as one of several reasons why securities litigation settlements have more than doubled in 2005. And, while the amount of such cases fell to its lowest level in the past nine years, the payouts from pending cases are rising steadily.
In what is becoming daily news, another businessman has pled guilty to selling unregistered securities and a list of other fraudulent activities.
A May 2005 whistleblower lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court has led to indictments against six Boston men. The defendants, all current or former employees of Aggregate Industries, are charged with making false statements, mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the government.
The trial of Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling is winding down as jurors hear one final week of testimony.
A young man with a history of reckless and drunken driving was sentenced to nine years in prison for a fatal crash and a separate incidence of a second DUI offense.
Two sixth grade boys in South Middle School in Salinas, Kansas are alleged to have smoked marijuana and have been charged in juvenile court after evidence of drugs were found.
A man from Tampa, Florida was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a DUI crash that caused the death of an 18-year-old boy.
Actress Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced to jail after violating her probation.
An intoxicated driver was given the maximum sentence after losing control of her vehicle, resulting in the death of a passenger.
A 51-year-old man was arrested on drug charges after police from two towns outside Houston Texas, Richmond and Rosenberg, descended on his house to serve a search warrant.
Upon returning from Columbia where witnesses in the drug case against accused drug cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo were interviewed by an associate of his defense attorney, a customs agent seized defense paperwork at the airport.
After being badly injured in a car accident and later developing Multiple Sclerosis, Richard Paey began taking pain killers before he was convicted of having more than the law allowed.
A 42-year-old Lakewood, New Jersey man’s drug conviction has been overturned by an appellate panel because a police officer did not have a warrant to search the man’s car.
Man pleads guilty to DUI manslaughter for killing one individual and injuring two others during a boating accident in 2002.
Father sentenced to prison for a drunken driving accident that left his teenage daughter paralyzed.
In a ruling from the high court of the country, the Supreme Court has made significant changes to the whisleblower rights afforded government workers.
Sgt. Roosevelt Howard, an 18-year veteran of the East Chicago Police Department, was in a Gary, Indiana, house when police raided it due to "possible narcotics activity" and is now on paid administrative leave.
An Albuquerque man was sentenced to eight years in prison for killing three men during a traffic accident that occurred while he was driving intoxicated.
Louis Kebert was ordered to serve the maximum sentence under Kansas law for a DUI accident that left three critically injured and one dead.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher ordered his 17-year-old son arrested after the boy’s mother found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the boy’s bedroom.
A man from Brewton, Alabama was sentenced to life in prison for killing a South Carolina motorist while driving drunk, going the wrong way, and watching pornography.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy pleads guilty to driving under the influence of prescription medication.
A man driving a stolen car evaded police and crashed into an unoccupied house, breaking a gas line. The ensuing fire caused approximately $250,000 in damages. The driver fled on foot, escaping arrest.
Since pleading guilty to driving under the influence of prescription medication, Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) has been sentenced to drug treatment and one year's probation.
A man with two previous DUI convictions was sentenced to 10.5 years after driving intoxicated and causing a crash that killed his 22-year-old passenger.
A Rockford, Illinois man is appealing his case to the state supreme court after he was found with several bags of crushed peanuts resembling crack-cocaine, and ran from police, discarding a gun in the process.
What began as a routine traffic stop in Farmington, Maine, ended up with police seizing marijuana, pot plants, narcotics, $800 in cash, and filing drug charges against 3 people.
A former soccer coach for the Gill St. Bernard School in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, was cleared by a Morris County jury of selling $25,700 of marijuana.
A man from Clarion, Pennsylvania was sentenced to prison after injuring three passengers in a drunken driving accident.
After being found guilty on two counts of delivery of a controlled substance in a school zone, Leeotis Sims, 31, of Gurdon, Arkansas was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
A Lexington, South Carolina man was sentenced to 20 years for killing two boys from Batesburg-Leesville in a DUI-related crash.
A man from Galesburg, Illinois was sentenced to three years in prison for reckless homicide and driving under the influence.
A King County, Washington judge violated the rights of the defendant and the public when he closed the courtroom in a drug case, the Washington State Supreme Court said.
A Gastonia, South Carolina man who failed to appear in a Charlotte court last year as a federal grand jury was to begin deliberating his drug case has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Florida resident Domingo Gonzalez was sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay $1.8 million after pleading guilty to selling more than 4 million counterfeit Lipitor tablets between December 2002 and August 2005.
The Alaska Court of Appeals has overturned a drug conviction after deciding that a state trooper improperly searched the defendant's vehicle, finding marijuana and a pipe with methamphetamine residue.
A U.S. District Judge has granted a defendant’s motion to drop the drug charges against him, citing an unexcused 15-month delay in the case by the prosecutor.
Erich O. Newton was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges stemming from the death of his girlfriend.
After the family of a suspected drug-trafficker delivered a $1 million bond to release a relative, they were surprised to learn that not only would their loved one remain in jail, but that the bond money would be seized.
A Belgrade, Montana, man who was arrested on drug charges after he was stabbed in his home is hoping to withdraw his guilty plea, citing the same concerns over police work that earned his attacker a release.
British authorities arrested 24 suspects in connection with a plot to smuggle liquid explosives onto a London flight. The suspects were taken into custody just before their “dry run" could be executed.
Former Canadian border agent Rose Palmer, 53, was sentenced to three years in US federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her involvement in a US-Canada drug trafficking scheme.
Larry D. Goble, 58, and his wife, Julie Ann Goble, 49, were sentenced last week in Kosciusko Circuit Court for charges related to securities fraud.
James F. Garro, 61, was sentenced Friday to serve more than 11 years in a federal prison for collecting $37.5 million from investors in a humanitarian investment scam.
41-year-old Michael De Kort recently skyrocketed to Internet fame with the airing of his 10-minute You Tube video alleging corruption in a military contract for which he was formerly an engineer.
Syed Qadri and his wife, Patricia Roszkowski, are set to stand trial Oct. 31 for four counts of wire fraud.
In light of recent federal investigations into the accounting practices of corporations throughout the nation, many companies have elected to conduct their own internal investigations relating to the backdating of stock options granted to employees.
Miami resident Iggy Santisteban was sentenced September 8 to 37 months in federal prison for his part in a multimillion dollar conspiracy to illegally import, counterfeit, and sell Lipitor and other drugs.
On September 8, 49-year-old Mark Steven Blakemore of Erie, Colorado, was arrested and indicted by a grand jury on 6 charges of theft and 17 counts of securities fraud. He posted bond of $50,000.
Two UC Berkeley students and a recent graduate were arrested and have pleaded not guilty in connection with an incident involving the distribution of marijuana cookies.
The Securities and Exchange Commission claims Deni G. Leonard took advantage of well-meaning people seeking to aid Native Americans.
A 56-year-old Forth Worth, Texas, resident was sentenced Wednesday to 99 years in prison following his eighth DWI conviction. However, he will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
On Wednesday, San Diego investigators asked prosecutors to charge Foley with misdemeanor DUI, following a September 3 incident in which an off-duty police officer shot Foley during a traffic stop near Foley’s home.
The two largest U.S. airlines say that pending court approval, they will have to pay nothing after settling their part with most of the plaintiffs in a multimillion dollar class-action lawsuit.
The residents of a Rockford, Illinois, home were arrested on drug and weapons charges after fatally shooting Corey J. Brown, an armed invader.
A suspected Delaware drug dealer, Joseph Bentley, has been indicted on the rarely-used charge of death resulting from the distribution of a controlled substance.
Doral Financial Corp. recently agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the Puerto Rican lender with fraud.
The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned a Sioux Center, Iowa, woman’s drug conviction after a juror mentioned the woman’s prior convictions during deliberations, an act the court said constitutes juror misconduct.
Investors throughout the state lost millions of dollars to the land and securities investment scheme.
The U.S. government has joined a qui tam lawsuit filed against Dey Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Merck.
Mark de Tournillon Sr. agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the estates of the late Lawrence and Judith Lewis for $2.75 million, 3 months after pleading guilty to 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter by intoxication.
In Aurora, Colorado, on Thursday, a 28-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a bride-to-be while drunkenly speeding at nearly 90 miles per hour.
Socialite and heiress Paris Hilton has been charged with misdemeanor DUI and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. If convicted, she could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Even though bongs, pot pipes, and other forms of drug paraphernalia are illegal under New Hampshire state law, Hillsborough County officials say the law is difficult to enforce.
Jordan D. Starling, 22, who was arrested at a music festival in Wisconsin, and later fatally overdosed, had his conviction overturned after it was found that an undercover agent did not have probable cause to conduct a search.
The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, in conjunction with more than 100 whistleblowers organizations, is calling upon Congresman Duncan Hunter to support their demand for comprehensive whistleblower protection clauses to be added to our legal codes.
In Kirkland, Washington, on Thursday, Green Bay Packers player Koren Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating his probation from a drunken-driving conviction last year.
The CEO of American Healthcare Management faces up to 18 months in prison and $30,000 in fines for billing Medicare and Medicaid for patient care that was never provided.
An Ohio mother of one was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for killing two people while driving drunk with a car full of children in 2004.
James A. Hicks, former employee of Oracle-bought PeopleSoft, will recover over $17 million of a $98.5 million settlement under the provisions of the False Claims Act.
A Tampa federal judge has presented the final judgments in the securities fraud case against two former health care company executives.
In Austin, Texas, the victim of a convicted drunk driver has reached a $1.5 million settlement in a civil lawsuit against the man who hit her and the owners of the bar that served him alcohol the night of the accident.
William J. Lennon and Anthony P. Postiglione Jr. were recently indicted in Pennsylvania on federal mail and securities fraud charges following the collapse of their hedge fund worth $5.2 million.
Michael Egan, of Sacramento, California, is set to be sentenced in January for swindling investors out of more than $8 million.
Douglas C. Albers avoided prosecution for sales of counterfeit Lipitor by pleading guilty Oct. 18 in a Kansas City, Missouri, District Court to one count each of selling counterfeit Neupogen and misbranded Neupogen.
Haley Joel Osment, best known for his role in "The Sixth Sense," was sentenced Thursday after pleading no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving and drug possession charges.
Dr. Adam Finkel, former Rocky Mountain regional director for the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health.
A total of $150 million will be distributed during the first installment of reimbursements to those affected by WorldCom's $11 billion accounting scandal. The sum will increase as more claims are processed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Wichita Falls, Kansas, prosecutors have dismissed about 40 felony drug cases after the police officer involved in the arrests was suspended for posting photos of dismembered women on his MySpace.com Web page.
Although they discussed the possibility of entering a guilty plea, a Montana couple has pled not guilty to drug charges after being accused of growing marijuana in the house where a fire killed their 2-year-old daughter.
A Miami, Florida, resident has received sentences totaling 13½ years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to sell genuine Lipitor intended for South American markets and counterfeit Lipitor manufactured in Costa Rica.
On Monday, a Chicago federal jury ordered Amerigroup Corp. to pay $48 million in damages for discriminating against pregnant women and other Medicaid-eligible applicants. The amount was automatically tripled under the federal False Claims Act.
The Missouri Supreme Court is considering the validity of a police search that turned up 66 pounds of marijuana in a Swedish foot model's car.
Two cousins from Aurora, Illinois, may receive a new trial after the state Supreme Court sent their drug case back to Kane County.
In Litchfield, Connecticut, on Friday, a New Milford man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his fifth DUI conviction, which he incurred after serving a prison sentence for killing a woman in a previous DUI incident.
A sheriff and 12 current and former officers in a rural Virginia county that suffered economic depression after its textile industry went bust have been charged in a scheme to sell seized drugs back to the community.
A San Diego teen was sentenced Monday to seven years in state prison for killing a University of San Diego law student while driving drunk.
Florida resident Michael Allyn Carlow pleaded guilty Nov. 3 in Kansas City, Missouri, before U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith for his role in a massive $42 million scheme to sell illegally imported and counterfeit Lipitor.
The Montana State Auditor’s office has added two more people to the growing list of investors allegedly defrauded by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat Davison.
After being charged with buying heroin for an undercover police officer, a Rutland, Vermont, woman has avoided jail time and will instead attend a substance abuse treatment program.
After pleading guilty to two drug-related felonies, a Steubenville, Ohio, woman has been granted her motion for intervention instead of conviction.
A Florida woman was recently sentenced to 45 years in prison for DUI manslaughter, fleeing police, and violating her probation.
A former forest preserve district worker has been fighting for three years to regain his job after accusing county officials of maintaining a fleet of portable toilets for use solely at an annual picnic.
Mississippi State officials are asking a judge to drop a lawsuit against two sisters who blew the whistle on a State Farm Insurance manager for allegedly attempting to alter records in order to deny policyholders' claims.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ruled Tuesday that the city of San Diego committed securities fraud by failing to disclose pension fund deficits in 2002 and 2003 bond sales.
Sanjay Kumar, former CEO of Computer Associates International Inc., was sentenced to 12 years and given a fine of $8 million after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice, making false statements, and securities fraud.
On Monday, a federal judge ordered the arrest of John Kim, portfolio manager of KL Group, a collapsed West Palm Beach hedge fund.
During the 2006 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the U.S. government made record-breaking recoveries in the form of compensation for fraud.
Donald “Mitch” Shively, from the Sacramento area, submitted a guilty plea to one count of mail fraud, and was sentenced to serve 70 months in a federal prison.
On Wednesday, Raymond Scott Stevenson was sentenced to serve three years in prison for his failure to report more than $170 million of Tyco’s income to the IRS.
The former president and former chief inspector of Express.Net have filed a whistleblower suit containing more than 20 allegations of safety and TSA violations.
Dr. David Hornick, a Schenectady, New York, area physician, has decided to put his fate in the hands of a jury, having rejected a plea deal that might have reduced his felony charges to a low-level misdemeanor.
By refusing to hear his case, the U.S. Supreme court has left Weldon Angelos few options, even as many people — including the judge who sentenced him — see the 55-year prison sentence as unjust.
In King County Superior Court, Negere Omari of Des Moines was sentenced to 78 months in prison for the vehicular homicide of 20-year-old Heather Lee Meadows while drunk.
James E. Brown, Jr., 22, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of mail fraud and money laundering.
Earle Morris, 78, violated the terms of his bond when he filed an application for a mortgage loan in November, 2005.
In Belleville, Illinois, a St. Clair County judge driving with his boss was charged with drunken driving after a weekend wreck that sent another motorist to the hospital.
Reality TV star and socialite Nicole Richie was arrested early Monday after driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles freeway and failing a sobriety test.
A 29-year old mother has been sentenced to three years in prison after a DUI crash that killed her 7-year-old son.
Carl G. Fanaro must also pay $713,000 in restitution to victims and $42,000 in fines and court costs after being convicted on numerous counts.
The IRS recently announced that whistleblowers who turn in tax cheaters are now eligible to receive up to 30% of what the IRS recovers.
Louis Freeh, former FBI Director, has just been hired by DaimlerChrysler to serve as an external monitor during an investigation into claims of bribery.
Christopher Croft, of Rainsville, Alabama, was arrested and charged with 54 counts of the sale of unregistered securities, two counts of securities fraud, and one count of selling securities without a license.
The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon begin to distribute $83 million to stockholders of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
A man who defrauded investors of more than $1.2 million and used some of the money to support a youth hockey team has been found guilty of wire, mail, and securities fraud.
Former UBS Paine Webber systems administrator Roger Durino was sentenced to 97 months in prison after being found guilty of securities and computer fraud.
The criminal trial of Martha Bell, former administrator of the now-defunct Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research and Rehabilitation Center in Robinson, Pa., is set to begin once jury selection is complete. Bell is accused of neglect, involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy, and theft.
A prison sentence for a Florida man accused of taking part in a drug ring has been reduced, allowing him to go free on time already served.
Ricky Green of Carlsbad, New Mexico, pleaded not guilty to three counts of federal drug charges after agents seized crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, and a loaded weapon at his home.
A student from Bryn Mawr College who was wrongly held on drug charges has settled her civil suit against the city of Philadelphia for $180,000.
In Belvidere, Ill., 28-year-old Kristy Villanueva faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced on Jan. 30. On July 3, she ran down six pedestrians, killing one and critically injuring the others.
A man with the mental capacity of a 7-year-old is free after his lawyer argued his IQ is low enough for someone to dupe him into smuggling drugs.
In Ballston Spa, New York, Joshua Halse was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison for killing a jogger while driving drunk and high on marijuana.
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has thrown out a cocaine trafficking charge that would have resulted in a minimum 15-year sentence, saying the arresting officer’s motor vehicle stop and subsequent search was improper.
People in Wichita, Kansas, who are found in possession of a small amount of narcotics are no longer hauled off to jail and are instead given a notice to appear before a misdemeanor court.
Members of the Baker's Dozen, an all-male student singing group from Yale, were beaten by several assailants after a New Year's gathering, leaving one student with a broken jaw and others with a concussion or black eyes.
David McQuillin, former CEO of Aspen Technology Inc. faces criminal charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one charge of securities fraud.
42 cardiologists who are members of East Tennessee Heart Consultants (ETHC) have agreed to pay restitution and settlements after being found guilty of defrauding patients, insurance companies, the state of Tennessee and the U.S. Government.
Robert M. Montani, of Valley Forge, New Jersey, pleaded guilty this week in federal court to charges of securities and wire fraud.
Former Comverse Technology general counsel William F. Sorin has been ordered to pay the SEC $3 million in civil penalties, disgorgement, and prejudgment interest for a scheme to backdate stock options.
The drug possession charge brought against the girls track coach for Hudson, Illinois schools has been dismissed on a motion from the assistant U.S. Attorney, allowing the man to put the case behind him and return to coaching.
In Richland County, South Carolina on Tuesday, 30-year-old Rodney D. Stacy was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the DUI death of a Hopkins woman.
Walter Forbes, the former Chairman of Cendant Corp. was sentenced this morning to serve 12 years and seven months in prison. He must also pay a $3.275 billion dollar fine in restitution for his role in the largest accounting scam of the 1990s.
Angelo Garcia pleaded guilty to 11 counts of securities fraud and one count of racketeering in a plea deal with attorneys after being named as a co-conspirator in federal corruption cases against two state treasurers from New Mexico.
The state of Illinois has recently joined in a qui tam suit targeting more than 20 radiology centers with allegations that they participated with local physicians in over-billing insurance companies to gain kickbacks.
The charges against a New York man accused of dealing drugs have been dropped after the Schenectady Police Department admitted that the confiscated drugs have disappeared.
According to the lawsuit, Kerr-McGee, which is now a unit of Anadarko Petroleum, underpaid $7.5 million in royalties to the U.S. Government.
Two former Cendant executives were spared prison time in repayment for their cooperation in the recent accounting fraud case against the corporation.
Joseph Gemayel, a 62-year-old father of five, is facing deportation to his native Lebanon as part of a 1980 drug trafficking conviction for which he served five years in prison.
A man convicted of using a Ponzi scheme to defraud churchgoers of tens of millions of dollars has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
In a case stemming from the largest drug seizure in Maui's history, a Wailuku District Court Judge has dropped drug trafficking charges against two defendants that could have resulted in 20 years in prison and a $20 million fine.
William H.T. “Bucky” Bush, uncle of President George W. Bush, has been named by the SEC as one of a group of contractors who profited from a backdating scheme at Engineered Support Systems Inc. (ESSI).
Diana Flaherty was sentenced to serve 90 months in prison for her contribution to an investment scheme. Flaherty, her late husband, and another man told investors they could extract precious metals from reserves of volcanic ashes they claimed to own.
Mark E. Phillips of Elkton was sentenced to serve more than 10 years in prison after being found guilty in October of 35 counts of securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and credit card fraud.
A man who lost his job for reporting financial conflicts of interest at the Hopkinton State Fair in New Hampshire will receive the amount of his attorney’s fees as part of his settlement.
A Lehigh County middle school principle has offered his resignation after being charged with using and distributing crystal methamphetamine.
Andre Fuller, a Montana State cornerback, is accused of selling 4.6 grams of cocaine to a confidential informant working for the Missouri River Drug Task Force.
Following a ruling that a firefighter illegally searched a house after an explosion in a nearby shed, the drug charges against a rural Vernon Center, Minnesota, couple have been dropped.
An appeals court has overturned the drug convictions of a Columbus, Ohio, doctor accused of selling painkiller prescriptions.
The attorney for Warren Benford, 26, successfully argued that evidence found at Benford’s home was obtained illegally and was therefore inadmissible in the drug case against him.
In Edwardsville, Illinois, on Monday, Crystal Bourland was sentenced to three years in prison for plowing her pickup truck into four schoolchildren while under the influence of cocaine.
After a judge decided to acquit Robert Duerke Summerlin of charges that he manufactured methamphetamine, Summerlin’s defense attorney, a former prosecutor, called the investigation the worse he has ever seen.
Tennessee does not have jurisdiction in reckless homicide cases meant to punish drug dealers whose buyers overdose if the dealer did not enter the state, according to the ruling that allowed the release of Audra Johnson.
In Nashville, Tennessee, 29-year-old Gustavo Garcia Reyes pleaded guilty Monday to driving drunk and killing a Middle Tennessee couple in a car crash last summer.
A machine operator in El Centro, California, was recently ordered by an Imperial Valley judge to pay $45,996 to the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers' compensation fraud case.
Five men from across the country were charged with fraud in a workers' compensation scam that Florida officials say left hundreds of workers without urgent medical care and death benefits.
Two brothers have pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to racketeering charges stemming from their involvement in a dangerous Mexican drug cartel.
A proposed bill that favors rehabilitation over punishment for some drug crimes in Maryland is now in the hands of Governor Martin O'Malley this week.
Mark Kaiser, the former chief marketing officer of one of the largest food product distribution companies in the U.S., was sentenced to seven years in prison for his involvement in defrauding investors of over $800 million.
Emmy Award-winning actor Shemar Moore was arrested the morning of June 1 for suspected drunk driving after he was pulled over for speeding in Los Angeles.
The parents of a Southern Methodist University student who suffered a fatal drug overdose six months ago are pressing the Dallas university for answers, saying that the school's investigation has gotten off to a slow start.
Police announced Thursday that Terry “Tank” Johnson, former tackle for the Chicago Bears, will not face charges related to his June 22 arrest on suspicion of drunk driving.
A city council challenge to a new law that makes it a low priority for police officers to bust adults for marijuana crimes was thrown out by a Santa Barbara judge Tuesday.
A former New Haven school math teacher convicted of selling drugs was given a second chance at his career Thursday, making him the first person in Connecticut to earn back a revoked teaching license.
Actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested early Tuesday morning in Santa Monica on suspicion of drunk driving, driving with a suspended license, and cocaine possession.
Convicted murderer Vincent Brothers must pay child support for his remaining daughter while he is in prison, according to an order issued by the Court of Appeals in Fresno last week.
Under the terms of a settlement reached this week, Reston, Virginia-based Maximus Inc. will pay $30.5 million to settle a false claims case filed following a federal investigation of the company’s activities.
Carole Argo, former president, COO, and CFO of network security company SafeNet Inc., was charged this week with six counts of securities fraud and conspiracy for allegedly backdating millions of dollars in stock options.
A San Francisco jury found Gregory Reyes guilty on 10 felony counts of securities fraud this week, following a trial that has come to be seen as a litmus test for options backdating cases.
The town of Cazenovia has paid nearly $100,000 to settle claims that a worker who reported possible violations of environmental law was subjected to harassment and retaliatory measures that resulted in on-the-job injury.
Two state employees have filed suit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, alleging they were subjected to retaliatory treatment after one of them filed a whistleblower complaint.
Two brothers who were arrested in February in California’s largest heroin bust walked free Tuesday after prosecutors dropped the charges against them because the search and seizure was ruled unconstitutional.
A police accountability expert hired by the University of California, Los Angeles has concluded that campus police used excessive force in a November 14, 2006, incident involving the repeated stunning of a student with a Taser device.
Convicted in 2004 on 18 felony counts apiece of securities fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy, Adelphia founder John Rigas and son Timothy Rigas reported Monday to Butner Federal Correctional Complex near Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ex-Iasis Vice President for ethics and compliance Jerre Frazier has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his former employer performed medically unnecessary procedures, bilking the government out of millions.
A Cleveland investment advisor will spend at least ten years in prison after pleading guilty to two charges of securities fraud for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of over $28 million.
Fundraiser Norman Hsu, who raised over $1 million for the campaign coffers of presidential candidate Senator Hilary Clinton and other Democratic politicians, has turned himself in to California authorities.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that whistleblower Peter Scannell, who reported trading abuses at Boston-based Putnam Investments, is not entitled to receive a share of settlements recovered from the company.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city were found liable today for the unfair punishment of two former police officers who investigated allegations of misconduct by the mayor and his staff.
In a report released this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and state regulators said many investment seminars targeted towards older Americans are deceptive or even fraudulent.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed fraud charges against two former officers of the Penn Traffic Company, a regional grocery company based in Syracuse, New York.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) is honoring four whistleblowers and congressional defenders of government accountability, public safety, and whistleblower protections at a gala event co-hosted by Erin Brockovich.
Several whistleblowers appeared before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Friday to share their stories of degrading retaliatory treatment and abuse at the hands of both US military officials and military contracting firms.
A 24-year-old man with cerebral palsy has reported that two teenage girls in Youngstown, Ohio, raped him on Monday as he was watching football practice, according to a police report.
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Freddie Mac, has agreed to pay $50 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges related to a multibillion dollar accounting fraud.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of New Orleans, the top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers specialist overseeing the city's emergency pumping equipment says the new system is inherently faulty.
An Iowa man suspected of terrorizing investment companies with explosive devices and threatening letters has been taken into federal custody and indicted on securities fraud, mail threat, and explosives charges.
Former Eastern Michigan University President John A. Fallon III has filed suit against the university's board of regents, claiming he was terminated to prevent him from speaking out about suspected legal violations by the board.
Rep. William Pascrell criticized the head of the Transportation Security Administration during a hearing Tuesday for being unfamiliar with several cases in which TSA employees suffered retaliatory treatment after reporting airport security problems.
The jury trial of a New Jersey truck driver charged with criminal homicide for his role in a 2004 fatal traffic accident begins this week, officials said.
Former DHB Industries Inc. chairman and chief executive officer David Brooks and former chief operating officer Sandra Hatfield have been charged with 21 counts of securities fraud, insider trading, tax evasion and other offenses.
A man who suffered burns after being Tasered and pepper sprayed simultaneously during an arrest by police filed a lawsuit against several parties seeking $40 million in damages in US District Court on October 23.
Former AT&T technician Mark Klein visited Capitol Hill last week in an attempt to convince the Senate and House Judiciary Committees not to grant retroactive immunity from eavesdropping lawsuits to telecommunications providers.
The Labor Dept.'s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has agreed to look into claims made by Wal-Mart employee Chalace Lowry, who alleges she suffered retaliatory treatment after reporting suspicious activities within the company.
Paul Humphreys, the former chief financial officer of Plano, Texas-based Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. was sentenced to five years and 10 months in a federal prison for his role in artificially inflating the company's earning reports.
Former RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. executive Michael W. Cash has agreed to pay a $130,000 fine in order to settle securities fraud charges brought against him by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Speaking Wednesday before the House Homeland Security Committee, U.S. Transportation Security Administration head Kip Hawley said he will take action to extend federal whistleblower protection to the nation's airport checkpoint and baggage screeners.
Owen A. Vilan has been indicted by a Maricopa County Superior Court grand jury and charged with fraud, theft, securities fraud, and the sale of unregistered securities and transactions by an unregistered dealer.
Dan Ross, a former accounting professor and internal auditor at the University of Kentucky, has filed suit against the school, claiming he was fired after reporting suspected violations following an internal audit of school finances.
Former Investment Centers of America investment adviser representative Mark Leon Henry, 37, pleaded guilty to federal securities fraud and tax fraud charges in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Missouri on Tuesday.
The family of a Bakersfield man who was killed last year when the ATV he was riding in a popular California desert recreation area was hit by a truck was disgusted when a judge sentenced the driver of the truck to 30 days in jail.
Additional charges have been filed recently against a manager and former manager of Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises of Salinas, CA who, according to a pending criminal case, allegedly conspired to commit workers' compensation fraud.
Eight people in Washington, Utah, and Florida have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a securities fraud scheme said to have defrauded consumers of over $1.2 million.
Priscilla Denney, a Dow engineer, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in Saginaw County Circuit Court alleging that that she was demoted after raising concerns about Dow data regarding levels of dioxin in Michigan's Tittabawassee River.
In a 5-3 ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that third parties such as banks cannot be sued in securities fraud cases unless shareholders relied on those parties' recommendations when making investment choices.
Apollo Group Inc., parent corporation of the University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit school in the U.S., must pay up to $277.5 million in damages after losing a securities-fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.
The Senate and House Armed Services Committees have agreed to approve strengthened whistleblower protection for employees of defense contractors who report corruption, abuse, threats to public safety, mismanagement, or waste of DoD funds.
Administrative Law Judge Debra Little Cohn ruled this week that Suzanne Ward, a nurse formerly employed by Wisconsin's Department of Corrections, was mistreated and unfairly disciplined by DOC managers attempting to undermine her credibility.
Sandy, Oregon pastor Corey Jerry Pritchett, who was found guilty of 32 counts of fraud in November 2007, was sentenced to serve seven years and 10 months in prison in Multnomah County Circuit Court Wednesday.
In a letter to the Nevada State Health Division, the Nevada State Medical Association has recommended that foreign doctors who complain of illegal exploitation be shielded from retaliatory treatment by whistleblower protection.
Former FBI Turkish language translator Sibel Edmonds has claimed that high-ranking US officials were paid to leak nuclear weapons secrets that were subsequently sold on the international black market.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a $40 billion lawsuit filed by former Enron investors against Wall Street investment banks that lent money to the now-disbanded corporation.
A federal grand jury is investigating the allegation that Merck & Co. promoted the arthritis drug Vioxx for uses that had not been approved by the FDA, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The controversial website Wikileaks.org, which has released 1.2 million documents including manuals relating to the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp, has been taken offline following a court order issued by a U.S. District Court judge.
A prosecutor from Cook County, Illinois, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance last week after authorities discovered him in his vehicle with a white powder substance thought to be heroin.
A 5-year-old Allentown, Pennsylvania, boy accidentally shot himself in the shoulder with a stolen handgun he found in his father’s bedroom. The boy’s father was arrested for numerous charges, including receiving stolen property.
A Minneapolis teen has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old friend, who died of a gunshot would to the head.
An Oklahoma City man who admitted to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk last April was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday.
New Georgia legislation that would increase penalties for those involved in hit-and-run accidents is now on the Senate floor.
New federal sentencing guidelines for crack offenses went into effect last week, potentially reducing the sentences of 19,500 inmates nationwide.
A former pastor from Colorado Springs has been ordered to pay $1.4 million and serve 15 years' probation for his role in a scam that defrauded investors of more than $12 million.
A man from Central Florida is facing up to five years in prison for failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support.
A Japanese drug manufacturer has settled a U.S. lawsuit charging the company with marketing a drug for uses that weren't approved by the FDA.
Nakami Chi Group Ministries International co-owner Gregg Wolfe has admitted the business took millions in investment funds from church groups and used new investors’ money to make interest payments and cover their tracks.
A Chicago police officer was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly violating police protocol in arresting a drunken driver in 2005. The charges have resulted in the dismissal of 156 of the officer's previous arrests.