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Seen that? - A black and gold pump
in Busy with Style, on November 29, 2009
...from Hollinger International. Black faces up to 95 years in prison and $7 million in fines if he is convicted on [...] Read More ...
World Bank finally catches up with Siemens
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...h bribers and cheaters. But they're taking their time. Two years after Siemens executives were convicted of paying bribes to get business, the World Bank has announced it will impose a $100 mil...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...officers who apply in that state for mortgage broker licenses. Many of the applicants rejected were convicted felons.
The reason for all this scrutiny? States don't want to see another mortgage m...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
...have massive implications on the system, regardless of what the decision is. Black, as we know, was convicted two year ago of a a $6.1-million fraud and obstruction of justice related to his eight yea...
Conrad Black speaks - again
in Sox First, on February 28, 2009
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One year after his incarceration, convicted fraudster Conrad Black seems to be adjusting to life in the slammer. In an interview with the National Post's Theresa Tedesco , done via email,...
Bush Commutes Sentences Of Border Patrol Agents
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 19, 2009
...nt Bush has invoked executive privilege and commuted the jail sentences of two Border Patrol Agents convicted of shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant in 2006.
The officers, Ignacio Ramos and Jos...
Niall Ferguson: The Ascent of Money
in Sox First, on December 23, 2008
...; one reason why the Confederacy lost the Civil War was the worthlessness of its bond market, and a convicted Scottish murderer, gambler and flawed financial genius, John Law, might have, indirectly, ...
Lori Drew Guilty in MySpace Cyber-Bullying Case
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 26, 2008
...e Los Angeles federal court jury rejected the felony charges brought by the prosecution and instead convicted Drew of three misdemeanor charges of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict...
The Day Before - Week 5
in End Zone Buzz, on October 4, 2008
...n to win. Being able to throw the ball might help too.
O.J. will be sentenced soon after he was convicted on robbery charges. He could go to jail for the rest of his life.
Buffalo wideout Lee Evan...
Compassionate Keegan allows Barton another chance
in The Soccer Weblog, on July 28, 2008
... it."
Barton, currently in prison for assaulting a teenager in Liverpool, was also recently convicted of assaulting former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo on the training ground but esc...
First Siemens conviction
in Sox First, on July 28, 2008
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The first Siemens manager has been convicted in the trial into the engineering group's bribery and corruption, according to the latest news . Reinhard Siekaczek (pictured above) has been giv...
Joey Barton can't play Premier League football again
in The Soccer Weblog, on June 1, 2008
...usin ran away. The forensic evidence showed that the glass had been smashed by the cousin so he was convicted and Barton wasn't.
I feel sorry for Barton. Kevin Keegan has said that he is a reform...
Wright Convicted, Takes Own Life
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 26, 2008
...ment Associates of Atlanta hanged himself in a Union City jail cell Saturday night.
Wright was convicted by a federal jury on 47 counts of mail fraud, securities fraud and money laundering stemmi...
Football Headlines
in End Zone Buzz, on May 23, 2008
...rsity of Florida is opening a $28 million football facility in July. (St. Petersburg Times)
- A convicted steroids dealer talked to the NFL , and gave up players whom he sold to. (NY Times)
- New...
NFL's All-Criminal Team
in End Zone Buzz, on April 9, 2008
...d for bumping traffic cop with car, paid fine and did community service. Previously arrested and convicted of battery in high school.
TE Kellen Winslow, Jr.: Plead guilty to misdemeanor disregar...
Spam Isn't Free Speech
in I got Spam?!, on April 8, 2008
... There's an article on Techdirt about how a spammer was convicted for violating Virgina's Anti-Spamming Law . Jeremy Jaynes, the spammer in question, tried to get the conviction overturned ...
Conrad Black's prison letters
in Sox First, on April 3, 2008
...Globe and Mail , we have the first of Conrad Black 's prison letters. And it sounds like the convicted fraudster is holding up quite well. The letter, which comes with the insignia across the ...
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Flat Out Lied About ATV Data
in Under My Helmet, on March 26, 2008
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Flat Out Lied About ATV Data in a recent bill proposed to enact restrictions on ATV users. You can read the entire bill below, but the jist is this:
1.Purpose . The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC)
opines, "Too many ATV riders - ...
NFL Draft Prospects - Arrested
in End Zone Buzz, on March 25, 2008
...ory. He was arrested for drunkenly entering a girl's room at Colorado and fondling her. He was convicted of second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal trespass, both of which are felonies....
Spammers Conviction Upheld
in I got Spam?!, on March 2, 2008
..., ruling that spamming is not considered protected speech. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh , N.C was convicted under Virginia's anti-spamming law and sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was once con...
Conrad Black loses appeal: it's jail on Monday
in Sox First, on March 1, 2008
...some counts, there's less chance of reversing the one count where he was was the only defendant convicted - obstruction of justice when he was filmed taking boxes of documents out of his Toronto o...
Hedge Fund Managers Indicted
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2008
... one count of conspiracy to commit mail, wire and securities fraud and six counts of wire fraud. If convicted, each of the defendants faces a maximum sentence of 20 years and a $250,000 fine for each ...
Prisoner Dennis Kozlowski: still unrepentant
in Sox First, on February 6, 2008
L. Dennis Kozlowski, who was sentenced in 2005 to 25 years in jail for grand larceny, securities fraud and other crimes, for stealing $137 million in unauthorized bonuses from Tyco, abusing company loan programs and selling $410 million in inflated stock, remains unrepentant. Hardly surprising. ...
Wesley Snipes: a little guilty of tax dodging
in Sox First, on February 4, 2008
...n man Wesley Snipes has been cleared of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges on Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. From one perspective, it'...
Daewoo: it's just cooking the books
in Sox First, on January 4, 2008
...for accounting fraud, got pardoned . The other ones who got pardoned were former spy agency chiefs convicted over the illegal tapping of phone conversations between the head of a leading newspaper an...
Sad News
in The Parenting Weblog, on December 6, 2007
...m the news today, concerning children, is that the man who raped and killed 14 year-old Hannah is convicted to life imprisonment.
It's a sad day indeed....
Shorter jail term for the "spiritual" Conrad Black?
in Sox First, on November 29, 2007
...ng conspiracy. According to reports , Black's lawyers have made a filing that their client, a convicted fraudster, is actually a spiritual person. The filing includes a letter from a Father Ra...
Yahoo: evil in China
in Sox First, on November 15, 2007
... any Western company doing business in China. The case of editor Shi Tao is a case in point. He was convicted in 2005 for disclosing a "state secret" via Yahoo e-mail. But what exactly was t...
Guilty!
in The Parenting Weblog, on October 24, 2007
... woman's womb and took the baby and claimed it as hers? That woman, Lisa Montgomery was finally convicted for the crime of kidnapping resulting in death.
Her defense attorneys claimed that she wa...
More Conrad Black weirdness
in Sox First, on October 22, 2007
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Is there no end to the strange stories about Conrad Black? Unable to leave the United States, the convicted felon has taken to signing copies of his new book in Toronto. All done using digital and ...
René Gómez Manzano, the Cuban Government and the Human Rights Awards
in Latina Viva, on October 15, 2007
...ed the "Group of Four" (Grupo de los Cuatro) who in 1999 were accused and convicted of sedition, after questioning the Communist Party. ...
Two Men Sentenced for Running International Pornographic Spamming Business
in I got Spam?!, on October 13, 2007
...unt of illegal proceeds from their spamming operation.
On June 25, 2007, a federal jury in Phoenix convicted Kilbride and Schaffer on eight counts including: violating the Controlling the Assault of...
Conrad Black turns to comedy
in Sox First, on October 9, 2007
...might be facing decades in jail, he might be barred from returning to the country of his birth, but convicted crook Conrad Black has shown he has an extraordinary ability to poke fun at himself, repor...
Was Ken Lay a typical CEO?
in Sox First, on September 18, 2007
...t Enron can be viewed in two ways. One is to see it as a total white-wash of someone who had been convicted of perpetrating a crime that is now synonymous with corporate fraud. On the other hand, it...
"It wasn't me" says Jeff Skilling
in Sox First, on September 9, 2007
... man standing when the court meted out its punishment." So there you have it! The man who was convicted of masterminding of what has become the most enduring symbol of corporate fraud and corrup...
This Week in Aviation History: First Trans-Atlantic Balloon Flight and the Death of Charles Lindbergh
in The Aviation Weblog, on August 21, 2007
...elium-filled balloon, Double Eagle II.
August 19, 1960: American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was convicted of espionage in Moscow.
U-2 incident, in U.S. and Soviet history, the events following th...
Black is black
in Sox First, on August 2, 2007
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Convicted media mogul Conrad Black has been told he is not allowed to go back to Canada prior to his sentencing on November 30. Black, who faces up to 35 years in jail, had asked to retur...
Facebook Slammed Over Sex Offender Profiles
in The Social Networking Weblog, on August 1, 2007
...oung users from sexual predators online. Blumenthal claims his office has learned of at least three convicted sex offenders on Facebook's site and that may be the "tip of the iceberg&q...
Investors back Sarbanes-Oxley
in Sox First, on August 1, 2007
... said Sarbanes-Oxley did not go far enough and nine out of 10 said corporate officers and directors convicted of malfeasance should be sent to jail. Totally mandatory, no quarter given. The second s...
Skype violates GPLv2
in Tech Intelligence, on July 25, 2007
...indeed, I never received the source code either.
Nothing that will shake the world. Skype has been convicted of the crime by a german court after complaints of Netfilter developer Harald Welte, who a...
Neteller To Return US Funds Soon?
in Internet Poker, on July 19, 2007
...reed to defer the prosecution of any federal charges and, as a consequence, the Company will not be convicted of any federal crime, as long the Company fulfils the set conditions of the DPA during the...
New Jersey Sets a Deadline on MySpace
in The Social Networking Weblog, on July 18, 2007
...been deleted by MySpace since the states original request .
They're claiming that half of the convicted sex offenders in the state that have profiles on MySpace are still on probation or parole ...
Black years in jail
in Sox First, on July 14, 2007
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So Conrad Black has been convicted as a fraudster. For a neat summary of how the media responded to the verdict, go to Macleans . Now attention turns to the appeal and what he's likely to ...
Burned up cooking the books
in Sox First, on July 11, 2007
...veraged $5.7 million. The researchers also revealed that 21 per cent had pleaded guilty or had been convicted and had been sentenced to an average 4.3 years jail and 3 years probation. All up, there w...
Will Conrad Black walk?
in Sox First, on June 13, 2007
...d the former media mogul refusing to testify , questions are now arising whether the guy will get convicted. Whatever his excesses, some are casting doubt on whether he broke the law. "The way...
Looking for an Interesting Father's Day - or Anytime- Gift? Get BREACH On DVD- Out June 12
in Cool Picking, on June 5, 2007
...nters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen ( Chris Cooper) , an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Hanssen was an member of the FBI's elite Sovi...
MySpace Gives up Sex Offender's List
in The Social Networking Weblog, on May 31, 2007
... MySpace is going to tell the police when a convicted sex offender sets up a profile on MySpace.
"Knowing that a convicted sex offender set up a personal Web page allows officials to investig...
The Den of Thieves
in Digital Music - The Future, on May 11, 2007
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On the other hand, maybe Warner is right. It's a perfect name . The major labels have been convicted of payola, screwing artists, and fixing CD prices. They treat their customers with contemp...
The Den of Thieves
in P2P File Sharing, on May 11, 2007
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On the other hand, maybe Warner is right. It's a perfect name . The major labels have been convicted of payola, screwing artists, and fixing CD prices. They treat their customers with contemp...
Washington State Amends Internet Poker Law
in Internet Poker, on April 27, 2007
...aught multi-tabling $25 buy in Pot Limit Omaha tables at home.
As the law stands now, you could be convicted of a felony for grinding out bonuses at your favorite online poker sites and serve the sam...
TRUE Sues Again
in The Dating Weblog, on April 2, 2007
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PR NEWSWIRE -- Mar 29 -- TRUE filed a civil lawsuit in Texas against a convicted felon and registered (child) sex offender in Florida, Edward Alvin Hodges, Jr., for misrepresenting his fe...
Check Date's Background Online
in The Dating Weblog, on March 27, 2007
...p; American Life Project study, 2006). At True.com 2% of applicants are rejected because they are convicted felons. 3% flunk because they are married. Trufina verifies age, identity and address. Jan...
Did Yahoo betray her husband?
in The Search Engine Weblog, on March 17, 2007
...his pro-democracy internet writings. According to the written court verdict, the Chinese government convicted Wang, in part, on evidence provided by Yahoo.
Cullinan says Yahoo is strongly opposed to ...
State Considers Banning Sex Offenders From Internet Use
in The Dating Weblog, on March 15, 2007
...rector of state government affairs at Yahoo! No federal law imposes Internet restrictions on convicted sex offenders, but Florida and Nevada have enacted such measures. FULL ARTICLE @ THE DAIL...
Conrad Black fell for website hoax
in Sox First, on March 8, 2007
...e Hollinger to third parties and companies they controlled. Black, 62, faces 101 years in prison if convicted on all 14 counts and all sentences run back to back. Turns out that the website was a hoa...
The reach of Sarbanes-Oxley: no-one's safe
in Sox First, on March 8, 2007
...he Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Lawyers are worried. They say this is a landmark case because if Russell is convicted, it would set a precedent that would leave them vulnerable to arrest if they were to dispo...
The cash apology scam
in Sox First, on February 13, 2007
...e-year sentence for high-profile corruption. But he won't be going to jail. Not for some time. Convicted for embezzling the equivalent of more than $100 million in company funds to create slush f...
Black days for Black
in Sox First, on February 11, 2007
...from Hollinger International. Black faces up to 95 years in prison and $7 million in fines if he is convicted on all counts. Black denies the charges. During the week, Black suffered a big blow when ...
Online Sex Predators Bill
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 9, 2007
...nduct with a minor". It also makes it easier for the police and other law enforcement to catch convicted sexual offenders if they try to communicate with minors online.
The other thing this bill...
Corporate Germany's dirty business
in Sox First, on January 31, 2007
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Corporate Germany was on trial last week. First, a former Volkswagen executive, Peter Hartz, was convicted of a bribery and prostitution probe into the company. The full story from Bloomberg . Me...
ISP Immunity Reaffirmed
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 25, 2007
...es criminal laws, such as child pornography. The individual who posted the content has already been convicted.
Such immunity may transfer in a limited way to other passive Internet service providers,...
ISP Immunity Reaffirmed
in P2P File Sharing, on January 25, 2007
...es criminal laws, such as child pornography. The individual who posted the content has already been convicted.
Such immunity may transfer in a limited way to other passive Internet service providers,...
Neteller's Fate
in Internet Poker, on January 17, 2007
...e illegal gambling. Potentially, they could face jail terms of a maximum of 20 years should they be convicted.
Lefebvre was arrested in California and is scheduled to appear in US District Court in ...
Super Bike Racing's Andrew Wright Flees Country
in Under My Helmet, on December 26, 2006
... In mid 2006, Andrew Wright, a former owner of Super Bike Racing, was convicted on smuggling charges for illegally bringing motorcycles into the country, re-labeling them and selling them even thoug...
Google Searches Used to Convict Wireless Hacker
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 20, 2006
...ster got 15 months in jail for hacking his ex-employer, Alpha Computer Services -- and Schuster was convicted party due to having made such Google searches as "make device interfere wireless netw...
Bob Wright still adamant about the cost of piracy
in The Digital TV Weblog, on October 28, 2006
... article over at Web 2.0 that ties in nicely to this theme. Apparently, a BitTorrent developer was convicted recently. The creator of that technology, ironically, is Bram Cohen -- the person mentione...
US Torrent Pirate Get Jail Time. So What?
in P2P File Sharing, on October 27, 2006
...eived five months home detention, three years supervised probation, and a $3,000 fine.
Stanley was convicted based on the 2005 Family Entertainment Copyright Act, which makes it a crime to distribute...
Bittorrent developer convicted : It's a shame
in Web 2.0, on October 27, 2006
...in plain words. And that's bad.
this morning I read about a bittorrent developer who has been convicted of "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" and "criminal copyright ...
US Torrent Pirate Get Jail Time. So What?
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 27, 2006
...eived five months home detention, three years supervised probation, and a $3,000 fine.
Stanley was convicted based on the 2005 Family Entertainment Copyright Act, which makes it a crime to distribute...
Dating Websites Can Miss Criminals
in The Dating Weblog, on October 19, 2006
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TRUE promises safer relationships through background checks but admits that sex offenders and convicted felons can still make their way into the site. Convicted child molester and registered sex...
