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Wal-Mart's profit, sales disappoint
It was a tough quarter for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The world's largest retailer reported Thursday that its first-quarter profit edged up slightly, but the company struggled with a sales slump in its namesake business. The company, based in Bentonville,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Mexico, Groceries, Personal Income
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Four immigration officials charged with bribery, fraud
Attorney Kwang Man "John" Lee, authorities say, was a man who could make things happen — for a price. For a pound of marijuana and $44,000, the Koreatown attorney allegedly said, he could get an immigrant client a U.S. citizenship. "Price is...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles International Airport, Czech Republic, Migration, Justice System
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Four officials accused of receiving bribes for immigration fraud
Authorities on Wednesday announced charges against a ring of federal officials who allegedly received bribes of cash and expensive gifts in exchange for fraudulent immigration benefits. The scheme was allegedly orchestrated by Koreatown attorney Kwang...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Czech Republic, Migration, Trials, Corporate Crime
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White Memorial Medical Center in L.A. settles kickback allegations
White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles has agreed to pay $14.1 million to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to get their patient referrals. The settlement announced Friday by the U.S. Justice Department stemmed from a...
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Regulators probing alleged mortgage insurance kickback scheme
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are conducting an extensive investigation into an alleged mortgage insurance kickback scheme that pushed up costs for home buyers dating from the mid-1990s. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in disclosing...
Tags: Mortgages, Richard Cordray, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
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Ex-L.A. County sheriff's jailer gets 2 1/2 years in bribery, drug case
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's jailer was convicted Friday on charges related to taking a $700 bribe and smuggling cocaine behind bars, prosecutors said. Remington Orr, 25, pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and possession of a controlled...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment, Justice System, Corporate Crime
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Former L.A. County sheriff's jailer convicted of taking bribe
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s jailer was convicted Friday on charges related to taking a $700 bribe and smuggling cocaine behind bars, prosecutors said. Remington Orr, 25, pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe and possession of a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment, Justice System, Corporate Crime
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Former SF State official to be charged in bribery scheme
SAN FRANCISCO -- A former San Francisco State official and a local vendor are scheduled to be arraigned Friday on 246 felony charges for their alleged roles in a bribery scheme that lasted seven years. According to prosecutors, Robert Shearer, who was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Corporate Crime, Crimes, Political Corruption
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New corruption charges filed against Noguez
The corruption investigation into the Los Angeles County assessor's office broadened Tuesday with prosecutors filing dozens of new charges against embattled Assessor John Noguez, one of his former top aides and a tax consultant. The three were...
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Ralph Lauren Corp. to pay $1.6 million to resolve bribery claims
Ralph Lauren Corp., the American maker of luxurious preppy fashions, will pay $1.6 million to settle bribery claims related to its dealings in Argentina. In a 2010 internal review, the clothing company uncovered evidence of a subsidiary bribing...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate Crime, Corruption
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Assets unfrozen for consultant accused of bribing assessor
A Los Angeles County judge lifted freeze orders on roughly $3 million in assets belonging to Ramin Salari, the property tax consultant arrested in October on charges that he bribed county Assessor John Noguez to lower tax bills for wealthy clients. On...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Corporate Crime, Judges, Lawyers
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Bookie sentenced in Operation Hook Shot basketball bribery case
A former bookie was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to bribe basketball players at the University of San Diego. Richard Francis Garmo, 43, of El Cajon, was the eighth and last defendant to be sentenced in San...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, San Diego Toreros, Trials, Punishment, Justice System
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