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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: Earnings Forecasts, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Corporate Crime
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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: Politics, Corporate Crime, Defendants, Justice System, Lawyers
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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, Politics, Migration, Trials
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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...
Tags: Corruption, Career and Workplace, Corporate Crime, Healthcare Provider, Justice System
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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: Heroin, Career and Workplace, Prisons, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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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: Heroin, Career and Workplace, Prisons, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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Bookie sentenced to 30 months in college basketball bribery case
A sports bookie was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison for a conspiracy to bribe former University of San Diego basketball star Brandon Johnson. Paul Joseph Thweni, 28, of Spring Valley pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to a...
Tags: Basketball, San Diego Toreros, Punishment, Trials, Prisons
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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: Corporate Crime, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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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: Prisons, Corporate Crime, Defendants, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Corruption, Corporate Crime, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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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: HSBC Holdings plc, Richard Cordray, Consumers, Real Estate Buyers, Corporate Crime
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Woman fatally mauled by 'big, nasty pit bull' in Stockton
A woman was mauled and killed by a pit bull Thursday night in Stockton. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office got a call about the dog attacking the woman around 8 p.m. on North Lillian Avenue near East Fremont Street. They found the woman...
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