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O.C. lawyer convicted of embezzling funds from his clients
A former attorney in Orange County has been convicted and sentenced for embezzling more than $200,000 in insurance claims and for defrauding his clients, prosecutors said Friday. Tuan Thanh Tran, 44, of Irvine, pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 felony...Tags: Insurance, Corporate Crime, Trials, Justice System, Prosecution
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Former Guatemala President Alfonso Portillo extradited to U.S.
MEXICO CITY — Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Friday from his home country to the United States, where he faces long-standing charges that he used U.S. banks to launder millions of dollars in public funds that he...
Tags: Mexico, U.S. Embassy, Corporate Crime, Guatemala, International Court or Tribunal
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Former Compton firefighter charged with arson, embezzlement
A former Compton firefighter pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of arson, grand theft and embezzlement in connection with a fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of communications equipment in December 2011. Marcel Melanson, 37,...
Tags: Government, Public Officials, Corporate Crime, Arson, Theft
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Ex-Compton fire official charged with arson, theft
Marcel Melanson was a hero in Compton. The fire battalion chief led teams that raced to help victims of car crashes and street violence. Three years ago, he got national exposure as a star of a BET reality TV program that followed Compton firefighters...
Tags: Government, Public Officials, Bankruptcy, Entertainment, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Thousands in Russia demand new elections, release of prisoners
This post has been corrected. See bottom for details. MOSCOW — In the biggest show of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin since last May, thousands of demonstrators gathered Monday near the Kremlin to demand an immediate release of...
Tags: Activism, Prisons, Vladimir Putin, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Political Dissent
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Trial opens for Russia opposition leader, who calls claims absurd
MOSCOW — One of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders went on trial Wednesday, proclaiming his innocence but predicting that the case will lead to a lifetime ban on his participation in Russian electoral politics. “Any independent...
Tags: Elections, Civil Rights, Czech Republic, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Couple accused of embezzling from Northern California soccer club
A couple has been arrested for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from a youth soccer club near Sacramento. While serving as treasurer of the Roseville Youth Soccer Club, Heather Sanford of Carmichael, Calif., wrote checks to her husband,...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Soccer, Sports
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Lawmakers give warning over departments' reported misuse of funds
California lawmakers are growing more frustrated over revelations that state agencies are hiding funds by not depositing them in the state treasury, but one legislative panel has stopped short of imposing a financial penalty against one of the departments...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Wildlife, Corporate Crime, The Home Depot, Economy, Business and Finance
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Bell trial: Former D.A. calls verdicts 'step in the right direction'
L.A. NOWThe former district attorney who called Bell's scandalous salaries "corruption on steroids" called Wednesday's guilty verdicts "a step in the right direction."... -
Bell verdict: Convicted council members may avoid jail
L.A. NOWThe five Bell councilmembers convicted of misappropriating public funds by accepting hefty paychecks for work they never did may escape jail sentences, a legal expert said.... -
LIVE VERDICTS: Bell council members guilty of corruption
L.A. NOWBell corruption trial verdicts: Here is live coverage of the Bell corruption trial verdicts. The Times will update the verdicts as they are read:...
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