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...Attorney's office has filed 11 counts against Madoff for his part in a decades-long Ponzi scheme, now estimated in court documents to amount to $64.8 billion, considered the largest in history. In fact, the new dollar amount cited in a Justice Department communication to Sorkin tallies the total size of the fraud, which dates back to the 1980s, at $170 billion, which includes money invested with Madoff, interest earned and payouts to investors as well as the value of things he bought for himself, like a yacht. "The charges reflect an extraordinary array of crimes committed by Bernard...
Although a plea deal was widely anticipated, one was never reached, according to U.S. Attorney papers filed with the court. The government apparently never offered a plea deal, or one fell apart...
Sean D. Hope, and attorney who has done outreach for Beal Companies for the past 8 months, emphasized to the assembly that the current petition was only before the council as a preliminary step and said he would continue to attend meetings with residential groups...
Tellingly, both sides appear to be girding for more legal battles. Franken attorney Marc Elias recently sent a letter to the Federal Election Commission requesting an expedited advisory opinion about whether the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee can set up two recount funds on Franken's behalf; Coleman's campaign says it agrees with the request. Meanwhile, dozens of GOP leaders solicited donations for Coleman's recount fund via YouTube in late February...
...absentee ballots it would consider - and, in the process, dealt a serious blow to Coleman's chances of winning the contest. When Coleman rested his case last Monday, he was arguing for the court to examine fewer than 2,000 absentee ballots. In his closing argument, Coleman's attorney Jim Langdon argued the election was so rife with error that the panel might not be able to declare a winner...