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...unexpected guilty plea without a plea deal, the multiple counts - which include mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, among others - and the potential prison term were revealed at what was supposed to be a minor hearing about a potential conflict of interest between Madoff and Sorkin. The lawyer and his father, now deceased, once invested with Madoff. The judge waived the conflict. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
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...
Without a plea deal, Litt is free to pursue other people who may have been involved in the crime, including Madoff's family members and associates. Madoff has already forfeited millions of dollars from his company and personal assets, including homes, boats, planes and artwork. His wife Ruth Madoff is fighting to keep the penthouse and some $62 million in other assets, claiming they are not part of her husband's property...
...border and declared that if the U.S. or Japan should try to shoot down a long-range missile the North is expected to test soon, it would retaliate with a military strike of its own. "I have no illusions about what I've agreed to try to deal with," Bosworth told reporters. "It's a very difficult mandate...
...brothers who are generals. If anything, analysts believe, the military's influence has increased in recent months. The problem with that, for both Obama and the rest of the outside world, is that there is little to no evidence that North Korea's generals want to make a deal on their nuclear program - now, later or ever. The best way they could signal that point would be to launch the Taepodong II long-range missile...