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...estate. The government is seeking the $2.5 million condo Linda Lay lives in, more than $10 million in the Lay family investment partnership, and $22,680.14 remaining in Lay's bank account. "All proceeds were obtained directly, or indirectly as the result of various federal crimes, including securities fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud," the Department of Justice press release said...
...Still, Republicans have done their best to paint Ford as a Washington-reared insider dependent on out-of-state campaign contributions while subtly reminding voters of Ford's family history: while in Congress his father, Harold Ford Sr., was indicted on federal bank fraud charges (he was ultimately acquitted); that uncle John Ford was forced last year to resign his state senate seat after being indicted on federal bribery charges for which he now awaits trial; and that aunt Ophelia Ford was ousted from her state senate seat because of voting irregularities...
...varying strength banning the practice - California recently became the 15th one, although the bill won't take effect until January - but the feds have been slow to follow suit. In the absence of a national law, the five people connected to the HP case were indicted under California state fraud statutes, but their lawyers are expected to challenge whether these even cover pretexting; the statutes would have to be interpreted expansively to do so, and one attorney is looking at whether California even has jurisdiction over his client. To avoid such loopholes and create a clear standard, lawmakers, phone company...
Soon thereafter, Vayner was exposed as a fraud courtesy of the sleuthing of an anonymous website, www.ivygateblog.com, that’s quickly becoming the most amusing Ivy-related read online. Vayner’s monograph on the Holocaust, “Women’s Silent Tears,” turned out to be non-existent, its online sample pages plagiarized from an encyclopedia; Vayner Capital Management and Youth Empowerment Strategies were, likewise, make-believe; and his claim to have “fixed [the] injured backs of 5 athletes” on Yale’s varsity crew squad?...
...Danino's team reportedly heard testimony from ten women, and recommended that charges be filed in five of their cases, while maintaining that the other five further indicate a pattern of habitual sexual misconduct. The investigation also unearthed evidence of obstruction of justice, illegal wire-tapping (of presidential employees), fraud, and improper conduct in granting presidential pardons...