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...governments use the information all the time, so it's possible to do it legally," says Martin of ARI. ?Absent a law it seems unfair to go after someone when they just decided it was illegal.? But the Federal Trade Commission and cellphone companies claim impersonation like this is fraud, violating federal and local statutes...
...took the news of his guilt on all six counts of fraud and conspiracy stoically Thursday, sitting with his family, not with his attorneys. His wife, Linda, dabbed her eyes and hugged her husband while daughter Elizabeth Vittor, an attorney herself, sobbed so much her body shook. All the emotion of the moment was understandable. The 64-year-old founder of Enron, the high-flying energy company that once fancied itself as a trader of everything from water to wine, now faces the prospect of 45 years in prison - in other words, the rest of his life. Before leaving...
...GENEROUS INSTITUTIONALIST’While Knowles received accolades from a wide range of professors this week, he is connected to some of the controversies that have dogged Summers.It was Knowles who promoted Andrei Shleifer ’82 to an endowed professorship after the economist became embroiled in a fraud scandal stemming from the Harvard Institute for International Development’s dealings in Russia. In a 2002 deposition, Summers said he had told Knowles of his wish that Shleifer remain at Harvard despite the scandal.And at a Faculty meeting in February 2005, Knowles proposed that a three-person group...
...Knowles who promoted Andrei Shleifer ’82 to an endowed professorship after the economist became embroiled in a fraud scandal stemming from the Harvard Institute for International Development’s dealings in Russia. In a 2002 deposition, Summers said he had told Knowles of his wish that Shleifer remain at Harvard despite the scandal...
...accidents after Olga Rutterschmidt, 73, and her friend Helen Golay, 75, allegedly took out at least 19 life insurance policies in the men's names. The women had collected more than $2 million before they were arraigned last week on eight counts of federal mail fraud. With the investigation still ongoing, police say they expect the suspects will also be charged with murder or with conspiracy to murder...