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...expressing his own feelings and the courts were, of course, independent. The market, however, clearly feels that the President gets what he wants. Despite this brief burst of optimism, Yukos may still be doomed. Its founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a top shareholder, Platon Lebedev, are on trial for fraud and tax evasion. Yukos has been hit with a demand for $3.4 billion in back taxes. The stock surge won't alter the trial's outcome. One Khodorkovsky attorney, Robert Amsterdam, predicted his client would be convicted. The company has set up a hotline to field questions, but only Putin...
...brought other crime in its wake: "In the past, organized criminals stuck to one commodity, like heroin or lsd. Now we have polycriminals. Anything that will make money, they will do it." Evans, a former New Zealand Customs agent, says that may include gun running, people smuggling and fraud. The syndicate behind Fiji's 2000 heroin seizure was involved in illegal immigration and credit card fraud; it's believed the gang who set up the ice lab had similar interests - and bribed some local police and government officials...
YURI SCHMIDT, defense lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former CEO of Russian oil firm Yukos, ahead of Khodorkovsky's trial this week for alleged tax evasion and fraud...
...sexually abused woman whose marriage has fallen apart because she and her husband can't figure out whether he's snoring or she's hallucinating (Oblivion) and Good Old Neon, which succeeds where thousands of 20th century novels failed, nailing the yuppie angst of being found a fraud. It alone is worth buying the book...
...House Government Reform Committee, says military contractors in Iraq don't have enough competition or oversight to keep them honest. "This is a great deal for Halliburton and Bechtel, but it's an absolutely horrendous arrangement for the taxpayer," says Waxman, who calls it "a recipe for waste, fraud and abuse." The bad news has been worrying enough that the credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's said last week it would keep a close eye on Halliburton...