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...Indicted on 123 counts of tax fraud, case still pending; won the right to sue prosecutors...
...subjects they were pursuing, but one target, former Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan, was fuming at the end of a long legal journey in which he was cleared. "Which office do I go to to get my reputation back?" he famously said when he was acquitted of other larceny and fraud charges that had forced him out of office. Another Reagan Administration official investigated (and eventually cleared) in a separate probe, Assistant Attorney General Theodore Olson, battled the law's constitutionality all the way to the Supreme Court, where he lost...
CONCESSION STAND It's hard to be a good loser. It's much more dignified to blame voter fraud. Dennis Vacco waited until last week, then his lawyer conceded defeat for him in the New York Attorney General's race. Notable holdouts on the give-it-up front...
When charities start hitting you up for money over the holidays, don't be too quick to write a check. That may sound like advice from Scrooge, but it comes from the American Association of Retired Persons. Last week its report on charity fraud showed that fewer than half of donors were confident that the organizations they supported were legitimate. Phony charities take in $1 billion a year, so before you give, check a group's credentials with your state attorney general...
INDICTED. WEBSTER HUBBELL, 50, much pursued friend of President Clinton's; on 15 felony counts, including fraud and lying to Whitewater investigators; by a federal grand jury; in Washington...