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...another case, Brinkema sentenced a man convicted of fraud for improperly collecting disability pay to home confinement rather than the prescribed 18-24 months behind bars. Again, the appellate court said she used faulty reasoning to depart from the sentencing guidelines...
Although Harvard filed no complaints against Meinert, his identity was revealed when he was charged with theft and fraud for illegally financing a spring break trip with a friend’s Social Security number while attending George Washington University...
...struck the fatal blow. "This report could very well signal the beginning of the end of the Yucca Mountain project," he predicts. He and Berkely had ordered up the GAO probe after an anonymous whistleblower sent a letter to the Energy Department's inspector general charging waste, fraud and abuse in the Yucca project. The GAO findings also come on the heels of revelations that a Chicago law firm the Energy Department hired to help guide the project through the licensing process had been lobbying Congress on behalf of the nuclear industry. The firm denied a conflict of interest...
...broken up the 1,147 into four categories. The first is made up of those held by the INS for immigration violations; as of Nov. 1 they totaled 185. The second group, for which an exact number remains unknown, comprises those jailed for federal offenses like credit-card fraud. The third, also an unknown quantity, consists of those arrested for state and local crimes, such as parole violations or carrying a concealed weapon. The fourth set is made up of those said to be material witnesses to the attacks. The number in this category is believed to be five...
After 30 years at General Motors, Alan Korpi, an auditor and a certified fraud examiner, had just 30 days to decide whether to accept early retirement. But when the last day came, all Korpi knew he wanted was a 15-day extension. Ultimately he did retire, in November 1999, relieved and looking forward to the future...