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...spokesman Scott Friestad told TIME, "The Commission intends to scrutinize other trading that is highly suspicious in nature," directly tied to the case involving Catellas Development, a California-based developer of residential, retail and office and other properties. Though declining to identify those under scrutiny in the continuing probe, he said additional charges could be forthcoming against others who may have known or benefited from the alleged criminal activity...
...investigation began as routine probe of suspicious high-volume trading prior to the acquisition of Catellas Development," said Friestad. The probe led to Eric Franklin, a hedge fund manager for Q Capital Investment Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership with offices in Fort Lee, N.J. "We linked those trades to Mr. Franklin and obtained trading records for Q Capital, and Mr. Franklin's own records for his personal account, and noticed that what they had in common was Morgan Stanley as the investment banker. We also noticed that a lot of the trading preceded upgrades and downgrades issued...
...left to Catholic laity. The sex-abuse litigation "forced church documents like parish audits into the open for the first time ever," says McKiernan, emboldening more lay scrutiny. After Barbarito began a probe into the St. Vincent mess, an anonymous parishioner sent a letter to the Palm Beach County state attorney. That made it harder for witnesses to keep the case "a secret within the church," as the letter said--despite the efforts of Skehan, who had allegedly sent Christmas cards to church secretaries with $1,500 each and an oily thank-you for not cooperating with diocese investigators...
INDICTED. Childhood pals Brent Wilkes, 52, a defense contractor, and Kyle (Dusty) Foggo, 52, former executive director of the CIA; on fraud and other charges surrounding a contract for bottled water for CIA officers in Iraq; in connection with the corruption probe that sent ex-Congressman Randy Cunningham to prison last year; in San Diego. Wilkes was separately charged with conspiring to bribe Cunningham to win deals...
Dozens of undergraduates gathered Friday afternoon to probe issues of individual identity and community building at the spring launch of the Phillips Brooks House Association’s (PBHA) “The Big Question” discussion series. The hour-long event featured an address by Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68 and author of the critical book “Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education.” This spring, for the first time, “The Big Question” discussions will be held...