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5 Jan 2009, 2:09 pm
In a story reporting that Yeshiva thinks it lost $14.5 million, rather than $110 million from Madoff, the wire service notes:The $50 billion alleged in the fraud may reflect the amounts of money that clients were told they had in accounts, not the amounts they originally invested.Which makes at least some sense. [read post]
21 Sep 2017, 9:53 am
Many in the media are diving deeply into minutiae in order to discredit any notion that President Trump might have been onto something in March when he fired off a series of tweets claiming President Obama had “tapped” “wires” in Trump Tower just before the election.According to media reports this week, the FBI did indeed “wiretap” the former head of Trump’s campaign, Paul Manafort, both before and after Trump was elected. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 12:31 am
Practice point: The federal felony of fraud by wire, in violation of 18 USC § 1343, has been held to be essentially similar to the New York felonies of grand larceny in the second degree, under Penal Law § 155.40, and scheme to defraud in the first degree, under Penal Law § 190.65.Student note: By virtue of a felony conviction, the respondent was automatically disbarred and ceased to be an attorney, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a).Case: Matter of Caputo, NY Slip Op… [read post]
28 Aug 2012, 5:00 pm
According to reports 30-year old Adam Wingo was killed in March when he was pulled by moving wire into a machine. [read post]
11 Jun 2008, 4:36 am
Former NBA ref Tim Donaghy, awaiting sentence on charges of conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce, alleges in a letter to the court that NBA referees extended the 2002 Lakers-Kings Western Conference finals to seven games to maximize NBA revenues. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 3:17 pm
Be careful, because a hacker could be using those energy-giving wires against you. [read post]
RAND SIMBERG’S SPACE PROPERTY RIGHTS PAPER has stirred up some interest. See, e.g., Popular Science…
6 Apr 2012, 11:42 am
Also: Wired: Loophole Could Allow Private Land Claims on Other Worlds. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 12:33 pm
It stemmed from an Aug. 11 incident where the bank’s Citibank unit, acting as Revlon’s loan agent, wired $893 million to Revlon’s lenders rather than a planned $7.8 million interest payment, appearing to pay off a loan not due until 2023. [read post]
7 Jun 2023, 9:07 pm
A Minnesota man whose house was robbed reportedly modified a baseball bat using razor wire, nails, and screws and beat the suspected thief with it when they returned to his property a second time. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 7:30 am
This Wired post about a guy and his gadgets in his van down by the river got me thinking about all the ways you could practice law in a van. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 5:58 pm
From WaPo, via Political Wire, McCain advisor Charlie Blakc signals that McCain has made his VP decision: He's [McCain] in a position to make the decision on short notice if he wanted to. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 8:22 am
Robert Brooks, 43, his wife, Cheryl Brooks, 41, Lantana, Texas, along with 20 other individuals, have been charged with conspiring to commit wire and mail fraud in a series of "property flip" schemes: Richard Howard, McKinney, Texas, attorney and principal in Progressive Title & Abstract - a real estate title company Robert Brooks controlled; George Autobee, straw buyer and former Bexar County sheriff's deputy; Cedric …Read More... [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 8:42 am
The WSJ's Washington Wire blog has this post on the remaining three cases of the current US Supreme Court term. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
George O'Neal, 70, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, who operated from an office space in Annapolis, Maryland, was indicted on October 19, 2010, and pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection to three fraud schemes. [read post]
13 May 2009, 2:05 am
Charlotte Melissa Josephine Hardmon, 39, Bowie, Maryland has plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with her participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme which promised to pay off homeowners' mortgages on their "Dream Homes," but left them to fend for themselves. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 8:04 am
A California lawyer specializing in reproductive law and several others pled guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with what federal prosecutors have labeled a “baby-selling ring. [read post]
12 May 2011, 4:00 am
“Here you do not stand sourly while a pale-faced short-tempered shopman whirls your purchase into a dexterously twisted screw of pale brown paper and sends your money trundling in a globe along naked wires. [read post]
23 Oct 2008, 11:02 pm
Internet relatedDid the piano teacher, who has really been arrested, 'murder' her husband by strangling him with a piano wire? [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 5:26 pm
By Big Tent Democrat Commenter Coral Gables, watching the Florida news wires for us, brings us this: The poll, conducted March 10th and 11th by The Kitchens Group in Maitland, Florida, sampled 600 of the 1.7 million registered Democratic voters throughout the state who participated in the January 29th primary. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 9:22 am
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigned his seat this week after announcing he would plead guilty to federal wire fraud for misusing campaign funds. [read post]
