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Former Aeropostale executive convicted of taking vendor kickbacks
ReutersBy Jessica Dye NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - A former merchandising executive at retailer Aeropostale Inc was convicted on Thursday of defrauding the company and taking more than $25 million in kickbacks from a key vendor, federal prosecutors in New...Tags: Punishment, Aeropostale Inc., Lawyers, Brooklyn (New York City), Crime, Law and Justice
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Former SF State official to be charged in bribery scheme
SAN FRANCISCO -- A former San Francisco State official and a local vendor are scheduled to be arraigned Friday on 246 felony charges for their alleged roles in a bribery scheme that lasted seven years. According to prosecutors, Robert Shearer, who was...Tags: Crimes, Political Corruption, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Corporate Crime
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Redflex losing contract bids amid Chicago scandal
Seeking to reverse their fortunes amid a debilitating Chicago corruption scandal, top executives of Redflex Traffic Systems flew to Florida for a personal pitch to local officials having second thoughts about giving the company a major contract for a red-...
Tags: Orlando, Health and Safety at School, Elections, Chicago Mayor, Chicago City Hall
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Bookie sentenced to 30 months in college basketball bribery case
A sports bookie was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison for a conspiracy to bribe former University of San Diego basketball star Brandon Johnson. Paul Joseph Thweni, 28, of Spring Valley pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to a...Tags: San Diego Toreros, Punishment, College Basketball, Trials, Corporate Crime
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Woman fatally mauled by 'big, nasty pit bull' in Stockton
A woman was mauled and killed by a pit bull Thursday night in Stockton. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office got a call about the dog attacking the woman around 8 p.m. on North Lillian Avenue near East Fremont Street. They found the woman...
Tags: Corporate Crime
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Alzheimer's diagnosis ends case against Hallandale condo kickback defendant
One of the three remaining defendants accused of bilking Hallandale Beach condo owners out of $3 million in a kickback scheme has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is incompetent to stand trial, lawyers told a Broward judge Thursday. The...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Defendants, Lawyers, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Concern for jobs
Over the past 50 years I have set and watched both the Democrats and the unions dwindle jobs from Americans. In the 1970s in Southern California Laborers, Finishers and Carpenters Unions promoted illegal aliens to join the union. As illegal aliens...Tags: Agriculture, George W. Bush, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Metal and Mineral
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Former contractors going to prison for traffic bribes
Two former executives with a traffic equipment company were sentenced to federal prison Wednesday and ordered to pay $3 million in restitution for bribing a former Broward County traffic official to get contracts. Anthoneel Allen, 40, of Wellington,...
Tags: Punishment, Judges, Plantation, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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INTERVIEW-Soccer-Thai targets poor with AFC spending pledges
ReutersBy Sudipto Ganguly April 25 (Reuters) - Thai Worawi Makudi is confident the "dissenting voices" in his Southeast Asian region will support his bid to become the next Asian Football Confederation president after revealing a manifesto aimed at helping...Tags: American Football Conference, Soccer, Elections, Corporate Crime, Sports Organizations
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New corruption charges filed against Noguez
The corruption investigation into the Los Angeles County assessor's office broadened Tuesday with prosecutors filing dozens of new charges against embattled Assessor John Noguez, one of his former top aides and a tax consultant. The three were...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Crimes, Lawyers, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Soccer-FIFA's old guard disbanding with Leoz the latest to walk
ReutersBy Mike Collett LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - The sudden resignation from FIFA's executive committee of Paraguayan Nicolas Leoz means almost half the men who decided on the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals have left world soccer's governing...Tags: Soccer, U.S. Congress, Trials, Voting, Elections
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Ralph Lauren Corp. to pay $1.6 million to resolve bribery claims
Ralph Lauren Corp., the American maker of luxurious preppy fashions, will pay $1.6 million to settle bribery claims related to its dealings in Argentina. In a 2010 internal review, the clothing company uncovered evidence of a subsidiary bribing...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Corporate Crime, Corruption, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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