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More Than $3.4 Million Raised in Alleged IPO Scam and Sham Startup Company SAN FRANCISCO — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted Guindi N. Guindi, of Houston, Texas, on charges of fraud and money laundering in connection

Dominic Tsun joined the Hong Kong office of Skadden, Arps on November 1 as a partner. Dominic joins Nick Norris (who arrived at the firm in July 2005) as the second partner in the firm’s recently established Hong Kong law corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions practice. Dominic has been based in Hong Kong since

How to launch an airline: demand, business strategy and technology. Austin, TX (PRWeb/LawFuel.com) November 15, 2005 — Launching an international airline is an endeavor that most find hard to comprehend. Calculating the demand, logistics, capital equipment, required alliances and customer care disciplines necessary for success creates a compelling case study and interesting read. Within these

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2005 • The SEC has received an unqualified opinion on its 2005 financial statements. In its audit opinion, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concludes that the SEC’s financial statements “are presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.” • This year, the SEC significantly accelerated its

Multistate Agreement Requires Fraud Warnings and A Nationwide Consumer Education Campaign 16 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that Western Union Financial Services has entered into an agreement with New York and 46 other states to address the prevalent use of the company’s wire transfer services

15 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A federal grand jury in Los Angeles today indicted three Chinese natives on charges of acting as agents of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General of the United States. The indictment against the three defendants supersedes a criminal complaint filed on

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — On November 2, 2005, the law firm of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) (http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/firstbancorp/) filed a complaint on behalf of purchasers of First BanCorp. (“First BanCorp”) (NYSE: FBP – News). The complaint alleges a series of false and

LONDON (November 15, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) Senior Enforcement officials, Peter Bibby and Helen Marshall, have joined Bingham McCutchen as partners in the firm’s London office. Bibby and Marshall, together with a team of associates, will add a leading financial services regulatory practice to Bingham’s

16 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story from the New York Times reports on the denial of bail to a senior KPMG executive charged with engineering a tax shelter fraud for the rich

Hong Kong – 16 November 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Hong Kong office of international law firm Clifford Chance is advising China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (“CNC”), a company listed on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, on its strategic alliance with Telefónica Internacional S.A. (Telefónica)