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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The number of visitors to IRS.gov is up more than 24 percent compared with last year, and more taxpayers rely on the Internal Revenue Service’s online resources to get answers to tax questions on the economic recovery legislation and to prepare and file tax returns accurately and timely. More than 138 million

Washington, D.C., March 31, 2009 (LAWFUEL)– The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged John H. Min of Tacoma, Wash., and his company Dime Financial Group LLC for raising more than $6 million in a fraudulent investment scheme that targeted churches, church members and senior citizens. The SEC alleges that Min misled some investors into believing

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Singapore: Leading law firm Clifford Chance has advised the lenders on a US$225 million financing for a refinery development by Pertamina, Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas company. A team led by partner Ting Ting Tan advised BNP Paribas, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, and The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd. on

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jose Vega-Avalos, 18, a citizen of Mexico residing in Chandler, Ariz., and Pedro Franco-Aguilar, 26, from Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, were sentenced on March 30th by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Both men pleaded guilty on January 6, 2009

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Joseph Joshua Wellington, 22, of Scottsdale, Ariz. and a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Tribe, was sentenced today to 68 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. Wellington pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm on January 9, 2009. On September 15, 2007, at

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Rene Leon, aka Jesus Avila, 20, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty on March 30th to Armed Bank Robbery for driving the getaway car for armed bank robbers who robbed a Bank of America branch in Phoenix. On May 20, 2008, Leon drove two others who robbed a Bank of America located on North

Washington, D.C., March 31, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Erik R. Sirri, Director of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets, plans to leave the agency at the end of April and return to academia. Since coming to the SEC in September 2006, Mr. Sirri has overseen the Commission’s

New York – March 31, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Jeffrey J. Rosen has been named a Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer magazine for his role in advising Verizon Wireless Inc. in its $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel Corporation. This is the third time Mr. Rosen has been named

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Hector Hernandez-Barba, 32, a Mexican citizen who resides in both Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, and Calexico, Calif., pleaded guilty in federal court today to importation of 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. On September 25, 2008, Hernandez-Barba drove his 1994 Ford utility pickup truck from Mexico to the San Luis, Ariz., Port