PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Richard Steven Riess, 34, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. Riess was found guilty by a federal jury on November 5, 2008 of Perjury and False Claim of Citizenship. Riess made a false claim of U.S. citizenship when he appeared
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Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Limited (RIM) and four of its senior executives for stock option backdating. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Ontario, Canada-based RIM, its former Chief Financial Officer Dennis Kavelman, former Vice President of Finance Angelo Loberto, and Co-Chief
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The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Robert Allen Stanford (pictured), the chief of the Stanford Financial Group, on Tuesday of conducting “a massive ongoing fraud” in the sale of about $8 billion of high-yielding certificates of deposit held in the firm’s bank in Antigua. Also named in the suit were two other executives and some
(LAWFUEL) – Mike Aitken, a former partner at Minter Ellison, has joined Duncan Cotterill in Sydney as Special Counsel. The appointment of highly-respected Aitken is a coup for Duncan Cotterill, whose boutique Sydney office is building an impressive line-up of well-known senior practitioners. Aitken has been practising tax law since 1982, initially at Hungerfords (now
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(LAWFUEL) – Operatives from the Joint Asian Crime Group (JACG) yesterday arrested a man in Sydney for his alleged involvement in the possession and supply of 14 kilograms ofheroin. The 21-year-old Malaysian man was arrested by JACG officers yesterday as he was about to board an international flight. He will appear in Sydney Central Local
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Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced today that Kayla J. Gillan has been named Senior Advisor to the Chairman and begins serving in her position today. Ms. Gillan was a founding Board Member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), where she served from
Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program. Stanford’s companies include Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank (SIB), Houston-based broker-dealer and investment adviser Stanford Group Company (SGC), and
Chicago, February 17, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Baker & McKenzie has officially opened its Abu Dhabi office, having received a professional license from the Abu Dhabi Department of Planning & Economy. With the addition of this fourth office in the Middle East, Baker & McKenzie now has 69 offices in 39 countries. The Firm previously announced
LawFuel – Find A Law Job – Briefcase Blog – Other members of the criminal bar have been enjoying their days in the sun, too. No publicity is complete without Chris Comeskey of course, who has enjoyed both the Rarotonga sun and omnipresent publicity, but there has also been the more hirsute and equally high
John Bowie – “Briefcase” Blog – See LawFuel.co.nz Legal Jobs – I was drifting about the Sarau Festival at MoutereValley on Sunday, which was a highly pleasant, bucolic experience and not at all the hemp-and-heavy breast affair I imagined it might be, when my eye lit upon Peter Williams’ biography “A Passion For Justice” in
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