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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Secundino Favela, 51, of Bapuchle, Ariz. located on the Gila River Indian Reservation, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 12 years in federal prison. Favela pleaded guilty on August 27, 2008, to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 grams or More of Methamphetamine. In February

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Raymond Paul Garcia, 29, of Scottsdale, Ariz. and a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Tribe, was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Garcia pleaded guilty on October 8, 2008 to Misprision of a Felony, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. On November

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Scott Shawn Kosterow, age 38, of Long Beach, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver late yesterday on charges of threatening to use explosive devices and bank robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney David Gaouette and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis announced today. Kosterow will likely make his initial

LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEBRA RYAN pleaded guilty today in White Plains federal court to a one-count Information charging her with aiding and abetting Samuel Israel, III’s failure to surrender to serve a 20-year sentence. As stated by RYAN during her plea

Milan – LawFuel Legal Newswire Service – DLA Piper has appointed Paolo Zamberletti as a partner in its Italian Corporate practice. He joins DLA Piper from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Milan office and will work closely with DLA Piper Corporate Location Head in Italy, Wolf Michael Kühne. Paolo has over 11 years’ experience in Corporate M&A,

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LawFuel Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his Economic Crimes Division has reached a settlement with a Tampa business engaged in foreclosure rescue services over allegations the conduct violated the newly enacted Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act. Attorney Debt Services, LLC, which conducted business under the name HomeKeeper

WASHINGTON – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – Carlos Serrano, 64, of Glendale, Calif., was sentenced to 18 months in a community correctional facility in connection with a $1.3 million scheme to defraud the First International Bank of Connecticut (FIB) and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M.

ATLANTA (February 10 – LAWFUEL) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that James Stevens, Partner in the firm’s leading Corporate Department, will speak at the Greater Atlanta Credit Unions Chapter Meeting on February 19 at the Marriott Century Center in Atlanta. Mr. Stevens will discuss several current credit union legal topics including corporate governance, changing customer

(LAWFUEL) – A 50 year old Cabramatta woman will appear in Sydney Central Local Court today after allegedly attempted to import heroin by concealing the substance in her shoes. This is the second such attempt in less than a month. The discovery was made by Australian Customs and Border Protection officers after the woman was

Nearly 8,000 victims lost more than $500,000 in online scheme PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – In one of the largest counterfeiting schemes of this type to date nationwide, a 19-count federal indictment was unsealed on January 30, 2009, charging Christopher Loring Walters, 28, of Newport Beach, Calif., and Matthew Thomas Purse, 32, of Gilbert, Ariz., with Conspiracy,