PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – James Spotted-Hawk Miles, 32, of Scottsdale, Ariz. and a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Tribe, was sentenced here yesterday to 10 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Miles pleaded guilty on August 11, 2008 to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. On November 23, 2007, on
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(LAWFUEL) – Adams and Reese LLP Special Counsel Richard. P. Carmody was presented with the 2009 L. Burton Barnes, III Public Service Award at the Birmingham Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, held Friday, December 12 at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The award is given annually to a member of the Bar who has given freely of
WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today announced an expedited process that will make it easier for financially distressed homeowners to avoid having a federal tax lien block refinancing of mortgages or the sale of a home. If taxpayers are looking to refinance or sell a home and there is a federal tax lien
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LawFuel – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MARK J. MERSHON, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that ANURAG DIKSHIT — a founder and former officer and director of PartyGaming PLC, an internet gambling business — pleaded guilty
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Los Angeles – LawFuel Legal Announcements – The owner of American Growth Fund LLC was sentenced this afternoon to spend 78 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Gary A. Feess for wire fraud and the structuring of cash transactions related to his scheme that defrauded a victim- investor out of approximately $1.8
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – U.S. Attorney Troy Eid issued the following statement today regarding the appointment of Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Department of Interior: “Senator Ken Salazar is a friend who has served Colorado with great distinction – and will keep doing so as Interior Secretary. I wouldn’t be serving today as Colorado’s
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Thomas Rikki Farr, 66, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 18 months in federal prison for Willfully Filing a False Income Tax Return. Farr will also be placed on one year of supervised release upon his release from federal custody. When Farr pleaded guilty
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Horatius Ike Onu Kemars, 49, of Glendale, Ariz., pleaded guilty yesterday to Social Security Representative Fraud before U.S. District Judge Earl H. Carroll. As a Representative Payee for over 120 beneficiaries receiving Social Security Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits, Kemars admitted that he used some of the
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jimmy Presley Hodge, 28, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty on Friday, December 12, 2008, to Interference With Commerce by Threats and Violence (Hobbs Act) and Use of a Firearm in Connection with a Crime of Violence Causing Death before U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow in Phoenix. Sentencing is set before Judge Snow
HOUSTON (LAWFUEL)– Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Patricia Casey of the firm’s Houston office has been licensed as a practicing solicitor in England and Wales. As a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, Ms. Casey can further assist clients in international matters, including arbitration and dispute resolution. “As our clients continue to
