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Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged five Los Angeles-area brokers with securities fraud, alleging that they put their customers at risk by refinancing their homes with subprime mortgages that they could not afford in order to fraudulently sell them unsuitable securities. The SEC alleges that the five

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Grace Chung Becker, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa, and Special Agent in Charge John E. Lewis of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Phoenix Division announced today that former Fort Mojave Tribal Police Department officer, Michael Phelps has pleaded guilty

Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the appointment of James A. Clarkson as Acting Regional Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office. That office is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of enforcement actions and the performance of compliance inspections in the region. Mr.

TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Connie Sue Wilkinson, 54, of Tucson, Ariz., pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, wire fraud and theft of government funds before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Guerin in federal district court. Between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson, formerly the Clinical Director of Education, Training and Development for the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Cardinal Health Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting provisions relating to its handling of certain controlled substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Under the agreement between the company and seven U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Cardinal Health agreed

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, a full-service California law firm, today announced it will donate $2,500 to support injured U.S. Marines through the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. The firm, in conjunction with CommNexus and other local companies, will donate a collective total of $5,000. In addition, during the upcoming Miramar Air Show, the companies

LIUNA Opposes Any No-Strings Raid on Taxpayers; Calls for Congress to Seize the Opportunity to Build America So America Works Again WASHINGTON–LawFuel – Legal Announcements Daily –As the Bush Administration and Congress craft a $700 billion Wall Street bailout, LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – is rejecting any no-strings raid on

LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – Law Announcements –Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that the firm’s Los Angeles office has significantly deepened its Business Services Group with the addition of a team of nine real estate and corporate and finance attorneys. Shirley E. Curfman and Harumi Hata join the firm as

(LAWFUEL) – Alabama’s Attorney General, Troy King, has appointed Adams and Reese Special Counsel David Whetstone as a special prosecutor for the State of Alabama on several matters involving ethics cases and other matters pending before circuit courts in Alabama where the local district attorney has a conflict. Whetstone has recently served as Special Prosecutor

(LAWFUEL) – A joint Customs, Australian Federal Police (AFP) and South Australian Police (SAPOL) investigation led to the discovery of a clandestine laboratory and the arrest late yesterday of a 26-year-old Kilburn man in connection with the illegal importation of precursor chemicals used to produce methamphetamine (ice). AFP and SAPOL uncovered the clandestine laboratory at