Washington, D.C., March 11, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Northern California residents Anthony Vassallo and Kenneth Kenitzer for orchestrating a multi-million dollar investment fraud. Vassallo agreed to a court order freezing his assets. The SEC is seeking an emergency court order to also freeze the assets of Vassallo’s company, Equity […]

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal News Daily – WILMINGTON, DEL. (March 11, 2009) – Incisive Media’s Delaware Law Weekly, the leading news source covering the state’s influential court system and legal market, has launched a completely redesigned Web site, providing visitors with immediate updates on breaking legal news developments in Delaware’s courts, as well as access to

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire – SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County man who owned two Lamborghini dealerships that sold up to 5 percent of all Lamborghinis sold in the world has agreed to plead guilty in a scheme to bilk the financing company that gave him millions of dollars to purchase the luxury sports

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcement Service LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DENNIS M. DOWD, formerly the senior manager of human resources of Hitachi America Ltd. (“Hitachi America”), a New York- and Californiabased corporation, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge ANDREW J. PECK

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire – A Canadian businessman who used to own the Edmonton Oilers hockey team was arrested this morning at his Palm Springs-area home on charges of bankruptcy fraud for allegedly concealing assets during bankruptcy proceedings. Peter Hugh Pocklington, 67, of Palm Desert, was arrested without incident this morning at his residence by

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Victor Paul Vasquez, 38, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested yesterday on a warrant arising out of a 3-count federal indictment. Vasquez is charged with Conversion of Government Property in the indictment returned on March 3, 2009, by a federal grand jury. He remains in custody pending a detention hearing in federal court.

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A Peoria, Ariz. woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to Theft of Public Money. Mary Rose Martinez, 48, was indicted by a federal grand jury in August, 2008. As part of her guilty plea, Martinez admitted to U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson that from 2001 to 2006 she stole $106,524

Washington, D.C., March 11, 2009 (LAWFUEL)– The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. with securities laws violations for having inadequate policies and procedures for controlling access to institutional customer order flow. Merrill Lynch agreed to settle the SEC’s charges and pay a $7 million penalty, among other remedies.

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Michael Phelps, 36, of Needles, Calif., was sentenced here today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to two years in federal prison. Phelps had previously pleaded guilty to Making False Statements and Violation of a Constitutional Right Under Color of Law. The facts showed that Phelps was a sworn officer for

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Charles Brown, 54, of Mesa, Ariz., pleaded guilty today to one count of receiving child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa announced. During the plea hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt, Brown admitted