PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jamil Hanna Abdallah, 48, a U.S. citizen residing in Chandler, Ariz., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal district court in Phoenix. Abdallah pleaded guilty to an Information that charged him with Willfully Making and Subscribing a Materially False Tax Return. In his plea agreement, Abdallah admitted to cashing checks out of his Tempe […]
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DENVER, Aug. 26, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The law firm of Dyer & Berens LLP (www.DyerBerens.com) today announced that October 7, 2008 is the deadline for investors to seek a lead plaintiff appointment in the pending class action lawsuit against Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc. (“Reddy Ice”) (NYSE:FRZ) and others. On August 8, 2008, Dyer & Berens
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service’s next Tax Talk Today Web cast on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 at 2 p.m. focuses on “EITC Due Diligence – It’s Your Responsibility.” Practitioners who prepare Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) claims must meet four due diligence requirements. For example, they must ask the required questions on Form
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SEC DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST MEXICAN BUSINESS EXECUTIVE ALLEGING MANIPULATIVE SECURITIES PURCHASE Nixon Peabody LLP Represented Mr. Moises Saba Masri August 26, 2008 (New York, NY) – The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voluntarily decided to dismiss a lawsuit against prominent Mexican business owner Moises Saba Masri. In the case of Securities and
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Marco A. Ibarra, 53, of Phoenix, was sentenced here today by Judge Susan R. Bolton to two years probation and was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service for Impersonation of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Agent. The Judge also ordered Ibarra to pay $64 in restitution. In pleading guilty in
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LawFuel – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TANYA HOLLANDER, 36, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges stemming from her participation in an international prostitution ring called the Emperors Club VIP (the “Emperors Club”). HOLLANDER specifically pleaded guilty to participating from approximately May 2007 until
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NEW YORK – LawFuel Legal Announcement Service – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Raniero D’Aversa, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner and head of its New York creditors’ rights and bankruptcy practice. D’Aversa has joined the firm from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as the co-chair of its global
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Solo practitioner Ronald Henry Pierce of Mississippi will have to pay a $1.5 million verdict against him for having an affair with a client’s wife, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The court affirmed the verdict for intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and alienation of affection in an Aug. 14 opinion (PDF),
A booking agent for a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty on Monday to a conspiracy charge relating to prostitution. Tanya Hollander, 36, was one of four people charged with running the Emperors Club VIP, a high-priced prostitution ring broken up this year. She pleaded guilty to a
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 4-count indictment against Richard Allen Jones, 44, of Cave Creek, Ariz., for Theft of Mail by a Postal Employee. The indictment alleges that from July 2007 through March 2008, Jones served as a mail carrier assigned to the Kachina Station in Scottsdale, Ariz. The
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