PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Victor Manuel Perez-Monroy, 51, of Mexico, was sentenced here on August 5, 2008 by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to 70 months in prison. Perez-Monroy pleaded guilty on August 4, 2008, to a charge of Illegal Re-Entry After Prior Deportation. Perez-Monroy had been deported from the United States to Mexico through […]

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission staff today unveiled a new one-stop online reference site to assist mutual funds in their anti-money laundering (AML) compliance efforts, and launched a new centralized phone line specifically for securities firms to report the filing of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) that may

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged six microcap companies, four company officers and several market professionals for their roles in a scheme to raise millions of dollars in capital through improperly registered stocks to fund the companies’ struggling businesses. In four separate enforcement actions, the SEC alleged

DENVER, Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Shuman Law Firm today announced that it is investigating the proposed acquisition of PeopleSupport, Inc. (“PeopleSupport”) (Nasdaq:PSPT) by the Essar Group, one of India’s largest business conglomerates. If you currently own PeopleSupport common stock and would like a free consultation concerning your rights and interests, please contact Rusty

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Businesses and associations have until Aug. 31 to submit tax issues to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in the Fall 2008 review in the Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) Program. IIR is an IRS program to resolve business tax issues common to significant numbers of taxpayers through new and improved guidance.

Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement today announced a preliminary settlement in principle with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Citi) including proposed charges and a plan that would give individual investors, small businesses, and charities all $7.5 billion of their money back from auction rate securities (ARS)

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Conrado Garcia-Medina, 25, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 25 years in prison for his role in holding illegal aliens hostage in a Phoenix apartment. Garcia-Medina, the leader of a criminal gang that kidnapped aliens from other smuggling organizations for ransom, pleaded guilty on

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – On August 4, 2008, Mark A. Morris, 34, of Phoenix, was sentenced here by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver to 46 months in federal prison. Morris pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm on March 11, 2008. Morris, a documented “park south crip” criminal street gang member, has two

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Additional arrests last weekend brought the total to 27 people who have been charged with bootlegging on the Navajo Nation after a 4-month long investigation. The arrests were made over three weekends in July and August by officers of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety with assistance by the Federal

Paul Hastings Advises Intesa Sanpaolo on the English and US Law Aspects of its €8 billion Securitisation Wednesday, August 06, 2008 London (August 6, 2008)(LAWFUEL) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that firm advised the Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo on the English and U.S. law aspects