Defendant is a Fugitive and Should be Considered Armed and Dangerous OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that a federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Edward Batayeh, a.k.a. Ed Bhataybh, on charges that he executed a mortgage fraud scheme to defraud financial institutions of over $13 […]

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Jzon Edward Buckner was sentenced today to 90 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a total of $2,389 in restitution for two unarmed bank robberies he committed in San Lorenzo, California. This sentence

November 17, 2006 -LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Vimpel-Communications (VimpelCom, NYSE: VIP) in an agreement with Hellenic Telecommunications Organization to acquire 90% of CJSC Armenia Telephone Company (Armentel). The purchase price was €341.9 million (US$434.3 million) plus the assumption of approximately €40 million (US$50.8 million) in net

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Law Jobs Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, the Jupiter Police Department and the Office of the State Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Anti-Money Laundering Task Force, announced

LAWFUEL – Legal News, Legal Jobs Network – Clifford Chance is advising long-standing private equity client Duke Street Capital on the disposal of Esporta, the UK-based racquets, lifestyle and health-fitness club chain, to the Halabi family trust. The disposal was announced on 16th November. The team is being led by Private Equity partner Simon Tinkler,

Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that John McCarthy, Associate Director in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), will leave the Commission later this month. Mr. McCarthy is joining a privately-held proprietary trading firm with offices in New

TUCSON – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Paul K. Charlton, United States Attorney for the District of Arizona and Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division, announced that on Wednesday following a week long trial before U.S. District Court Cindy K. Jorgenson, a federal jury in Tucson, Arizona

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network — Nearly 60% of voters in the recent U.S. national elections believe the prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay should either be granted a hearing before an independent judge or be released to their home countries, and fewer than 20% of those polled believe that

LawFuel.com’s Hot Files reports that in court on Thursday, Sara Evans’ attorney didn’t object to his client keeping half the $274,000 he moved from his client’s account, but told the court he should “get a job”. The “Dancing with the Stars” country singer, Sara Evans made a return appearance on the show that she famously