Tyco case charge dropped in major fraud trial
The state court dismissed the enterprise corruption count against former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz after five months of testimony. The pair remain on trial in Manhattan for grand larceny falsifying business records and related charges tied to about 170 million dollars in unapproved pay and 430 million in inflated Tyco stock values from 1995 to 2002.
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U.S. scholar jailed for selling to China
Gao Zhan, a U.S. resident and former American University researcher, was sentenced in Virginia to seven months in a U.S. prison for unlawfully exporting electronic equipment with potential military use to Chinese agencies. She pleaded guilty after cooperating on national security matters. prosecutors noted cooperation was substantial but undisclosed.
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China
Gao Zhan
McLean
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American University
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Florida judge to face panel over plagiarism claim
Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Gregory Holder, once an FBI informant in a corruption probe, will be tried by a Judicial Qualifications Commission panel on a plagiarism charge tied to a 1998 military research paper. The commission rejected his bid to drop the case after the Air Force Reserve paper was submitted anonymously to a federal prosecutor.
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Families sue crematory operator over 334 bodies on property
In Rome Georgia a former crematory operator faces a major suit by about 1 600 families alleging negligence and fraud after 334 decomposing bodies were dumped on his property and cement dust passed as ashes The suit seeks unspecified damages and accuses Marsh of betraying trust while several funeral homes face settlements totaling over 20 million dollars and 47 homes settled the cases
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Kathryn Barnett
Tri-State
Ray Brent Marsh
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Andy Davis
Davis
Frank Jenkins
Robert Smalley
Noble
New Hampshire official resigns amid diverted 187000 commissions
New Hampshire state personnel director Joe D'Alessandro resigned after an attorney general report found he steered 187000 in health contract commissions to Linda Pepin, a friend of Gov. Craig Benson and state volunteer. The AG said no criminal charges. Pepin had worked with Benson at Cabletron.
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Cabletron
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Attorney General's Office
Police disconnect 106 escort lines in Nashville crackdown
Nashville police obtained court orders to disconnect 106 escort service telephone lines amid a crackdown on prostitution run by eight operators with names such as Toy Tiger Escorts Centerfold Models and Playboy Escorts. Chief Ronal W. Serpas said the action targets a serious community problem while critics like Hedy Weinberg question due process due to hearings held without escort firms present.
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Escort Services
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Lawyers seek mercy for snipers chief on death row
John Allen Muhammad lawyers urge Virginia judge to spare the Washington area sniper mastermind from the death penalty arguing it would leave his children fatherless. Muhammad, 43, faces sentencing after a jury recommended death for his role in the 2002 spree that killed 10. His accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.
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