By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It may be worth noting that even in this era of emails and online bill payments it’s still worth stealing a good old fashion postage stamp. Just ask Shelley Furtado of Manchester, N.H. Furtado, 36, pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire to conspiring with four other…
The case in Miami dubbed “Suitcase-gate” has caused a strain between the U.S. and its South American neighbors. BY JAY WEAVER The Miami Herald MIAMI — Franklin Durán on Monday afternoon was found guilty of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered government agent for Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. The verdict came in Miami federal court…
Is Bodog going to the dogs? Federal authorities are after two men involved in Bodog, the online gambling empire. By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — Federal authorities in Maryland have filed money-laundering charges against two men, Edward Courdy and Michael Garone, who have figured in an ongoing investigation into the internet gambling empire…
Well, under the category of “not very smart” comes Juror #4 Marian Hinnant. The Sen. Stevens Case By Jesse J. Holland Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races….
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who’s serving a sentence in the Wayne County Jail, may be in for more trouble –not that he hasn’t had his fair share already. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a large volume of records from the Kilpatrick Civic Fund as part of an…
Suddenly those secret Swiss bank accounts don’t sound so appealing — or so secret. By David S. Hilzenrath Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — At the Beverly Hills office of criminal defense lawyer Edward M. Robbins Jr., anxious new clients are showing up with an unexpected problem. The clients put money in Swiss bank accounts,…
The controversy rages on in the waning days of the Bush Administration. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memorandums that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration’s post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program. The judge, Henry H. Kennedy Jr. of Federal District Court in…
