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SEC Charges Bernard Madoff with Running a Ponzi Scheme
Following on the arrest of Bernard L. Madoff for criminal securities fraud, the SEC charged Madoff and his investment firm, Bernard L...

SEC charges former NASDAQ chairman with securities fraud
[JURIST] Former NASDAQ stock market chairman Bernard Madoff was arrested Thursday by federal agents on charges of securities fraud...

Does Bernie Madoff Have Victims or Accomplices?
Everyone acted surprised when Bernie Madoff's hedge fund was exposed as a Ponzi scheme...

FBI Arrests Bernie Madoff
The Wall St. Journal reports that Bernard L. Madoff, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, was arrested by the FBI and charged with criminal securities fraud...

Madoff made off with $50 billion.
"Billion" -- it still means something, doesn't it? One man schemed, Ponzi-style, all the way to $50 billion...

Madoff and the Wall Street Culture of Fraud:
The Madoff ponzi scandal is, in a way, surprising only because of its size. A friend of mine (who happens to be a plaintiffs' lawyer) and I were talking a while...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

Can a collection acgency collection on a debt that has been removed from my credit report?
Send them a certified Verification of Debt letter. By law they have 30 days to s...

Who do I sue if my car was towed illegally to make room for a street repaving?
It is understandable that you feel offended in this matter. From your point-of-v...

I was charged with a petty larceny crime for stolen checks and ordered only to pay restitution. No time no probation, and i paid the restitution. could any other charges or cases be brought up against me?
The government is very peculiar when you think you know them they do something o...

Wesley A. Snyder et al.
alleging the consultants perpetrated a Ponzi scheme by encouraging borrowers to lend more than they needed.

Point Blank Solutions
Multi Million Dollar Settlement

Billion Dollar Ice Market
Probed for Price-Fixing

California State University
Multi-Million Dollar Settlement Reached in Sex Discrimination Case

Wrestler Estate
Family of pro wrestler settle multi million dollar estate lawsuit.

Siemans
Agrees $1.3 Billion Settlement for International Bribery Charges