sciam.com | 8/18/08 | Herbert Thompson
The author asked some of his acquaintances for permission to break into their online banking accounts. The goal was simple: get into their online accounts using the information about them, their families and acquaintances that is freely available online.
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ap.google.com | 8/28/08 | Gillian Flaccus
Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.
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portfolio.com | 8/28/08 | Elizabeth Olson
There will be little satisfaction and much anger when some of Barry R. Stokes's former clients meet tomorrow in Nashville. Sure, Stokes has agreed to serve 14 years in prison for embezzling $16 million of their retirement funds. But many of his victims contend that he's still getting off too easily.
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tulsaworld.com | 8/28/08 | Staff Writer
Cherokee County authorities arrested a local woman Tuesday on charges that she embezzled more than $200,000 from her employer over the past three and a half years.
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herald-mail.com | 8/28/08 | MATTHEW UMSTEAD
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Hagerstown man is accused of embezzling more than $31,000 from a state-funded agency while acting as a transportation contractor for Berkeley County School students with special needs.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Hagerstown man is accused of embezzling more than $31,000 from a state-funded agency while acting as a transportation contractor for Berkeley County School students with special needs.
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torontosun.com | 8/28/08 | Staff Writer
SASKATOON -- The former president of a rural Saskatchewan library was jailed yesterday for operating a phoney book-buying scheme. Bruce Cameron, 65, admitted to embezzling $500,000 from the Wheatland Regional Library. He was sentenced to two years for fraud.
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ap.google.com | 8/28/08 | Tini Tran
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported Thursday.
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webcpa.com | 8/27/08 | Staff Writer
A self-proclaimed priest has been convicted of tax fraud after his accountant and girlfriend pleaded guilty.
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suburbanchicagonews.com | 8/26/08 | Joe Hosey
Alleged partners in crime Frank Panice and Brian Jines were out on bond and facing one federal case when prosecutors say they hatched their next scam.
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idahostateman.com | 8/26/08 | Bethann Stewart
A local non-profit group will not be deterred from its commitment to the community to fight breast cancer by the arrest Monday of its executive director on theft and forgery charges, a tearful board president said Monday
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