Ex-Kevorkian atty charged over donations
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Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, was indicted on charges of conspiring to make more than $125,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of Democrat John Edwards.
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The former chief executive of software firm Computer Associates is charged with securities fraud over a $2.2bn accounting scandal.
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A heart patient who had no health insurance is suing Inova Health System, alleging that he was overcharged and subjected to aggressive collection procedures.
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Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" for claims that he participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years Friday still believing people have the right to die.
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MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin woman faked having cancer and collected thousands of dollars from sympathetic donors in the process, according to a criminal complaint.
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A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday on charges of working for an alleged terrorist fundraising ring that sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.
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COLDWATER, Michigan  - Jack Kevorkian, the controversial assisted suicide advocate dubbed "Dr. Death" by critics, was released on Friday morning from a Michigan prison.
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Federal prosecutors charged a New York  hedge fund manager on Thursday with securities fraud, accusing  him of cheating investors out of millions of dollars by  overstating the fund's value.
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CHICAGO -- Chicago police said a woman who hauled in more than $3,000 in cash donations for the American Diabetes Association is believed to have spent all the money on cocaine.
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Kent Roberts, the former top lawyer at US computer security firm McAfee, was charged Wednesday with securities fraud by government regulators, who alleged Kent had manipulated stock option grants.
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Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is back in prison after undergoing surgery for a double hernia, his attorney said Monday.
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The lawyer for euthanasia advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian says his client is in poor health and should be released from a Michigan prison, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.
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New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer on Friday filed suit against Universal Life Resources  (ULR), charging the life and disability insurance broker with  taking fraudulent kick-backs for steering business to insurers  MetLife, Prudential and UnumProvident.
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Ex-US congressman Mark Deli Siljander is charged over the funding of an al-Qaeda supporter in Afghanistan.
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Richard Scrushy, founder and former CEO/chairman of health care giant HealthSouth Corp., has been charged with an additional 58-count indictment, adding to an indictment made against him in November 2003.
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-based company that brokers life, accident, and disability policies for leading US companies pocketed millions of dollars a year in hidden payments from insurers and from charges on clients' unsuspecting workers, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer charged yesterday.