H&R Block Faces Fraud Over Enron Bonds
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H&R Block Inc.'s  financial advisers unit misrepresented the risks of &#36;16.4 million in bonds from Enron Corp  before the energy trader sank into bankruptcy, the NASD said in a civil fraud complaint seeking restitution for more than 800 investors.
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H&R Block Inc.  has failed to win the dismissal of a lawsuit by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer accusing it of fraudulently marketing Express IRA retirement accounts that caused hundreds of thousands of mostly lower-income clients to lose money.
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A former assistant treasurer at Enron Corp. was charged with conspiracy Tuesday for his alleged role in making the toppled energy giant&#39;s financial picture appear rosier than it was.
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Enron Corp.&#39;s former director of investor relations has agreed to pay $1.49 million to settle fraud charges related to the bankrupt energy company, US securities regulators said on Wednesday.
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H&R Block Inc.,  the largest  U.S. income tax preparer, said on Tuesday that it expects to  delay filing its quarterly results with regulators after  turmoil in the subprime mortgage market forced it to write down  assets at its Option One Mortgage Corp. unit.
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Three British bankers can be extradited to the US to face fraud charges related to former energy trader Enron Corp., a London court ruled.
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Prosecutors in the first Enron Corp.  ENRNQ.PK criminal trial sought to cast doubt on Wednesday on  a former Merrill Lynch MER.N banker's statements that he was  worried about financial risks from buying three barges from  Enron.
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Citigroup Inc. (C.N) faces a lawsuit from angry investors who allege they were defrauded in a "massive scheme of deception" when they bought securities tied to the credit-worthiness of Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK).
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A former partner at Arthur Andersen responsible for the Enron Corporation account has settled allegations that he signed audit reports that were false and misleading.
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Michael J. Kopper, a former Enron Corporation finance executive, ran illicit partnerships allowing the company to conceal debt off its balance sheets.
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Reuters reported Monday that a former aide to Enron Corp. ex-Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow has implicated his former boss in pushing a bogus deal with Merrill Lynch that boosted Enron&#39;s books.
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The automated signature machine did it. Attorneys for Kenneth Lay suggested bank loan documents containing terms he allegedly violated actually were signed by an automatic signature device in the Enron Corp. founder&#039;s office and not by him.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to Enron investors who sued major investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a massive accounting fraud.
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday it may restrict tax preparers such as H&R Block Inc  and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc  from offering refund loans to customers because doing so could encourage fraud.
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Former Enron Corp. Assistant Treasurer Timothy Despain was charged in Houston federal court Tuesday with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating the company.
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Enron Corp. former Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow helped cook up a bogus deal with Merrill Lynch to sell and buy back Nigerian power barges to inflate Enron&#39;s earnings
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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said  on Thursday it may restrict tax preparers such as H&R Block Inc   and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc  from  offering refund loans to customers because doing so could  encourage fraud.