3 Executives Spared Prison in OxyContin Case
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A federal judge imposed fines, probation and community service on three executives who pleaded guilty in May to misleading the public about the addiction risk posed by the pain medication.
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Federal prosecutors have announced the convictions of three Oregon residents, saying they had colluded to buy and resell some $29 million worth of Microsoft software intended for educational institutions to non-academic customers.
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Former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski, who admitted giving dozens of major leaguers steroids and human growth hormone, avoided jail time after cooperating with investigators.
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By HARRY R. WEBER ATLANTA - A former Coca-Cola secretary convicted of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world's largest beverage maker was sentenced Wednesday to 8 years in federal prison.
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Two former executives with Gateway Inc., the nation's third-largest PC vendor, are guilty of manipulating earnings and revenues to meet Wall Street expectations, according to a verdict delivered Wednesday by a federal jury in California.
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Three Americans have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty by an Afghan court on charges including torture, running a private prison and illegal detention.
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Three former El Paso Corp natural gas traders were convicted on Thursday of reporting false deals to manipulate gas prices from 2000 to 2002.
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A jury has convicted four former Merrill Lynch (MER) executives and a former midlevel Enron (ENRNQ) finance executive of conspiracy and fraud for helping push
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John A. Lynch Jr. was sentenced to more than three years in prison for accepting payoffs from a mining company.
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A former chief financial officer at the golf apparel company Cutter &amp; Buck has been sentenced to three months in prison for covering up a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud.
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A Dutch-based oil trading company paid $197 million to secure the release of three executives from an Ivory Coast prison and settle claims that it dumped toxic waste that killed at least 10 people in the West African nation.
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The state of West Virginia and the manufacturer of the controversial pain killer OxyContin have settled a lawsuit brought over the way the drug was marketed to the public, according to The New York Times.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - A Federal judge on Tuesday   sentenced former HealthSouth Corp.HLSH.OB Chief Financial   Officer Michael Martin to 36 months in prison, marking the   third time he has been sentenced for his part in a $2.7 billion   accounting scandal that rocked the company.
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A jury acquitted a businessman in his third trial on charges he sexually abused his stepdaughter over a three-year period.
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An 80-year-old man convicted of dealing crack cocaine was paroled Thursday after spending three nights in jail.
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 29  â Two former executives were spared prison time on Monday for their roles in an accounting scandal at the Cendant Corporation that cost the company and its investors more than $3 billion.
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A Guilford drug addict was convicted on Friday of charges that he killed his aunt and two of her young children. The charges could lead to the death penalty.