Contractors face felony charges of embezzlement
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Two contractors from Reading were indicted yesterday for allegedly embezzling about $100,000 from clients, abandoning a series of projects, failing to pay subcontractors, and operating without a certificate of registration.
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WASHINGTON -- Three top officials of a nationwide cleaning service were charged yesterday with fraud and tax crimes as part of a federal investigation that also netted more than 200 illegal immigrants in 17 states.
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The felony charges against Patricia C. Dunn and five others are the first by California prosecutors in connection with the companyÂs illegal spying operation.
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has sued two real-estate brokerages, accusing them of receiving kickbacks for steering home sellers to a provider of hazard reports.
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T. Milton Street, the younger brother of Mayor John F. Street, was indicted Tuesday on tax and fraud charges involving $2 million worth of city contracts.
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Three people who allegedly sent America Online customers millions of junk e-mail messages touting penny stocks and other Internet gimmicks went on trial Tuesday in the nation's first such felony case.
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Three top executives of a janitorial service used by such national restaurant chains as Hard Rock Cafe and ESPN Zone face charges of tax evasion, fraud and harboring illegal immigrants, U.S. officials announced yesterday, after overnight raids in 18 states netted about 200 undocumented workers.
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FBI's ongoing 'Operation Bot Roast' has resulted in felony charges for three hackers accused of controlling botnets.
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Amid a rising number of criminal investigations into alleged fraud and abuse by defense contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, the Defense Department and Army are assembling teams to investigate whether the contracting system should be overhauled, senior Pentagon and military officials said Tuesday.
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The older brother of Mayor John F. Street used his last name to obtain lucrative "no-work" contracts and failed to pay taxes on more than $2 million in income, federal authorities charged Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have filed civil fraud charges against three former Kmart executives and five current and former managers of suppliers.
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A defense contractor was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday for bribing former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham with cash, trips, the services of prostitutes and other gifts in exchange for nearly $90 million in Pentagon work.
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Bad contractors can make your life miserable -- avoid them.
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Three Army Reserve officers and two civilians were indicted yesterday on federal charges of participating in a wide-ranging bribery and contract-rigging scheme involving millions in Iraq reconstruction funds.
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Federal prosecutors charged an ex-partner of McGuireWoods with fraud, claiming that he illegally obtained and sold shares of various companies.
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The U.S. attorney for the Southern District in New York said on Tuesday he charged 26 individuals with taking part in "a wide-ranging scheme to commit mortgage fraud" at companies that brokered loans with a total face value of at least $200 million.
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Brokers required to provide competing bids have been taking payoffs from insurance companies, New York's attorney general charged today.