Refcoâs Ex-Chief Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Conspiracy
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The former chief executive of Refco pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and fraud charges that carry a possible prison term of more than 300 years.
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A former Xerox customer service agent on Tuesday pleaded guilty to mail fraud for stealing and selling cartridges stolen from his former employer online.
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The chief operating officer of Enron Corp.'s failed Internet unit pleaded guilty yesterday to a single criminal conspiracy charge and agreed to cooperate with the government, as prosecutors continued to build their case against the Houston energy company's top leaders.
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Former Enron Corp. assistant treasurer Timothy Despain pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating the company.
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A former Enron Corp.   assistant treasurer pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for disguising the company's weak finances before its dramatic collapse.
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The co-founder of Neteller, which processed billions of dollars in Internet gambling transactions for Americans, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of criminal conspiracy.
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The former chief financial officer of Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice Inc. has pleaded guilty to one criminal count of conspiracy in exchange for the federal government agreeing to drop five other criminal charges in connection with an $800 million accounting fraud.
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A man charged in one of the largest identity theft scams in U.S. history pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and fraud in connection with identity documents Tuesday and could face up to 50 years in prison, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney David Kelley, of the Southern District of New York.
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Former Refco Chief Executive Phillip  Bennett pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud and other charges  stemming from the 2005 collapse of the futures and commodities  broker.
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A former employee of the accounting firm Ernst & Young pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit tax fraud, a month after similar charges were filed against four current and former employees of the firm.
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The former chief financial officer of a Chelsea credit union pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to embezzling more than $90,000 from a scholarship fund to aid children of employees who work in the Boston taxi industry, prosecutors said.
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A former Alcatel executive has pleaded guilty to paying more than $2.5 million in bribes to secure a telephone contract with Costa Rica's state telecommunications agency, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
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The California plaintiff's attorney who helped turn class-action lawsuits into a lucrative trend pleaded guilty yesterday to a conspiracy charge stemming from his role in a wide-ranging kickback scheme.
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A former executive of Alcatel has pleaded guilty to taking part in a scheme to give more than $2.5 million in bribes to Costa Rican government officials for a mobile phone contract, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.
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A former Van der Moolen Specialists employee pleaded guilty on Friday in a case involving phony finders' fees and illegal kickbacks in the stock-loan industry.
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A former senior executive at Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. and two American International Group Inc. employees pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges in the state's probe of bid-rigging and price-fixing in the insurance industry.
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A former executive of the biotechnology company MedImmune faces from 15 to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty Friday to security fraud and perjury in U.S. District Court in Washington. -AP