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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Credit Card Theft: An "Inside Job"
May-14-07 Ann Arbor, MI A Michigan State University study has shown that as much as 70 per cent of all identity theft -- including credit card theft -- is the work of "insiders" such as store clerks and other employees. Michigan State professor Judith Collins, director of an identity theft program at the university, randomly selected thousands of cases from aro... - Prudential Insurance Check Kiting Scheme Settlement
Baltimore, MD: (Mar-08-07) A lawsuit was filed by BCSB Bankcorp, Inc., the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank, FSB, against its insurance provider Prudential Insurance. BCSB Bankcorp claimed that the insurance company was responsible for covering the losses the company incurred in a check kiting scheme perpetrated by a commercial deposit cust... - PCL Construction Services Contract Bidding Fraud Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Mar-05-07) FAA contracting officer Robert Ferrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud charges. Ferrell was charged with illegally providing confidential bidding information to PCL Construction Services and subsequently awarding PCL a contract to build a lighting system at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac). After the fir... - Vermont Police Academy Exercises Personal Injury Settlement
Chelsea, VT: (Mar-04-07) William Bohnyak and L.J. "Lenny" Zenonos sued the Vermont Police Academy, run by the Vermont Criminal Justice Training Council, accusing it of abuse that led to his seeking medical treatment for damages resulting from the punitive physical exercises at the academy. Bohnyak was diagnosed as having kidney failure and a condition mark... - PPL Ash Spill Settlement
Wilkes-Barre, PA: (Mar-03-07) A lawsuit filed by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental officials against PPL following the 2005 fly ash spill at PPL's Martins Creek Steam Electric Station was settled when PPL agreed to pay $1.5 million in damages. The settlement between the environmental agency and PPL also addresses the utility's responsibilities t... - District of Columbia, USA Protest Arrests Settlement
Washington, DC: (Mar-01-07) A wrongful arrest lawsuit was filed in a US District Court by four plaintiffs against the District of Columbia after they were arrested without warning during the 2002 protests of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Two of the plaintiffs were law students working as legal observers for the National Lawyers Guild... - Swanton Local Board of Education Teacher Racial Discrimination Settlement
Swanton, VT: (Mar-01-07) A lawsuit filed by June Price, former English teacher, against the Swanton Local Board of Education in US District Court in Toledo, accused the board and other school officials of perpetuating a pattern of racial discrimination, hostility, and disciplinary retaliation against her. Price, who is African-American, claimed that offici... - Manny and Vhee Carrascal Missing Foster Child Settlement
Las Vegas, NV: (Mar-02-07) A civil lawsuit was filed by the biological parents of three-year-old Everlyse Cabrera after she went missing from her foster home. Everlyse's foster parents, Manny and Vhee Carrascal, have offered to settle the civil case against them by paying $300,000, which will be covered by an insurance policy provided by Clark County. [... - American International Group Inc. Accounting and Sales Settlement
New York, NY: (Mar-01-07) A probe begun by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Justice Department against American International Group Inc., claimed that AIG restated earnings twice. In doing so, the company lowered net income for 2000 to 2005 by $3.4 billion, cheated workers compensation progr... - Arlington Park Racetract Gender Discrimination Fine
Chicago, IL: (Mar-01-07) A housing discrimination was lawsuit filed in 2005 after the US Department of Housing and Urban Development determined that the "Licensed Worker Restriction" policy at the Arlington Heights racetrack was evidence of discrimination against families under the federal Fair Housing Act. The suburban racetrack improperly barred workers... - Nantucket, MA Waste Options Landfill Settlement
Nantucket, MA: (Mar-02-07) A lawsuit was filed against the town of Nantucket by Waste Options as a result of a prolonged contract dispute. In November 2006, the American Arbitration Association ruled in favor of Waste Options and ordered the town to pay the Rhode Island company just under $1.2 million for expenses related to the off-island shipping of cons... - Alcoa Inc. Plant Emissions Pollution Settlement
Dallas, TX: (Mar-01-07) Alcoa Inc., a central Texas coal-fired power plant, had long been held up by legal challenges from environmental groups and the federal Department of Justice over the issue of emission rates for nitrogen oxide from its plant. In November 2006, the federal government offered a settlement that would allow Alcoa Inc. and TXU Corp. to u... - Paul Crawford's Estate Car Crash Settlement
Huntington, WV: (Feb-28-07) Robert Stoops and Paul Crawford were both killed after Crawford's truck struck a tree on Virginia 122 in Franklin County. Bridget Stoops filed a $5 million lawsuit against Crawford's estate in 2005, claiming that Crawford failed to maintain proper control of his vehicle and was intoxicated and hence responsible for the death of... - Adelphia Communications Corp. Civil Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-27-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission booked Adelphia Communications Corporation founder John J. Rigas and his son, Timothy J. Rigas, following the company's filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. The suit accused Adelphia of civil fraud, with Adelphia declaring that it was liable for more than $2 million in borrowings a... - Lawrence School District Student Bullying Settlement
Tonganoxie, KS: (Feb-27-07) A lawsuit was filed by Alan Theno against the Lawrence School District alleging that the school neglected looking into the bullying his son reported he was going through. The suit alleged that Dylan Theno was called all sorts of names after rumors of his sexual behavior and orientation did the rounds in school, and continued... - Vivendi Universal Securities Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-27-07) The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Vivendi Universal accusing its former Chief Executive Officer and its former Chief Financial Officer of engaging in conduct that violated several securities laws. A settlement reached with Vivendi will see the company pay out $51 million to compensate the custome... - Delta Air Lines Inc. Employee Severance Fund Settlement
Washington, DC: (Feb-27-07) Delta Air Lines Inc. was booked with charges by the US Department of Labor over the airline's use of funds from its family-care disability and survivorship plan to cover the cost of severance payments made to employees in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. A judge approved a settlement and ordered D... - Royal Alliance Associates Broker Fraud Settlement
New York, NY: (Feb-27-07) The state Banking Department sued New York broker-dealer, Royal Alliance Associates, accusing them of fraud. The suit stemmed from an investigation of a former Stamford branch manager Kevin Kelley, convicted of defrauding senior citizens of more than $4 million. A federal jury in New York, who convicted him of four counts of se... - Freedom Financial & Trust, Ltd. Breach of Contract Settlement
Los Angeles, CA: (Feb-26-07) A lawsuit between Applied Business Software, Inc. (ABS) against Freedom Financial & Trust, LTD (FFTL) was settled with a federal judge ordering FFTL to pay ABS $1,143,600. The lawsuit alleged that FFTL breached its contract with ABS as well as infringed ABS copyrights. According to the settlement, FFTL will wind up its opera... - Seattle City Light Employee Racial Discrimination Settlement
Seattle, WA: (Feb-27-07) Following a four week civil trial, a Seattle judge ruled in favor of two Seattle City Light employees who filed suit against the company accusing it of racial discrimination. The suit alleged that both, Mattie Bailey and Phi Trinh had been passed over for promotions and pay increases because of their race. Trinh, a Vietnamese...