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Florida’s LPS Enters Into NPA To Settle DocX Mortgage Fraud Case — Will Pay $35 Million

Posted On Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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DOJ has announced that Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) has agreed to pay $35 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture to address its participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and...

Stanford’s Top Lieutenants Each Get 20 Years In Prison

Posted On Monday, February 18, 2013
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The two men who played key roles in the perpetuating R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion ponzi scheme were each sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday. Gilbert T. Lopez Jr. had served as...

Jesse Jackson, Jr. And Wife Will Likely Plead Guilty To Federal Criminal Charges

Posted On Saturday, February 16, 2013
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On Friday, Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was charged by a federal criminal information with conspiracy to commit false statements, mail fraud and wire fraud. DOJ did not issue a news...

Two Former Judges Plead In Philadelphia Traffic Court Ticket-Fixing Case

Posted On Friday, February 15, 2013
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On Tuesday, two former judges of the Philadelphia Traffic Court, Kenneth Miller and Warren Hogeland, pled guilty to federal charges related to a traffic ticket fixing scandal. Miller, age...

Judge Approves Transocean’s $400 Million Settlement For Criminal Involvement In Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Posted On Friday, February 15, 2013

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana approved Transocean’s guilty plea to violating the Clean Water Act based on its involvement in the 2010...

Erroneous Answers On Juror Questionnaire No Basis For New Trial For Former Newark Mayor

Posted On Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Third Circuit has upheld a district court’s denial of former Newark Mayor Sharpe James’ request for a new trial on fraud charges. United States v. James, 2013 U.S. App. Lexis...

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Florida’s LPS Enters Into NPA To Settle DocX Mortgage Fraud Case — Will Pay $35 Million

Stanford’s Top Lieutenants Each Get 20 Years In Prison

Jesse Jackson, Jr. And Wife Will Likely Plead Guilty To Federal Criminal Charges

Two Former Judges Plead In Philadelphia Traffic Court Ticket-Fixing Case

Judge Approves Transocean’s $400 Million Settlement For Criminal Involvement In Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Erroneous Answers On Juror Questionnaire No Basis For New Trial For Former Newark Mayor

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