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Track Coach Convicted of Fraud for Misusing Student Aid Money
Lance Brauman, most recently an assistant track coach at the University of Arkansas, was convicted on five counts, including three counts of mail fraud, related to a scheme to give student-athletes college work-study and campus employment funds when they did no work. Brauman was the track coach at Barton County Community College in Kansas, and…
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Former Georgia School Superintendent Sentenced to Eight Years
Former Georgia School Superintendent Linda Schrenko received an eight-year prison term after her guilty plea to conspiracy, corruption, and money laundering charges related to diverting nearly $500,000 in education funds to help out her failed 2002 gubernatorial campaign. In addition, after losing the election, she used over $9,000 to pay for cosmetic surgery. According to…
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KPMG Defendants File for Their Attorney’s Fees
The unique mechanism set up by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan when he found that the government’s pressure on KPMG to refuse to pay attorney’s fees for its former partners and employees was unconstitutional has now been put in motion. The sixteen KPMG defendants charged with conspiracy related to the sales of tax shelters have…
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NatWest Three Alight in the U.S.
The so-called "NatWest Three" — David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew — will be arriving in the United States to face charges related to one of the many Enron deals in which the company’s former CFO, Andrew Fastow, and other executives sought to enrich themselves through the various side-deals they set up ostensibly to…
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Bookkeeper Adorns Herself With $1 Million
A trip to a day spa can be a very nice way to pamper yourself, and when you’re the bookkeeper at such a business the temptation to treat yourself to its money can be overwhelming. Such appears to be the case for Ruth Fallis, the bookkeeper at the Perry Anthony Design Group in Pike Creek,…
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Will Prosecutors Pitch a Perjury Indictment at Bonds?
Media reports (see here) indicate that federal prosecutors may seek a grand jury indictment of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, probably this month, on perjury and tax evasion charges. The perjury relates to his testimony before a grand jury in 2003 regarding his use of steroids received from Balco (Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative) in…
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7 Day Sentence Not Enough for Martin
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of United States v. Martin (Michael Martin) here ruled that the sentence issued by the district court was insufficient, despite the defendant providing cooperation pursuant to a 5K1.1 motion. The court stated: "In Martin’s case, we now are squarely presented with the question of whether a…
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A Soft Sentence for a White Collar Offender
The Chicago Tribune reports here that a "pal" of Govenor Ryan received a sentence of 2 years probation and 8 months home confinement. Interestingly, the reasoning of the court was premised on age and health. (esp)
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Australian Role in US Inquiry
One finds an interesting piece in the Sydney Morning Herald (here) discussing the Austrialian government & AWB in their testimony before the US Senate in an investigation related to the United Nation’s oil-for-food program. The title of this piece is "Government ‘Lied to U.S. Senate.’" AWB Limited, according to its website here "is Australia ‘s…
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Search of Rep. Jefferson’s Office Ruled OK
The search of Rep. Jefferson’s congressional office was ruled constitutional by a district court (see Washington Post here). The decision here (via Talk Left here and How Appealing here) clearly rules against the arguments presented by Rep. Jefferson on his Rule 41(g) motion. In this decision, the court states that "the Speech or Debate Clause’s…
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