criminal charges

Ex-Madoff Trader Pleads Guilty in Plea Deal in NYC

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 11/21/2011 - 17:33

Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme stretched back at least to the early 1970s, when his employees used historical information about stocks to create false trades that could be placed on customer statements, a former trader revealed as he pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges.


 

Ex-Madoff trader admits faking records since 70s

Digg - Business & Finance  Mon, 11/21/2011 - 16:18

Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud began in the early 1970s with several employees working together to fake records when no trades actually took place, a former trader at Madoff's firm said in pleading guilty to criminal charges on Monday.


 

Former Goldman Sachs director expected to face criminal charges

Digg - Business & Finance  Tue, 10/25/2011 - 23:41

Rajat Gupta was named earlier this year by prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in the criminal case against hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam


 

Seven Arrested in SAT Cheating Scandal in New York

Digg - Business & Finance  Wed, 09/28/2011 - 09:39

A college student from New York was paid between $1,500 and $2,500 to stand in for at least a half dozen students attending a prestigious Long Island high school and take the SAT exam for them, a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing criminal charges in the case.


 

SAP to pay $20M to settle criminal charges

Topix - Business News  Sat, 09/17/2011 - 06:19

Business software maker SAP AG on Wednesday said it agreed to pay $20 million to settle criminal charges from the U.S.

Department of Justice against a now-defunct subsidiary, TomorrowNow.


 

Two Charged Over iPad Hacking on AT&T Network

Topix - Business News  Wed, 01/19/2011 - 00:17

U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against two people accused of stealing the e-mail addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 users of Apple Inc's iPad tablet computer.


 

Massey workers face criminal charges in W.Va. fire

Topix - Business News  Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:01

Federal prosecutors say four Massey Energy Co. supervisors have been charged with crimes stemming from a fatal fire at a West Virginia mine in 2006.


 

Govt drops appeals in Broadcom backdating case

Newsvine - business  Fri, 05/28/2010 - 19:00

Federal prosecutors say they won't appeal the dismissal of criminal charges against the founders of high-tech chip maker Broadcom.


 

Feds drops appeals in Broadcom backdating case

Newsvine - business  Fri, 05/28/2010 - 19:00

Federal prosecutors said Friday they won't appeal the dismissal of criminal charges against the founders of high-tech chipmaker Broadcom, ending an embarrassing chapter for the government during which a judge blasted prosecutors for "shameful" misconduct and a lack of evidence.


 

Prosecutors Said to Start Inquiry at Goldman

NYT > Business  Thu, 04/29/2010 - 22:30

The investigation, reported to be in a preliminary stage, raises the possibility of criminal charges against the Wall Street giant.