Final defendant in $200 million KL Group fraud scheme pleads guilty

'Balloon Boy' parents set to plead guilty in order to keep family ...

By: mjameson

Attorney David Lane has announced that Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents of 6-year-old Falcon Heene who was supposedly set adrift in a large helium balloon last month, will plead guilty to charges in the case. Richard Heene will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, which is a felony. Mayumi Heene will plead guilty to ...

14 days ago

Woman Accused of Helping Kidnap Elizabeth Smart Pleads Guilty

By: donnaw

It is good to know that Elizabeth Smart is moving on with her life after such a traumatic event.

8 days ago

Six charged in $20m insider trade case

By: MarleneDuvalAndAssociates

Billionaire investor Raj Rajaratnam and present and former executives of Bear Stearns, IBM, Intel and McKinsey were charged on Friday in an alleged insider trading scheme that US prosecutors called the biggest ever involving hedge funds. In 1997, when the Sri-Lankan born Raj Rajaratnam launched his hedge fund Galleon Technologies, he told a journ

about 1 month ago

Galleon Insider Trading Case Widens 14 CHARGED

By: RaulDeSouza

Two former Galleon Group employees and a Ropes & Gray lawyer were among 14 people charged today in the expanding insider trading case surrounding the hedge fund founded by Raj Rajaratnam, who was busted last month. The traders and lawyers snuck around, communicating in code over throwaway cellphones, but had the FBI on their tails for more ...

20 days ago