Berlusconi prosecutors demand five-year jail term BBC News Italian prosecutors in Milan have asked for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to be sentenced to five years in jail on bribery charges. | He is accused of paying British lawyer David Mills $600,000 (£382,000) to lie about his business interests. | But the case has run on for so long that Mr B...
Sunday Papers: RBS staff held after tax probe Citywire Top stories | The Sunday Telegraph: Royal Bank of Scotland has been drawn into a criminal tax fraud investigation as five current and former employees of its investment banking arm have been arrested as part of a wider probe thought to involve at least two other City institutions. The Independent on...
Former Toms River man living in Florida charged with bankruptcy fraud Asbury Park Press | NEWARK - A former Toms River man now living in Florida turned himself in to federal authorities Tuesday morning and now faces charges that he hid more than $1.5 million in assets while seeking bankruptcy protection, according to U.S. Attorney for N...
W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud Asbury Park Press | CHARLESTON, W.VA. - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking Massey Energy employee to face criminal pro...
BofA asks to block Moynihan deposition The Charlotte Observer | Bank of America Corp. asked a New York state judge to block the deposition of chief executive Brian Moynihan in a fraud suit brought by MBIA Inc. | The nation's second-biggest lender, based in Charlotte, asked New York state Supreme Court Justice E...
Berlusconi prosecutors demand five-year jail term BBC News Italian prosecutors in Milan have asked for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to be sentenced to five years in jail on bribery charges. | He is accused of paying British lawyer David Mills $600,000 (£382,000) to lie about his business interest...
New York sues banks over home seizures The Wichita Eagle | ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation’s largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while sa...
Sir Alex lauds Modric as United prepare for Spurs showdown The Daily Mail | Sir Alex Ferguson admits it is fair to compare Luka Modric with Paul Scholes. | After Scholes' retirement last summer, Modric was on the Manchester United shortlist of potential replacements. | Leading the way: Modric has continued to shine for Spurs this season | In the end, Ferguson abandoned the quest, believing the Croatian midfielder ...
Emirates airline receives 1,000th Boeing 777 Gulf News | Dubai: Emirates, the world's biggest customer of twin-jet Boeing777s, on Saturday celebrated the unveiling of the 1,000th Boeing 777 during a special event at the manufacturer’s plant in Everett, Washington State. | Emirates is the world’s largest operator of the Boeing 777 and the landmark aircraft will become the 102nd to join the a...