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Quintero selected to fill vacant Glendale City Council seat
Former Mayor Frank Quintero was appointed to hold a 14-month term on the City Council on Tuesday after six other former mayors turned down the city’s offer to apply for the job. “They were very appreciative to be thought of,” said...
Tags: Politics, Corporate Crime, Local Government, Elections, Local Elections
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Trial opens for Russia opposition leader, who calls claims absurd
MOSCOW — One of Russia’s most prominent opposition leaders went on trial Wednesday, proclaiming his innocence but predicting that the case will lead to a lifetime ban on his participation in Russian electoral politics. “Any independent...
Tags: Trials, Political Corruption, Civil Rights, Elections, Russia
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Va. woman goes on trial Tuesday, charged with stealing $1M from Mountaineer Race Track
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia woman charged with embezzling more than $1 million in horse racing funds from a West Virginia casino and racetrack is getting her day in court. The trial of Reva resident Anita Ambler begins Tuesday in U.S....Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Prosecution, Mountaineering, Court Preliminary
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Va. woman charged with embezzling from W.Va. casino, racetrack set to stand trial Tuesday
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge is hearing final motions from both sides before starting the trial of a Virginia woman charged with embezzling more than $1 million in horse racing funds from a West Virginia casino and racetrack. Anita Ambler...Tags: Trials, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Mountaineering
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News-Press Editorial: Have a special election, already
The City Council appears determined to appoint a replacement to seat left vacant by Rafi Manoukian, who was recently elected city treasurer instead of scheduling an immediate special election, even as they admit the latter option is the preference of...
Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Corporate Crime, Local Elections
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Glendale City Council looks to former mayors in vacant seat
Officials plan to ask six former mayors — including John Drayman, who was indicted on embezzlement charges last year — if they would be open to filling the City Council seat left vacant by Rafi Manoukian, who was recently elected to the city...
Tags: Politics, Corporate Crime, Elections, Local Elections, Voting
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Police search offices of Russian PM's pet project
Reuters* Police search likely to fuel speculation about PM's future * Raid is part of investigation into suspected embezzlement By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - Russian police on Thursday searched the Moscow offices of the Skolkovo Foundation,...Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Corporate Crime, Viktor Vekselberg, Moscow (Russia)
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Woman sentenced for stealing $874,000 from Northwestern Bank
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced on federal embezzlement charges after admitting that she stole $874,000 from Northwestern Bank branches in Ludington. The Muskegon Chronicle reports a judge on Wednesday sentenced Stacy Ahlgren...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Theft, Punishment
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Couple accused of embezzling from Northern California soccer club
A couple has been arrested for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from a youth soccer club near Sacramento. While serving as treasurer of the Roseville Youth Soccer Club, Heather Sanford of Carmichael, Calif., wrote checks to her husband,...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Sports, Soccer
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King Juan Carlos falls from grace in scandal-weary Spain
Reuters(Repeats without change story issued on April 17) * Spain's royals were hugely admired * Scandals take their toll * Growing number of Spaniards want king to abdicate By Elisabeth O'Leary MADRID, April 17 (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos stood...Tags: Political Corruption, London School of Economics, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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Woman gets 33 months in federal prison for embezzling tribal funds
A former elected officer of the Heipa/Veblen District of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Oyate who, with others, stole nearly $350,000 from the district was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in federal prison. Charlene Wanna, 61, was also chided by federal...Tags: The Salvation Army, Trials, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Meet 'Twainiac' Cindy Lovell, New Director Of Mark Twain House
The Hartford CourantCindy Lovell calls herself a "Twainiac," because she's so crazy about Mark Twain. She's felt that way since she was a fourth-grader, when her teacher read the fence-whitewashing chapter of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" to the class. "I was the oldest...Tags: York (York, Pennsylvania), York County (Pennsylvania), Ricky Skaggs, Mark Twain, Stetson University
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