International Business News - Charges http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A former Wall Street broker has pleaded not guilty to charges of duping investors into buying more than $1 billion in high-risk securities by making it look like the trades were backed by federally guaranteed student loans. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/ex-broker-pleads-not-guilty-in-nyc-case.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:08:41 EDT Federal prosecutors have charged a Michigan man as part of what they say was a scheme to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/michigan-man-accused-of-planning-anti-gop-attack.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:23:04 EDT A former Wall Street broker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he and a colleague duped investors into purchasing more than $1 billion in high-risk securities by making it look as though the trades were protected by the federal government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/sec-accuses-2-brokers-of-1b-subprime-fraud.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:36:16 EDT Sentencing is set for Dec. 5 for a former southern Illinois health system chief who admits he failed to pay more than $1.7 million in federal employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/sentencing-set-for-former-health-care-system-chief.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:54:06 EDT A fire crew supervisor who admitted lying to investigators about the deaths of four wildland firefighters during a central Washington blaze in 2001 was sentenced to three months of work release Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113004-addition-bc-wa-thirtymile-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/work-release-for-crew-boss-in-fatal-wash-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/work-release-for-crew-boss-in-fatal-wash-fire.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:36:30 EDT A former gym teacher who had sex with a 14-year-old freshman and sent him erotic text messages was sentenced Wednesday to up to three years in prison, in part because she called the boy after she was charged, a judge ruled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ex-pa-teacher-gets-prison-for-sex-with-student.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:13:03 EDT Federal authorities say the operators of a plastics factory in Burlington County, N.J., has agreed to reduce harmful emissions and pay $1.3 million to settle pollution charges. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/nj-factory-agrees-to-cut-emissions-pay-1-3m.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:30 EDT The Associated Press on Friday asked a judge to unseal records of his inquiry into whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate alleged leaks from a grand jury probe involving a casino owner. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/ap-asks-judge-to-unseal-record-in-pa-perjury-case.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:39:02 EDT Sarah Gliege remembers far too much about the January night she was raped. She remembers the gun on her chest, pointed toward her head. She remembers the realization that, months from her wedding and just after finding out she was pregnant, she might be killed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/rape-victims-pleased-former-cop-never-will-be-free.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:27:40 EDT Prudential Financial Inc. said Tuesday that it expects to record a pretax charge of about $125 million in the third quarter related to its joint venture with Wachovia Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/prudential-financial-to-take-125m-charge-in-3q.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:43:49 EDT A former police sergeant convicted of raping four women was sentenced to 440 years in prison Tuesday. Jeff Pelo, formerly with the Bloomington police, slouched forward in his chair but otherwise didn't react as Judge Robert Freitag issued the sentence. Two victims and their families clapped in the McLean County courtroom. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/440-years-for-former-ill-cop-convicted-of-4-rapes.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:32:17 EDT The parents charged in the starvation death of their bedridden daughter have sued the city, alleging that dangerous and reckless actions by several municipal employees and contract workers contributed to the girl's death. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/parents-charged-in-starvation-death-sue-philly.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:04:51 EDT For anyone keeping score, the leader of the nation's 11th-largest city now faces 10 felony charges in two separate cases. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was charged Friday with assaulting two investigators who were trying to deliver a subpoena to the mayor's friend last month. The two felony counts carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a fine of $2,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105662-detroit-mayor-charges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/detroit-mayor-thrown-in-jail-after-bond-violation.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/detroit-mayor-thrown-in-jail-after-bond-violation.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:26:45 EDT The city of Philadelphia has fired two social workers charged in the starvation death of a disabled teenager. The Human Services Department fired Laura Sommerer and Dana Poindexter on Thursday after disciplinary hearings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/2-philly-social-workers-fired-in-starvation-death.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:57:44 EDT Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/104917-detroit-mayor-charges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/detroit-mayor-waives-hearing-will-stand-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/detroit-mayor-waives-hearing-will-stand-trial.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:22:49 EDT For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room--made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave--the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/102127-starvation-death-charges.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/starved-disabled-girl-was-failed-at-every-turn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/starved-disabled-girl-was-failed-at-every-turn.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:27:26 EDT Four social workers were among nine people charged Thursday in the death of a disabled 14-year-old girl who authorities say wasted away from neglect before dying at 42 pounds. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/9-charged-in-death-of-disabled-philly-teen.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:24:22 EDT A former executive at Pfizer Corp. pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he received and distributed child pornography. Alan Hesketh, a 61-year old British citizen living in Stonington, faces a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced Oct. 17. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/former-pfizer-exec-pleads-to-child-porn-charges.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:36:26 EDT A detective working a criminal case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said coincidence led him to a house to try to deliver a subpoena. Brian White wasn't prepared for what he said followed: a physical confrontation with the beefy mayor that involved a profanity-laced tirade by Kilpatrick and a possible hip fracture for the investigator. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/detective-details-confrontation-with-detroit-mayor.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:55:45 EDT Investigators alleged Friday that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick berated and attacked them as they tried to serve a subpoena to a friend, and a judge ordered the troubled mayor to pay $7,500 and undergo random drug testing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/detective-testifies-detroit-mayor-assaulted-him.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:04:51 EDT