<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://news.usti.net/xml/rss.html"><channel><title>MY USTI.NET News: Fraud, embezzlement, white collar crime</title><copyright>Copyright (c) 2007 USTINET Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://news.usti.net/</link><description>Fraud, embezzlement, white collar crime</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri Nov 28 23:43:02 2008</lastBuildDate><ttl>2880</ttl><image><title>MY USTI.NET News</title><width>123</width><height>36</height><link>http://news.usti.net/</link><url>http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif</url></image>
<item><title>Olympic parents victims in alleged scam</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/az/Uoly-ticketscam.RMCX_INR.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/az/Uoly-ticketscam.RMCX_INR.html</guid><timestamp>1227915296</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:34:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/az/Uoly-ticketscam.RMCX_INR.html">&#60;/a>LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Five people were arrested in a Beijing Olympics ticket scam whose victims included the parents of gold medalist swimmer Rebcca Adlington, British officials say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/az/Uoly-ticketscam.RMCX_INR.html">Olympic parents victims in alleged scam&#60;/a>&#60;br />LONDON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Five people were arrested in a Beijing Olympics ticket scam whose victims included the parents of gold medalist swimmer Rebcca Adlington, British officials say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Scam hits Canadian cell phone users</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ds/Ucanada-donotcall.RbY1_INR.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ds/Ucanada-donotcall.RbY1_INR.html</guid><timestamp>1227808487</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:54:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ds/Ucanada-donotcall.RbY1_INR.html">&#60;/a>TORONTO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A major cell phone service provider in Canada is warning its customers about an ongoing do-not-call scam that could lead to identity theft.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ds/Ucanada-donotcall.RbY1_INR.html">Scam hits Canadian cell phone users&#60;/a>&#60;br />TORONTO, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A major cell phone service provider in Canada is warning its customers about an ongoing do-not-call scam that could lead to identity theft.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Conrad Black asks Bush for pardon</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uus-black.RITm_INM.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cq/Uus-black.RITm_INM.html</guid><timestamp>1227374686</timestamp><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:24:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uus-black.RITm_INM.html">&#60;/a>WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Disgraced former media tycoon Conrad Black is asking U.S. President George Bush for clemency from his 6 1/2-year prison sentence, officials said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uus-black.RITm_INM.html">Conrad Black asks Bush for pardon&#60;/a>&#60;br />WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Disgraced former media tycoon Conrad Black is asking U.S. President George Bush for clemency from his 6 1/2-year prison sentence, officials said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Lawmaker indicted on racketeering charges</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bx/Uus-renzi.RubW_INE.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bx/Uus-renzi.RubW_INE.html</guid><timestamp>1226685909</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:05:09 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bx/Uus-renzi.RubW_INE.html">&#60;/a>TUCSON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., faces federal racketeering charges in a new indictment handed down in Tucson, officials say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bx/Uus-renzi.RubW_INE.html">Lawmaker indicted on racketeering charges&#60;/a>&#60;br />TUCSON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Retiring U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., faces federal racketeering charges in a new indictment handed down in Tucson, officials say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Catholic Church drops ACORN funding</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/aa/Uus-politics-acorn.RL-2_IND.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/aa/Uus-politics-acorn.RL-2_IND.html</guid><timestamp>1226630100</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/aa/Uus-politics-acorn.RL-2_IND.html">&#60;/a>BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Church has halted donations to the community organizing group ACORN due to questionable voter registration drives, a church official says.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/aa/Uus-politics-acorn.RL-2_IND.html">Catholic Church drops ACORN funding&#60;/a>&#60;br />BALTIMORE, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Church has halted donations to the community organizing group ACORN due to questionable voter registration drives, a church official says.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Japanese defense official gets prison</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/db/Ujapan-moriya.RWUe_IN7.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/db/Ujapan-moriya.RWUe_IN7.html</guid><timestamp>1226040289</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:44:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/db/Ujapan-moriya.RWUe_IN7.html">&#60;/a>TOKYO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A former top Japanese defense official has been sentenced to prison for taking bribes from a defense contractor and giving false testimony to parliament.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/db/Ujapan-moriya.RWUe_IN7.html">Japanese defense official gets prison&#60;/a>&#60;br />TOKYO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A former top Japanese defense official has been sentenced to prison for taking bribes from a defense contractor and giving false testimony to parliament.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Bank manager admits $1M embezzlement</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bb/Uus-bank.R4wn_IN5.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bb/Uus-bank.R4wn_IN5.html</guid><timestamp>1225917887</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:44:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bb/Uus-bank.R4wn_IN5.html">&#60;/a>CINCINNATI, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A former private client services manager for U.S. Bank in Cincinnati has admitted in court to embezzling more than $1 million.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bb/Uus-bank.R4wn_IN5.html">Bank manager admits $1M embezzlement&#60;/a>&#60;br />CINCINNATI, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A former private client services manager for U.S. Bank in Cincinnati has admitted in court to embezzling more than $1 million.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Vet pleads innocent in 9/11 fund fraud</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/dv/Uus-coughlin.RINv_IN4.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/dv/Uus-coughlin.RINv_IN4.html</guid><timestamp>1225833289</timestamp><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:14:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/dv/Uus-coughlin.RINv_IN4.html">&#60;/a>WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A former U.S. Navy officer has pleaded innocent to charges he exaggerated the wounds he suffered on Sept. 11, 2001, to collect from a victims&#39; fund.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/dv/Uus-coughlin.RINv_IN4.html">Vet pleads innocent in 9/11 fund fraud&#60;/a>&#60;br />WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A former U.S. Navy officer has pleaded innocent to charges he exaggerated the wounds he suffered on Sept. 11, 2001, to collect from a victims&#39; fund.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Inmate admits Holocaust con</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ch/Uus-victimscon.Rnz9_IOU.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ch/Uus-victimscon.Rnz9_IOU.html</guid><timestamp>1225424688</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:44:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ch/Uus-victimscon.Rnz9_IOU.html">&#60;/a>RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A federal prison inmate in Virginia pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme to obtain Swiss bank funds that belonged to Holocaust victims.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ch/Uus-victimscon.Rnz9_IOU.html">Inmate admits Holocaust con&#60;/a>&#60;br />RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A federal prison inmate in Virginia pleaded guilty Thursday to a scheme to obtain Swiss bank funds that belonged to Holocaust victims.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Art lover allegedly conned Fortune 500</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bu/Uus-artscam.RpfZ_IOU.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bu/Uus-artscam.RpfZ_IOU.html</guid><timestamp>1225422317</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:05:17 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bu/Uus-artscam.RpfZ_IOU.html">&#60;/a>NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A New York woman has been charged with funding her art collection by scamming Fortune 500 companies, persuading them to sell her goods at steep discounts.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bu/Uus-artscam.RpfZ_IOU.html">Art lover allegedly conned Fortune 500&#60;/a>&#60;br />NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A New York woman has been charged with funding her art collection by scamming Fortune 500 companies, persuading them to sell her goods at steep discounts.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Indonesian banker sentenced to jail</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uindonesia-banker.Rxrm_IOT.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cq/Uindonesia-banker.Rxrm_IOT.html</guid><timestamp>1225302889</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:54:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uindonesia-banker.Rxrm_IOT.html">&#60;/a>JAKARTA, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A court in Indonesia sentenced a former governor of the country&#39;s central bank to five years in jail Wednesday on corruption charges.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cq/Uindonesia-banker.Rxrm_IOT.html">Indonesian banker sentenced to jail&#60;/a>&#60;br />JAKARTA, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A court in Indonesia sentenced a former governor of the country&#39;s central bank to five years in jail Wednesday on corruption charges.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Phony flier advises Dems to vote Nov. 5</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-flier.RDTe_IOS.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/au/Uus-politics-flier.RDTe_IOS.html</guid><timestamp>1225227288</timestamp><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:54:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-flier.RDTe_IOS.html">&#60;/a>HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Virginia state officials are advising residents to disregard a phony state flier advising Democrats to vote on Nov. 5, a day after the actual election.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/au/Uus-politics-flier.RDTe_IOS.html">Phony flier advises Dems to vote Nov. 5&#60;/a>&#60;br />HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Virginia state officials are advising residents to disregard a phony state flier advising Democrats to vote on Nov. 5, a day after the actual election.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>1-in-10 Canadians hit by Web ID theft</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/at/Ucanada-identitytheft.RIhb_IOM.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/at/Ucanada-identitytheft.RIhb_IOM.html</guid><timestamp>1224680705</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:05:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/at/Ucanada-identitytheft.RIhb_IOM.html">&#60;/a>TORONTO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- About 10 percent of Canadians who shop online report being victims of identity theft, a survey published Wednesday said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/at/Ucanada-identitytheft.RIhb_IOM.html">1-in-10 Canadians hit by Web ID theft&#60;/a>&#60;br />TORONTO, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- About 10 percent of Canadians who shop online report being victims of identity theft, a survey published Wednesday said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>GOP registration collector arrested</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bl/Uus-politics-voterfraud.R3_c_IOJ.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bl/Uus-politics-voterfraud.R3_c_IOJ.html</guid><timestamp>1224524686</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:44:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bl/Uus-politics-voterfraud.R3_c_IOJ.html">&#60;/a>SACRAMENTO, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The owner of a firm hired to register thousands of Republican voters in California has been arrested for alleged registration fraud, officials said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bl/Uus-politics-voterfraud.R3_c_IOJ.html">GOP registration collector arrested&#60;/a>&#60;br />SACRAMENTO, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The owner of a firm hired to register thousands of Republican voters in California has been arrested for alleged registration fraud, officials said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Fake companies allegedly used in swindle</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/av/Urussia-swindle.Ru7m_IOF.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/av/Urussia-swindle.Ru7m_IOF.html</guid><timestamp>1224094487</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/av/Urussia-swindle.Ru7m_IOF.html">&#60;/a>MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Investigators say Russian Defense Ministry officials swindled the government out of millions of rubles by creating fictitious contractors.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/av/Urussia-swindle.Ru7m_IOF.html">Fake companies allegedly used in swindle&#60;/a>&#60;br />MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Investigators say Russian Defense Ministry officials swindled the government out of millions of rubles by creating fictitious contractors.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>More owners torching cars for insurance</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-insurancefraud.Rejp_IOD.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cp/Uus-insurancefraud.Rejp_IOD.html</guid><timestamp>1223900686</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:24:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-insurancefraud.Rejp_IOD.html">&#60;/a>WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Insurance fraud investigators say more auto owners are torching their cars to get out from under debt in a bad economy.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-insurancefraud.Rejp_IOD.html">More owners torching cars for insurance&#60;/a>&#60;br />WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Insurance fraud investigators say more auto owners are torching their cars to get out from under debt in a bad economy.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Software executives charged with fraud</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-entellium.Rchz_IO9.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bh/Uus-entellium.Rchz_IO9.html</guid><timestamp>1223586888</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:14:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-entellium.Rchz_IO9.html">&#60;/a>SEATTLE, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Executives at a Seattle software company routinely inflated company revenues to attract investors, federal authorities allege.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-entellium.Rchz_IO9.html">Software executives charged with fraud&#60;/a>&#60;br />SEATTLE, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Executives at a Seattle software company routinely inflated company revenues to attract investors, federal authorities allege.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>ACORN drawing even more criticism</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-politics-acorn.RaGq_IO8.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cp/Uus-politics-acorn.RaGq_IO8.html</guid><timestamp>1223511286</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:14:46 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-politics-acorn.RaGq_IO8.html">&#60;/a>LAS VEGAS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A community-based organization&#39;s voter drive that has registered some 1.3 million voters is drawing allegations of fraud, observers say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cp/Uus-politics-acorn.RaGq_IO8.html">ACORN drawing even more criticism&#60;/a>&#60;br />LAS VEGAS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- A community-based organization&#39;s voter drive that has registered some 1.3 million voters is drawing allegations of fraud, observers say.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Judge: Restitution offer &#39;ridiculous&#39;</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cl/Unewzealand-embezzler.RqS__IO5.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/cl/Unewzealand-embezzler.RqS__IO5.html</guid><timestamp>1223184896</timestamp><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:34:56 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cl/Unewzealand-embezzler.RqS__IO5.html">&#60;/a>NAPIER, New Zealand, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A New Zealand judge has sentenced a man convicted of fraud to prison, calling the prospect of repayment of millions of dollars &quot;ridiculous.&quot;&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/cl/Unewzealand-embezzler.RqS__IO5.html">Judge: Restitution offer &#39;ridiculous&#39;&#60;/a>&#60;br />NAPIER, New Zealand, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A New Zealand judge has sentenced a man convicted of fraud to prison, calling the prospect of repayment of millions of dollars &quot;ridiculous.&quot;&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Leader of Calif. mortgage scam sentenced</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ao/Uus-mortgagescam.RqN0_IO3.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ao/Uus-mortgagescam.RqN0_IO3.html</guid><timestamp>1223064890</timestamp><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:14:50 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ao/Uus-mortgagescam.RqN0_IO3.html">&#60;/a>LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Los Angeles real estate developer to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million mortgage fraud.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ao/Uus-mortgagescam.RqN0_IO3.html">Leader of Calif. mortgage scam sentenced&#60;/a>&#60;br />LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Los Angeles real estate developer to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million mortgage fraud.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Woman arrested over $3.5M lottery prize</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bo/Ucanada-lotterysuit.RCxn_IO2.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bo/Ucanada-lotterysuit.RCxn_IO2.html</guid><timestamp>1222949103</timestamp><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:05:03 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bo/Ucanada-lotterysuit.RCxn_IO2.html">&#60;/a>WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman and her daughter have been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police in connection with cashing a disputed $3.5 million lottery ticket.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bo/Ucanada-lotterysuit.RCxn_IO2.html">Woman arrested over $3.5M lottery prize&#60;/a>&#60;br />WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian woman and her daughter have been arrested by Ontario Provincial Police in connection with cashing a disputed $3.5 million lottery ticket.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Opera buff charged with defrauding clients</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-conman.RgUy_ISU.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bh/Uus-conman.RgUy_ISU.html</guid><timestamp>1222823108</timestamp><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:05:08 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-conman.RgUy_ISU.html">&#60;/a>NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A New York patron of the arts known for his largess to the Metropolitan Opera is on trial, charged with swindling clients of his investment firm.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bh/Uus-conman.RgUy_ISU.html">Opera buff charged with defrauding clients&#60;/a>&#60;br />NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A New York patron of the arts known for his largess to the Metropolitan Opera is on trial, charged with swindling clients of his investment firm.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Man charged with Mich. football camp con</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bn/Uus-footballcamp.R4aY_ISU.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/bn/Uus-footballcamp.R4aY_ISU.html</guid><timestamp>1222799089</timestamp><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:24:49 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bn/Uus-footballcamp.R4aY_ISU.html">&#60;/a>WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Police in a Detroit suburb say they had more than 40 complaints against a man charged in an alleged swindle connected to a University of Michigan football camp.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/bn/Uus-footballcamp.R4aY_ISU.html">Man charged with Mich. football camp con&#60;/a>&#60;br />WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Police in a Detroit suburb say they had more than 40 complaints against a man charged in an alleged swindle connected to a University of Michigan football camp.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Walgreens pays $9.9 million settlement</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ap/Uus-walgreens.Re4A_IST.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ap/Uus-walgreens.Re4A_IST.html</guid><timestamp>1222718712</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:05:12 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ap/Uus-walgreens.Re4A_IST.html">&#60;/a>WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- National pharmacy giant Walgreens Co. paid $9.9 million to settle claims it had overbilled four state Medicaid agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ap/Uus-walgreens.Re4A_IST.html">Walgreens pays $9.9 million settlement&#60;/a>&#60;br />WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- National pharmacy giant Walgreens Co. paid $9.9 million to settle claims it had overbilled four state Medicaid agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice said.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
<item><title>Opposition shut out in Belarus election</title><link>http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ad/Ubelarus-election.RYYs_IST.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">wed/ad/Ubelarus-election.RYYs_IST.html</guid><timestamp>1222691695</timestamp><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ad/Ubelarus-election.RYYs_IST.html">&#60;/a>MINSK, Belarus, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Opposition leaders say Belarus election results in which only supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko won parliamentary seats are evidence of fraud.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></description><media:text type="html">&#60;p>&#60;a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/news.crime.fraud+embezzle/2/wed/ad/Ubelarus-election.RYYs_IST.html">Opposition shut out in Belarus election&#60;/a>&#60;br />MINSK, Belarus, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Opposition leaders say Belarus election results in which only supporters of President Alexander Lukashenko won parliamentary seats are evidence of fraud.&#60;/p>&#60;br clear="all"/></media:text><media:credit role="publishing company">(UPI)</media:credit></item>
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