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Muslim Prison Chaplain Rebuffed in Bid to Sue N.Y. Post for Libel

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:46:01 +0000

A judge has dismissed a suit brought by a Muslim state prison chaplain who claimed she was libeled in a New York Post column that suggested she had “radicalized” inmates and incited them to plot to bomb synagogues in the Bronx and to shoot down a military aircraft.

Attorney Pleads Guilty in Sex-With-Minor Sting

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:17:19 +0000

A Los Angeles attorney has pleaded guilty to charges that he traveled to a hotel to meet a 16-year-old girl from Georgia who turned out to be an undercover police detective.

Attorney Convicted in Sex Shakedown Getting Out on Probation

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:48:35 +0000

Texas attorney Ted Roberts spent one month in state prison on his conviction of theft-related charges for threatening litigation to extract money from two men who had sex with his then-wife in 2001 and 2002. Now he’s getting out.

Probate Attorney Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 03:39:31 +0000

A California probate attorney has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from his clients’ estates, according to prosecutors.

DOJ Challenges Sex Offender’s Effort to Renounce Citizenship

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:29:08 +0000

James Kaufman, a registered sex offender who is locked up in state prison in Wisconsin, has been trying for six years to renounce his citizenship, arguing that he is entitled to do so inside the United States during a state of war. But the Justice Department has fought Kaufman’s effort to shed his citizenship while still in the country. And now that fight has gone to the D.C

Fifth Attorney Charged in Insurance Fraud Probe

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:29:24 +0000

An attorney suspected in an automobile insurance fraud ring was arrested on Thursday by investigators for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Lawyer and Socialite’s Son Draw Prison Terms for Looting Astor Estate

Master — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:55:03 +0000

Anthony D. Marshall, son of New York socialite Brooke Astor, was sentenced Monday to at least a year in state prison for looting his mother’s $132 million estate.