Posts Tagged ‘Felonies’

Blagojevich Charged With 16 Corruption Felonies

The New York Times has an update on the Blago the Clown tale:By MONICA DAVEY and SUSAN SAULNY. Published: April 2, 2009CHICAGO — Rod R. Blagojevich, the ousted governor of Illinois, used his chance to fill the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama as one more money-making plot in a vast racketeering scheme, federal prosecutors said Thursday, an operation they described as the “Blagojevich Enterprise.” In a 19-count indictment, prosecutors said the “primary purpose of the Blagojevich Enterprise was to exercise and preserve power over the government of the State of Illinois for the financial and political benefit of” Mr.

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Satyam Computer Services,Indias Enron Satyam’s chairman, Ramalinga Raju arrested

Satyam Computer Services, an outsourcing company that serves more than a third of the Fortune 500, had been significantly inflating its earnings and assets for years. According to the Satyam’s chairman, Ramalinga Raju, more than $1 billion in cash and bank loans the company listed in assets were simply nonexistent.

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