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Bank CEO, top executives convicted on multiple fraud charges
Following a multi-week trial, a CEO, three senior executives and a favored borrower were convicted Friday by a federal jury in Virginia in a fraud scheme that led to the collapse of the Bank of the Commonwealth. The men were able to hide non-performing assets at the bank, causing it to fail in...
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Watchdog: Two on Senate panel probing Apple own its stock
At least two of the senators on a committee investigating Apple Inc. over the company's off shore tax accounts have hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the company, according to a journalism watchdog group. Apple, which was the sixth most widely owned corporate stock among members of...
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Some wonder if IRS scandal began with Goolsbee remark on Koch taxes
Treasury Department investigators completed but never released a 2011 law enforcement probe of White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee, The Washington Examiner has learned. The investigation by the Treasury Department Inspector-General for Tax Administration was sparked by Goulsbee's...
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IG reports NY health officials got $54.3 million they should return
Illegally claiming traumatic brain injury reimbursements allowed the New York State Department of Health to pocket more than $54 million. According to a report from the Inspector General, New York was able to get reimbursed for $54.3 million in Federal Medicaid money for a services that were...
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Watchdog: Afghans levy $1 billion in improper taxes on U.S. contractors, IG claims
Repeated requests for explanations of illegitimate taxes levied on U.S. contractors in Afghanistan went unanswered by the Ministry of Finance, forcing the inspector general in charge of overseeing Afghan reconstruction to rely on information from contractors and non-government sources. The...
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States, employers junking Obamacare 'calculators'
Two online health calculators designed by federal officials to help states and employers comply with Obamacare mandates are riddled with so many flaws that users are abandoning them, The Washington Examiner has learned. Users say the calculators - one used by state officials, the other by...
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Newly released docs show inconsistencies in FBI training manual censorship
Implying the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization or that al Qaeda had links to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center were enough to have documents purged from FBI training manuals, according to newly released agency documents. Other training materials that were scrubbed from...
