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Audit clears school district of misappropriation allegations
An outside consultant has determined that the Burbank Unified School District — despite confusing record keeping that had raised accountability questions — accurately reported how it spent roughly $274 million during the past 15 years.
The...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Embezzlement
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Burbank firm named in indictment for $9M fraud scheme
Employees of a Burbank movie company face charges of conspiracy and fraud after allegedly bilking investors of $9 million to make independent films.Tags: Fraud, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Movie company accused of fraud
Employees of a Burbank movie company face charges of conspiracy and fraud after allegedly bilking investors of $9 million to make independent films. An indictment from a federal grand jury this week focused on Q Media Assets LLC, located at 2301 W. Olive...Tags: Tools and Hardware, Tickets, Companies and Corporations, Marketing, Crimes
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Burbank accountant accused of stealing from assemblyman's campaign fund
A Burbank accountant who has worked as a campaign treasurer for many prominent California Democrats is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the election fund of Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana), according to a criminal complaint...Tags: Loretta Sanchez, Disneyland Park, Local Elections, FBI, American Express Company
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Tobacco wholesaler faces tax evasion charges
The owner of a Burbank-based tobacco wholesaler has been charged with 37 counts of mail fraud and is accused of owing the state $554,000 in unpaid taxes. The indictment, which the U.S. Attorney's Office unsealed Monday, alleges that between May 2006 and...Tags: Lawyers, Health, Crimes, State Budgets, Politics
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B-movie producer charged in Ponzi scheme
A Burbank business owner was arraigned this week on 89 felony counts related to a $9-million Ponzi scheme. Mahmoud Karkehabadi — also known as Mike Karkeh — is accused of promising investors up to 35% returns for making loans to his B-movie...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Flavor Flav, Lawyers, Companies and Corporations, Crimes
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Local man facing charges in Illinois
A Burbank man is facing fraud charges in Illinois for allegedly charging customers for unsolicited identity theft protection services. The owner of Glendale-based ID Lifeguards Inc., Arthur Natanyan, faces charges under the provisions of Illinois'...Tags: Fraud, Lisa Madigan, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Theft, Companies and Corporations
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Mailbag: Ramani deserved harsher punishment
The Fair Political Practices Commission is an embarrassment, engaging in a full investigation, convicting Sunder Ramani of 33 direct campaign violations ("Report: Ramani campaign erred, Sept. 3) and simply slapping him on the hand and saying don't do it...Tags: Iraq, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Political Corruption, Bribery
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Woman gets 5 years for scam
A Burbank woman was sentenced to five years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to operating a $10.3-million Ponzi scheme. She was also ordered to pay $6.1 million to victims after having already returned a portion of the money. Clelia Flores,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Stock Broking, Companies and Corporations, Lawyers, Crimes
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Mailbag: I brake for just about everyone
Marylou Spires, I feel your frustration regarding the issues you have with pedestrians and the excessive speed of many motorists ("Jaywalking law needs to be enforced, June 19). I see "near misses" every day as a pedestrian and as a motorist. There is...Tags: Laurel, Travel, Theft, Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Bribery
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Art Review: Editorial etchings
The art of Francisco Goya is not something to love or hate. It is something to decipher. The Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale presents "The Caprichos Etchings and Aquatints (1799)," 80 of the artist's cutting edge copper plate prints, in a rational, eye-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Politics, Fraud, Human Rights
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Man returns to U.S. to face charges
A former Newport Beach resident charged for running a fraudulent Internet company returned to the U.S. on Thursday after fleeing the country in 1999. James S. Eberhart, 71, was deported from Malaysia and was expected in the U.S. District Court in Los...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, FBI, Companies and Corporations, Malaysia, Police Investigations
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