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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: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), 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: Prosecution, Central Intelligence Agency, Tools and Hardware, Marketing, Manhattan (New York City)
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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: Disneyland Park, Democratic Party, Loretta Sanchez, Dianne Feinstein, Theft
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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: Prosecution, Healthcare Policies, Politics, Crimes, State Budgets
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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: Marketing, Crimes, Bankruptcy, Laguna Niguel (Orange, California), Flavor Flav
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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: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Burbank (Cook, Illinois)
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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: Punishment, Crimes, Los Angeles, Corporate Crime, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: Corporate Crime, Arts and Culture, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Human Rights, Politics
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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: Prosecution, Defendants, Malaysia, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Crime
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Maldición de los Marlins atormenta a Pujols
A finales del año pasado, tres meses antes del inicio de la temporada 2012 del béisbol de Grandes Ligas, pronostiqué miserias para Albert Pujols y sus Angelinos de Los Angeles.
Hasta ahora no me he equivocado, y me sorprende lo "sorprendido" que...Tags: Heath Bell, HBO (tv network), Rafael Palmeiro, David Samson, Alberto Callaspo
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State attorney general announces charges in widespread senior scam
NORRISTOWN — To more than 200 Pennsylvania senior citizens who thought they were getting a helping hand, American Comfort Home Care Services may have seemed like a bargain.
In reality, the company and two others run by men from the Philadelphia...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Prosecution, Theft, Corporate Crime, Economy, Business and Finance
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Guard yourself against paid-to-shop scams
Who wouldn't want to get paid to go shopping? That's partly the allure behind "mystery shopper" scams. While they aren't new, these phony "we'll pay you to shop"-type ads sprouted like online weeds during the recession as job-hungry Americans hunted...Tags: Email, Business Institutions, Career and Workplace, Business, Labor Legislation
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