Crime Doesn't Pay

Symposium -- "White Collar Crime: Issues in Tax Fraud" October 14, 2008, 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. University of Houston Law Center Houston, Texas Stuart Green, Professor of Law and Justice Nathan L. Jacobs Scholar, ...  

A house guest who helped himself to his roommates' identities faces a likely prison sentence after admitting in federal court Friday that he obtained 17 credit cards in the names of two people he lived with and ...  

The lead defendant in a nationwide $60 million tax fraud conspiracy was sentenced today to more than 18 1/2 years in prison, federal officials announced. Michael A. Vallone of Orland Park, Ill., was one of the founders and the executive director of The Aegis Company, now defunct and formerly...  

DAYTON — The former owner of Payroll Data Services, Inc., was sentenced Wednesday, Oct. 1, to five years in state prison and was ordered to pay nearly $182,400 in restitution.  

PHILLIP LEVAUGHN RAGLIN, 23, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, was sentenced by United States District Judge Ronald A. White in the Eastern District of Oklahoma to serve 120 months in federal prison, followed by... This is a mere summary. Go to http://www.backgroundnow.com/blog for the real deal.  

ABDELHAMID SEDRATI, age 56, whose last known address was 712 8th Avenue in Albany, Georgia, was arrested last week, without incident, by FBI Special Agents in Atlanta,... This is a mere summary. Go to http://www.backgroundnow.com/blog for the real deal.  

Husband, co-worker arrested in soldier’s death: Meet 18-year-old Pfc. Matthew Wayne Kvapil. By looking at his MySpace you would think he was just your normal 18-year-old. He was in the Army stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. It’s there where he’s accused of killing Sgt. Christina E. Smith...  

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court called Monday for renewed efforts to arrest a notorious Ugandan rebel leader following reports of a new wave of attacks. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Lords Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony must be arrested following attacks and abductions by his...  

Al-Hayat (LONDON): Ocampo: Decisive Evidence Against Bashir, Arrest Warrant Expected in Three Months – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Luis Moreno Ocampo , said in an interview with Al-Hayat that the court is expected to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese...  

Last week, the Rogers Crime Suppression Unit solved 34 graffiti cases with one arrest. Few people know that, however, because Sgt. Stephen Charles is not the kind of officer to make a big deal out of it. He knows he should let residents hear about the unit’s successes, but he said it isn’t really...  

THE HAGUE (AFP)--The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Monday renewed calls for the arrest of Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony following attacks by the Ugandan rebel group on Congolese citizens.  

Criminal lawyer Carl Garland is correct. When it comes to fighting crime in this region, and probably across the country, we don't need longer jail [...]  

A Crookston man who pleaded guilty last month to three counts of felony second-degree criminal sexual conduct was sentenced in Polk County District Court Monday to 20 years in prison.  

Cherokee Teacher Facing More Charges: 41-year-old Matthew Gantz was a teacher at Cherokee High School in Georgia. Recently he was arrested when two former students of his came out and said they had sexual relationships with Gantz while the girls were underage. Gantz has been charged with 5...  

Florida Teen Charged With Gruesome Slaying: 16-year-old Alan Michael Tanguay has been charged with a most brutal crime. He’s been arrested for the murder of 58-year-old Patricia Kaliszeski. Tanguay broke into her house in order to rob it and knew that she was home. He stabbed her multiple times...