Priest Pleads Guilty To ’66 Abuse
Sexually molesting a Silver Spring youth in 1966 A former Roman Catholic priest who served in Prince George's and Montgomery counties pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually molesting a Silver Spring youth in 1966, a crime that the victim, now 44, did not report until last May. James A. Finan, 70, a former pastor of St. Nicholas … [Read more...] about Priest Pleads Guilty To ’66 Abuse
Priest Pleads Guilty To Abuse
A 75-year-old priest pleaded guilty yesterday to sex charges stemming from incidents that occurred more than 40 years ago. Rev. John Harper pleaded guilty to the charges laid after Peter Gahlinger claimed he was sexually abused by the Aylmer priest between 1959 and 1964. Harper, at the time an assistant priest at Our Lady of … [Read more...] about Priest Pleads Guilty To Abuse
Former Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Elderly Patient
Nursing Supervisor Has Pleaded Guilty To Charges. Peggy Couse, 43, who was employed as a nursing supervisor at Twin City Health Care in Gas City, Indiana, has pleaded guilty to charges that she tried to kill an 83-year-old nursing home patient, Virgil Dailey, with a lethal dose of morphine. While Dailey died in January 2003 from … [Read more...] about Former Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Elderly Patient
Enron’s Fastow Pleads Guilty To Two Charges
Enron’s Fastow Entered Guilty Pleas. Andrew Fastow, former Enron chief financial officer, entered guilty pleas on two counts of fraud on Wednesday, accepting a plea agreement under which he will serve time in prison and might have to testify against his former bosses. In a separate deal with the Securities and Exchange … [Read more...] about Enron’s Fastow Pleads Guilty To Two Charges
Fifteenth HealthSouth Exec Pleads Guilty in Fraud Probe
HealthSouth Exec Pleaded Guilty In An Accounting Fraud. A former vice president at HealthSouth Corp. pleaded guilty Monday to faking records on a $27 million stock sale, the 15th former employee to plead guilty in a massive accounting fraud at the rehabilitation services giant. Catherine Fowler, a former vice president and cash … [Read more...] about Fifteenth HealthSouth Exec Pleads Guilty in Fraud Probe
Third Former Rite Aid Exec Pleads Guilty
Rite Aid Exec Pleaded Guilty. A third former Rite Aid Corp. executive pleaded guilty Thursday in the pharmacy chain's accounting-fraud case, and a judge gave the company's former chief counsel further time to decide whether to face a trial or change his innocent plea. Eric S. Sorkin, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy … [Read more...] about Third Former Rite Aid Exec Pleads Guilty
Second HealthSouth Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
HealthSouth Executive Plead Guilty To Charges. HealthSouth Corp. Chief Financial Officer William T. Owens admitted falsifying financial statements, becoming the second company executive to plead guilty and help a federal investigation of the biggest U.S. operator of rehabilitation hospitals. Owens admitted he began conspiring in … [Read more...] about Second HealthSouth Executive Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
Ex-Adelphia Exec Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
Ex-Adelphia Exec Pleaded Guilty. A second former Adelphia Communications Corp. executive pleaded guilty to fraud charges in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Friday, bolstering the prosecution's case against his former bosses. Timothy A. Werth, Adelphia's former director of accounting and a onetime accountant in Buffalo, pleaded … [Read more...] about Ex-Adelphia Exec Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges
Adelphia Exec Pleads Guilty
Adelphia Exec Pleaded Guilty. The former accounting director for Adelphia Communications Corp. pleaded guilty Friday in a cooperation agreement that should strengthen the government's case against the founder of the now bankrupt cable company and his sons. Timothy Worth entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan a day … [Read more...] about Adelphia Exec Pleads Guilty
Second Adelphia Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Fraud Case Against Cable Television Company. A second former Adelphia Communications executive on Friday pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the US government’s ongoing fraud case against members of the cable television company's founding family. Timothy Werth, Adelphia's ex-director of accounting, pleaded guilty to … [Read more...] about Second Adelphia Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Ex-Director Pleads Guilty To Tyco Fraud
Tyco Fraud Was Not Properly Disclosed. The former chairman of Tyco International's compensation committee was arrested this morning and agreed to give back a $20 million payment that was not properly disclosed to shareholders and the board. The former Tyco board member, Frank E. Walsh Jr., pleaded guilty to criminal charges of … [Read more...] about Ex-Director Pleads Guilty To Tyco Fraud
Ex-Tyco Director Pleads Guilty to Felony
Ex-Tyco Director Pleaded Guilty To Fraud. A former director of Tyco International has paid $22.5 million in restitution and fines after pleading guilty to securities fraud by arranging a Tyco acquisition and failing to tell fellow board members about his payment from the deal. Frank E. Walsh Jr., 61, avoided jail time Tuesday in a … [Read more...] about Ex-Tyco Director Pleads Guilty to Felony
Ex-Tyco Director Walsh Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Ex-Tyco Director Pleaded Guilty To Fraud. Former Tyco International Ltd. board member Frank E. Walsh pleaded guilty to felony fraud charges today and agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle allegations that he took an improper $20 million payment related to Tyco's 2001 acquisition of CIT Group Inc. Walsh, 61, resigned from Tyco in … [Read more...] about Ex-Tyco Director Walsh Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Ex-Tyco Exec Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
Ex-Tyco Exec Pleaded Guilty To Fraud. The former lead director at Tyco International Ltd. pleaded guilty to securities fraud Tuesday, and agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle the charges. Frank E. Walsh, 61, admitted that he did not disclose to his own board that he would receive a $20 million finder's fee for helping to broker … [Read more...] about Ex-Tyco Exec Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
Enron Energy Trader Pleads Guilty
Enron Energy Trader Executive Pleaded Guilty. In the first charges involving Enron's suspected rigging of the California energy market, a former Enron executive pleaded guilty Thursday to scheming with others to jack up electricity prices during the state's power crisis. Timothy Belden, former director of Enron's California and … [Read more...] about Enron Energy Trader Pleads Guilty
Ex-WorldCom Executive Pleads Guilty
Ex-WorldCom Executive Buford Yates Pleads Guilty. Former WorldCom executive Buford Yates became the second company official in two weeks to plead guilty in the bankrupt company’s multibillion-dollar accounting scandal, insisting that he also was following orders from top-level management. Yates, the ex-director of general … [Read more...] about Ex-WorldCom Executive Pleads Guilty
WorldCom Officer Pleads Guilty To Fraud
WorldCom Officer Massive Accounting Fraud. Former WorldCom Inc. accounting director Buford "Buddy" Yates Jr. pleaded guilty today to assisting in a massive accounting fraud that helped drive the nation's second-largest long-distance carrier into the biggest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. Legal experts said Yates's cooperation … [Read more...] about WorldCom Officer Pleads Guilty To Fraud
Merrill Assistant Broker Pleads Guilty
Merrill Assistant Broker Pleaded Guilty. A Merrill Lynch assistant broker on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor bribery charge in a move that increases pressure on Martha Stewart and Sam Waksal in the ImClone insider trading scandal. Douglas Faneuil reportedly admitted to receiving money or other valuables "as consideration … [Read more...] about Merrill Assistant Broker Pleads Guilty
Aide Pleads Guilty In Stewart Case
An Assistant Pleaded Guilty Over Stewart Case. An assistant to Martha Stewart's stockbroker pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge that he was paid off to keep secret about an insider stock tip allegedly given to Stewart. Douglas Faneuil pleaded guilty as part of a deal to testify against Stewart and others who might be … [Read more...] about Aide Pleads Guilty In Stewart Case
Former WorldCom Official Pleads Guilty To Accounting Charges
WorldCom Accounting Charges. WorldCom Inc.'s former controller pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he manipulated accounting to inflate profits and tried to cover it up. David F. Myers, the first WorldCom executive to fall in the largest accounting scandal in U.S. history, told U.S. District Court Judge Richard C. Casey that … [Read more...] about Former WorldCom Official Pleads Guilty To Accounting Charges
WorldCom Exec Pleads Guilty
WorldCom Exec Guilty Plea. Prosecutors secured their first guilty plea in the largest accounting scandal in U.S. history yesterday as WorldCom Inc.'s former controller admitted he helped falsify the company's books. David Myers, who resigned as controller and vice president of the telecommunications giant in June after WorldCom … [Read more...] about WorldCom Exec Pleads Guilty
Gliatech Pleads Guilty to Fed Charges
Gliatech Plead Guilty To Charges. Gliatech Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to six misdemeanor charges for providing false or incomplete information to the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) about the biotechnology company's main product, a back surgery gel. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jack B. Streepy gave the company … [Read more...] about Gliatech Pleads Guilty to Fed Charges
