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Ducks owner Henry Samueli to plead guilty in Broadcom stock …Los Angeles Times, CA - 22 minutes agoAlex Pham covers consumer electronics and video games (no, she doesn't get to play World of Warcraft all day). She has been a business reporter for nearly … Written by Google Inc. and Powered by WordPress

This is an amazing story.A blog reader spotted these Cuban refugees from a cruise ship and took photos. Look at this crappy raft that these Cubans took to flee the Castro brother’s island paradise:Babalu has the story of these desperate refugees.More here. . via iBeginShare.attachButton('share-tool-1192573858', {title: 'Cuban Rafters Plead With Cruise Ship For Assistance', link: '-rafters-

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) _ A Florida man was expected to plead guilty to a federal charge of threatening over the Internet to stage a Virginia Tech-style massacre, according to court documents filed Tuesday by prosecutors. Calin Chi Wong, 20, was to plead guilty to a single Internet threat charge Wednesday. At [...]

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ An Ohio man accused of plotting terrorist bombings against Americans overseas could have faced life in prison. Instead, a plea agreement offered Christopher Paul allows for a 20-year sentence. Paul, 44, who grew up in the Columbus suburb of Worthington, was to be tried next year in [...]

As reported by Central Ohioans Against Terrorism (via Michelle Malkin), an al Qaeda member in Ohio named Christopher "Kenyatta" Paul has agreed to plead guilty: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man accused of joining al-Qaida and plotting to bomb resorts and military bases abroad has agreed to plead guilty, according to federal court documents filed Monday. Christopher Paul, 44, a U.S. citizen who gr

Charles Elliott Fitzgerald, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and loan fraud; three counts of bank fraud; one count of organizing, managing, and supervising a continuing financial crimes enterprise; one count of conceal...

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In the following press release United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced that Kolawole Aminu, age 45, a Nigerian national, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to make a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud a mortgage lender. Oyekunle Ikudayisi, age 39, of White Plains, Maryland, pleaded guilty to the same charge on April 23, 2008. According to their plea agreements, Aminu and Ikudayisi conspired with others to purchase properties from a company owned by a co-conspirator. Aminu and Ikudayisi obtained mortgage loans for the properties in their own names, using their good credit histories. The co-conspirator, however, was responsible for making all payments associated with the purchase of the properties, including the down payments, cl

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) seems to be mimicking Google in their latest tactic to gain support for congestion relief. Similar to Google driving around and videotaping streets across the country, the NVTA is asking residents to create orignial...

aceshowbiz Mischa Barton is planning to plead no contest, which is similar to a guilty plea, in DUI case at her arraignment Thursday, April 10 in Beverly Hills court. She has, as part of the plea, agreed to serve a three-year unsupervised probation term.Mischa was pulled over around 2:45 A.M. on December 27, when she was driving on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. She was stopped by the authorities after they saw her car straddling two lanes of traffic and failing to signal for a turn. The actress was briefly jailed before then being released on 10,000 dollars bail.

I'm in the Chi! This is weird, I don't do too many trips home, ya know? My dad still seems to be in the dark about me coming to his retirement party tonight, so I can't wait to see how excited he is to see me and my sister!So, in my absence, my mother has went from a woman who could get tipsy off two glasses of wine to one who pulls out a bottle of tequila and proclaims "This is even better than Patron!" I didn't even think she knew what Patron is! Excuse me, I'm getting a little misty eyed. I'm just so proud. Between my dad's 26 years of service to the community as a police detective, and my mother's new found appreciation for all that is liquor....I'm just a little too happy for words.My mom is still new to this whole boozing thing, so let's get my breakfast margarita a secret between us

The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, is expected to be sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service talking to youth groups around the country, followed by about 12 months in prison. The two people familiar with the negotiations spoke on condition of anonymity because the plea deal had not been finalized yet Thursday morning. (link)I never foresaw this turn of events! Originally T.I. was going to fight the case because of the severe time he could get for pleading guilty. But it looks like pleading guilty would only result in a year, when it was expected atleast to be three years.T.I. situation is looking good especially cuz it seemed like he was trying to start a gun cartel that would rival the Taliban and Al Qaeda! Thanks Necole.

Clifford Harris Jr. aka T.I. is expected to appear at the Federal Court House today March 27, where he will plead guilty to multiple firearms charges. The 27-year-old rapper will serve around 12 months in prison and will be sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service, which consists of speaking to youth groups from around the country. That's so cute, maybe he can speak to the children about why it's "Bad" to buy firearms, PLEASE, give me a break! I believe Rappers receive "a get out of jail free" card when they are signed to their labels. Don't get me wrong, I like T.I., but this foolishness pisses me off! U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pannell Jr. is expected to review and accept the plea around 1:30 P.M. later this afternoon. The rapper was caught attempting to purchase illegal mach

  Atlanta Multi-platinum selling  rapper T.I. today is expected to enter a plea of guilty to multiple weapons charges. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., is scheduled to enter his plea at 1:30 p.m. today at the federal courthouse in Atlanta Good luck T.I (you’ll certainly need it)

Via AJC: Atlanta rapper T.I. today is expected to enter a plea of guilty to multiple weapons charges, according to a person familiar with negotiations between prosecutors and the rapper's defense team. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., is scheduled to enter his plea at 1:30 p.m. today at the federal courthouse in Atlanta. When he is sentenced at a later date, Harris faces certain prison time.Harris was indicted in October on weapons charges that include illegally possessing three machine guns and two silencers and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.Federal prosecutors and Harris' defense team have been engaged in intense plea negotiations the past several weeks. The plea agreement must be approved by a federal judge. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Court J

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Local News Carnation murder suspects plead not guilty Seattle Times Newspaper This woman will be the next death row woman. I cant see how she will escape that fate except for the fact that Washington has not had a woman on the row. Take a look at this article. It has a picture of her boyfriend as they were araigned. They admitted killing the whole family but have pleaded not guilty. I wonder how

~spree~Because national attention was focused on Hurricane Katrina and its devastating affects on New Orleans, news of this foiled terror plot, that had already gone from planning to operations, was not given the attention that other less deadly plots have been given, even though the federal indictment of four defendants was unsealed and announced by top Justice Department officials in Los Angeles and Washington.Dubbed as the JIS ( Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh) plot was a terrorist plot to attack more than a dozen military and Jewish sites in the Los Angeles area on September 11, 2005, and it was devised inside a cell at the New Folsom State Prison, a maximum-security prison outside Sacramento, Calif.Flashback to 2005:Law enforcement officials told ABC News that Peter Martinez, a former Oakland street gang member, and his cellmate Kevin James organized the plot and recruited as many as 13 other inmates in a jihad against the United States. The two inmates have since been placed in spe

In the following press release United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that Alejandro Lopez, Emilio Lopez, Ravinderjit Singh Sekhon, and Linda Velasquez each pled guilty today in federal court in San Diego to conspiracy and wire fraud charges. The defendants entered their guilty pleas before United States Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormes, subject to final acceptance of the pleas by United States District Court Judge Marilyn L. Huff at the time of sentencing. According to court records, Alejandro and Emilio Lopez were two of the owners of “Century 21 El Dorado,” a San Marcos, California firm (pictured below) that offered real estate and home financing services targeting mostly Hispanic clientele. Alejandro and Emilio Lopez headed the “Lopez Team,” which consisted of, among others, loan officers, loan processors and real estate agents who conducted fraudulent real estate and loan broker activities. Ravinderjit Singh Sekon was a loan officer, and Linda

In the following press release the FBI in Minneapolis announced that the long-time Minnesota home builder, Parish Marketing and Development Corporation (PMDC), and its owners, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud and money laundering charges arising from their scheme involving approximately 200 residences and approximately $100 million in loan proceeds. PMDC and its owners acknowledged obtaining more than $25 million for PMDC from the scheme. PMDC, its owners, Michael Alan Parish, 62, and his wife, Ardith Ann Parish, 61, and a PMDC agent, Christopher David Troup, 39, all of Eagan, appeared before Judge Ann D. Montgomery and pleaded guilty to participating in the conspiracy. According to their pleas, all four defendants acknowledged participating in the mortgage fraud scheme, by which PMDC utilized “straw buyers” to purchase approximately 200 properties built by PMDC, primarily in the New Prague, New Market and Lonsdale area. In t

Parish Marketing and Development Corporation (PMDC), and its owners, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud and money laundering charges arising from their scheme involving approximately 200 residences and approximately $100 million in loan proceeds. PMDC and its owners acknowledged obtaining more than $25 million for PMDC from the scheme. PMDC, its owners, Michael Alan Parish, 62, and his wife, Ardith Ann Parish, 61, …Read More...

Rollo Richard “Rick” Norton II and Scott Greer pled guilty in San Diego federal court to a felony charge of mail fraud, arising from their participation in a scheme to draw equity out of a San Diego condominium complex through a series of sham purchase transactions and refinances. Norton and Scott entered their guilty pleas before Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas, subject to final acceptance of the pleas by United States …Read More...

Scott William Hilgers, 34, Helena, Montana, and Todd Jeremy Rice, 34, Helena, Montana, pled guilty to conspiracy to scheme to defraud mortgage companies/wire fraud.  Hilgers is currently detained.  Rice is currently released on special conditions. In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following: In 2004, Hilgers, a Helena mortgage broker, was introduced by a …Read More...

Robert Amico, 45, and Richard Amico, 36, previously convicted in 2003 of defrauding mortgage lenders out of almost 60 million dollars for homes built in New York counties: Monroe, Ontario and Wayne, plead guilty to mortgage fraud charges on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, according to media reports. By pleading guilty, the Amico bothers are able to avoid a second trial in the matter; an event prosecutors had said was …Read More...

On August 28, 2007 United States Attorney for the Southern District of California, Karen P. Hewitt announced that Rollo Richard “Rick” Norton II and Scott Greer pled guilty today in federal court in San Diego to a felony charge of mail fraud, arising from their participation in a scheme to draw equity out of a San Diego condominium complex through a series of sham purchase transactions and refinances. Norton and Scott entered their guilty pleas before Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas, subject to final acceptance of the pleas by United States District Judge Marilyn L. Huff, at the time of sentencing. According to court papers, Norton was an investment advisor in Ramona, California. In or about 1999, an entity controlled by Norton purchased an apartment complex located on Crown Point Drive in San Diego, California, with the intention of completing the conversion of the apartments to condominiums for sale. Norton initially financed the acquisition and conversion of the Crown Poi

In the following press release from Jacksonville, FL, Acting United States Attorney James R. Klindt today announced that Justin D. Barker, 31, and Robert W. Hulbert, Jr., 45, both of Jacksonville, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The maximum penalty faced by both individuals is 30 years’ imprisonment, a fine in the amount of $1 million, a term of supervised release of up to five years, and special assessment of $100. According to the plea agreements, between January 2005 and June 2006, Barker negotiated with sellers of residential real estate properties, who executed Purchase and Sale Agreements to sell their properties at a given price. A co-conspirator, who was a licensed real estate appraiser, then fraudulently appraised the properties at substantially higher amounts than those stated on the Purchase and Sale Agreements. The conspirators provided a second, fraudulent, Purchase and Sale Agreement, showing the inflated appraisal price along with var

Justin D. Barker, 31, and Robert W. Hulbert, Jr., 45, both of Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The maximum penalty faced by both individuals is 30 years imprisonment, a fine in the amount of $1 million, a term of supervised release of up to five years, and special assessment of $100. According to the plea agreements and the criminal information, between January 2005 …Read More...

Floyd Irons and John Mineo, Jr., a Missouri restaurant operator, pled guilty to wire and mail fraud charges in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. “These defendants both allowed greed to tarnish successful and noteworthy careers. Now, they are facing lengthy prison sentences and the prospect of spending many years paying back this ill-gotten money,” said U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway. Both defendants have agreed to cooperate …Read More...

In the following press release from St. Louis, Missouri United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced that Floyd Irons and John Mineo, Jr., a local restaurant operator, pled guilty to wire and mail fraud charges in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.“These defendants both allowed greed to tarnish successful and noteworthy careers. Now, they are facing lengthy prison sentences and the prospect of spending many years paying back this ill-gotten money,” said Hanaway. Both defendants have agreed to cooperate in this ongoing investigation. As part of his plea agreement, Mr. Irons has agreed to provide complete and truthful information and assistance to the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) regarding high school athletic recruiting violations and any and all other MSHSAA violations he is aware of. During the course of this scheme, Irons was employed by the St. Louis Public Schools. Mineo operated his restaurant and was employed

Disgusting what people will do to innocent robots these days. The recent Robo-One bipedal robot competition in Japan played host to a round of robot-fighting. The geeks over at Crave gush, "In it, a Hawaiian-shirt-clad chicken robot lays the smackdown on a more traditional robot. Enjoy. It's hard not to. Nothing of this ilk would happen during lunchtime of our ongoing battle of the nonviolent robots." Perhaps Vick should've taken the robot-fighting route. At least then, the robot could've fought back with laser beams or something.tags technorati : chickenrobot japan japanese robot robots robotfighting vick

Rachel Donegan, 37, and David Lincoln, 37, Baltimore, Maryland, pled guilty to wire fraud arising from a mortgage fraud scheme. Donegan and Lincoln worked at 1st Metropolitan Mortgage and Guilford Title and Escrow, located in Baltimore, Maryland, preparing mortgage applications and assisting in mortgage closings.  According to their plea agreements (Donegan plea, Lincoln plea), from January 2005 to December 2006, Donegan and

Michael Vick will enter federal court on Monday, but a newly published report says he will not admit to gambling or killing the dogs. However, Vick is expected to plead guilty to the charge of 'interstate commerce for the purpose of dogfighting.'A source told ESPN he did not kill any dogs, but he was present when the dogs were being killed.Vick faces a maximum of five years in jail. However, a government source told the Associated Press yesterday that prosecutors would most likely recommend a sentence of 12 to 18 months in prison.Three co-defendants in the case have already pleaded guilty and, if the case goes to trial, will likely testify against Vick.

In a press release it was announced by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein that attorney Rachel Donegan and David Lincoln, both age 37, of Baltimore, have pleaded guilty to wire fraud arising from a mortgage fraud scheme. Donegan pleaded guilty today and Lincoln on August 10, 2007. Donegan and Lincoln worked at 1st Metropolitan Mortgage and Guilford Title and Escrow, located in Baltimore, preparing mortgage applications and assisting in mortgage closings. According to their plea agreements, from January 2005 to December 2006, Donegan and Lincoln participated with Yolanda Crawley and Shawn Michael Green in a scheme to wire mortgage applications to mortgage companies which contained false representations about Crawley and Green’s income and employment. The fraud scheme allowed Crawley to secure loans for properties in: Wellington, Florida valued at over $1 million; West Palm Beach, Florida valued at $500,000; and Columbia, Maryland valued a

I was just reading on the USA TODAY website the “Ten pressing questions surrounding Vick’s case” written by Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY. The federal judge, Henry Hudson, is saying “…Mr. Vick will be making a plea of guilty next Monday morning at 10:30.” In my opinion, they should have never offered him a plea. This should go to trial and he should get the maximum, which is not even enough. (more…)

What a thug... He had it all, the power, the money, and the endorsements from his football career and he will loose most of it if not all of it over what? A dog fighting ring. A mere $20,000 dollars for literally millions of dollars from his athletic ability. He could have been a force for good in these times with all that he did do for the community, but the thug came out and ruined everything. Perhaps in time, people will forget about the dogs and he will go back to professional sports and people will care more for what he can do instead of what he did…This from the news today:By Andy Jenks, NBC12 NewsNFL star Michael Vick will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges. Word of the plea agreement came late Monday afternoon at the federal courthouse.Vick had almost nowhere to run. Three former co-defendants all pleaded guilty. Now Vick, the multimillion-dollar NFL superstar has been left with no choice but to admit to his role in illegal dogfighting.Vick will plead guil

Facing the possibility of a new indictment, which includes racketeering charges, Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will most likely join his three co-defendants and agree this week to a plea deal with prosecutors in his federal dogfighting case, according to two people with knowledge of the case. Vick has not made a final decision, according to the two people with the knowledge of the case, because he wants to hear from the NFL what a guilty plea would do to his football career. Reported by Jeremy Redmon, Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Associated Press is reporting that NBA Referee Tim Donaghy is going to plead guilty on Wednesday " to charges alleging he wagered on games he officiated, a person familiar with the betting scandal probe said."The AP also reports that investigators are still trying to find out whether or not Donaghy provided inside information to other people.Tin Donaghy has proven to be just another power abusing NBA referee - except this case was both on and off the court.I hope that when the 2007-08 NBA season comes around, league officials will start being tough on the referees. NBA referees have been given far too much power on the courts over the past couple of seasons. It's become so ridiculous that neither the players or the coaches can speak their opinions without facing outrageous fines.If the Joey Crawford incident wasn't enough proof that NBA referees have too much power, I don't know what is...For the article on Donaghy, click here.UPDATE: Donaghy pleaded guilty to two felony charges

Defendants Olympia Ammons, Andre B. Benson, Raymond Costanzo, Jr., Ricardo Antonio Myrie, Daryl Maurice Smith, Fabian O. Wiltshire, and Calvin Lee Wright pled guilty to their roles in a complex mortgage fraud scheme and will be sentenced later this month. As previsouly reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, a superseding grand jury indictment charged 21 individuals in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme alleged to have operated between June 2004 and April 18, 2006.  …Read More...

In the following press release Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, John F. Pikus, Special Agent in Charge, Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Anne Marie Coons, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (Buffalo), announced the guilty pleas of MATTHEW J. KUPIC, 37, and FRANCIS THOMAS DISONELL, 37, both of Clifton Park, New York. KUPIC and DISONELL pled guilty before the Honorable Gary L. Sharpe in United States District Court in Albany, N.Y., to Bank Fraud and Income Tax Evasion which carry potential penalties, respectively, of 30 years imprisonment and a million-dollar fine, and 5 years imprisonment and $100,000 fine. In addition, KUPIC and DISONELL agreed to forfeit criminal proceeds totaling over $600,000, each. Sentencing is scheduled for September 5, 2007.In court today, KUPIC and DISONELL admitted their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that took place between March 2000 and

Two men have recently pleaded guilty during separate appearances before the District Court in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The guilty plea’s are the result of an investigation by the FBI who are continuing their enquiries. On May 15, 2007 Lake Geneva mortgage broker James J. Lytle pleaded guilty to an information which accused him of using straw borrowers and falsifying information in connection with mortgage loans taken on at least 19 properties in Walworth County, WI. Click here for the information and then here for the Plea Agreement Lytle’s plea agreement states that he fabricated the identity and creditworthiness of the borrowers and by inflating sales prices he made between $3,000 and $20,000 per transaction when swindling eight mortgage lending companies out of about $4 million. On June 20, 2007 Jose Valadez agreed to plead to a single count of wire fraud for using another man’s identifying information and acting as a straw buyer in the sale of a h

All four defendants indicted in connection with an Alabama mortgage fraud scheme have plead guilty: Darlene Hill, Mobile, Alabama - Real Estate Investor; Joycelyn Easter, Mobile, Alabama - Loan Closer; Kathy Fryee, Eight Mile, Alabama - Notary; and Antonio Harrison, Mobile, Alabama - Loan Officer. Darlene Hill, plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of submitting a …Read More...

Willie Collins and Freddie Johnson separately pleaded guilty (Collins Plea, Johnson Plea) to multiple counts of aggravated identity theft and mail fraud in connection with obtaining fraudulent mortgage loans on a Cherokee Triangle residence. Two other defendants, James Hardison and Marilyn Rainey, were also charged and are scheduled to stand trial in U.S. District Court. The charges to which Johnson and Collins pleaded …Read More...

James Lytle, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, is scheduled to plead guilty to defrauding mortgage lenders by making false representations in loan applications relating to the creditworthiness of borrowers and the appraised value of 19 properties.  The Information alleges a scheme wherein Lytle paid straw borrowers to obtain loans from eight different lenders for more than $4 million.  In one scheme specifically set forth in the Information, Lytle utilized …Read More...

Richard A. Maize, 53, Beverly Hills, a West Los Angeles, California mortgage banker, was charged by information and agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in a massive mortgage fraud scam that caused more than $18.5 million in losses to banks, including his former employer. Maize, a co-founder of Americorp Funding, a mortgage banking company with offices in West Los Angeles and Pasadena, was charged with …Read More...

James E. Coleman, 59, and James R. Rhoades, 48, Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty in separate appearances to a federal indictment. The January 2007 indictment charges Coleman and Rhoades for their part in a mortgage fraud scheme in which each of the defendants conspired and agreed to obtain and retain (for personal use) money from Fieldstone Mortgage Corporation and Freedom Title Company by means of material false pretenses, …Read More...

Christopher Craig, 35, Auburn, CA, pleaded guilty to Bank Fraud. According to Assistant United States Attorney Anne Pings, who prosecuted the case, the defendant admitted to a scheme in which he approached homeowners who were on the verge of having their homes foreclosed on by their mortgage lenders. Craig promised to loan them money. Instead, he created documents deeding away their residential properties to co-defendants who acted as “straws” and applied for home equity …Read More...

Matthew J. Kupic, 37, Clifton Park, New York, and Francis Thomas Disonell, 37, Clifton Park, New York, pled guilty to Bank Fraud and Income Tax Evasion which carry potential penalties, respectively, of 30 years imprisonment and a million-dollar fine, and 5 years imprisonment and $100,000 fine.  In addition, Kupic and Disonell agreed to forfeit criminal proceeds totaling over $600,000, each. The defendants admitted their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme …Read More...

In the following press release from Sacramento, CA United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that CHRISTOPHER CRAIG, 35, of Auburn, pleaded guilty today to Bank Fraud. The guilty plea took place before United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. This case was the product of an extensive investigation by the FBI. According to Assistant United States Attorney Anne Pings, who prosecuted the case, the defendant admitted to a scheme in which he approached homeowners who were on the verge of having their homes foreclosed on by their mortgage lenders. CRAIG promised to loan them money. Instead, he created documents deeding away their residential properties to co-defendants who acted as “straws” and applied for home equity loans from Washington Mutual Bank claiming falsely that they were the true owners of the properties and that there were no pending mortgages on the properties. Co-defendants DONALD EDGECOMB, 35, of Trevor, Wisconsin, and JACOB ESTEVES, 35, of A

Our own Lt. Jason Nichols is Interviewed by National Review Online and Featured on CBS News:Last Thursday, hours after Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., proclaimed the Iraq War "lost," U.S. Navy Lt. Jason Nichols was e-mailing Michelle Malkin from his office in Baghdad with a message for Reid. "Your [Reid's] words are killing us," Nichols writes. "Your statements make the Iraqis afraid to help us for fear we'll leave them unprotected in the future." Earlier that day - before Reid's infamous declaration of defeat - I was on the phone with Nichols, who told me, "We are winning," explained to me how he knows we are winning, why the troops actually doing the fighting continue to support the war effort, and what he and others are doing to get the facts in front of the American people. Nichols, a Naval officer currently serving in Iraq, oversees a grassroots effort recently launched by a small group of active-duty servicemen and women hoping to communicate to Congress "the troops' desire to remai

Bekim Hasipi, 35, Anchorage, Alaska, Robin Dorman, 31, Anchorage, Alaska and Jan Marquiss, 59, Anchorage, Alaska, each pled guilty to one count of wire fraud for making false statements in mortgage loan applications. Each defendant acted as a straw borrower, taking out loans in their names for the benefit of Azem Limani while falsely claiming that they were seeking a mortgage loan for the purchase of a primary residence. …Read More...

Megan McGuire, Miramar, Florida, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and/or wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for her involvement in Operation Whose House.  On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Christine A. Brown also pled guilty to one court of aggravated identity theft for her involvement in Operation Whose House. McGuire and Brown are both scheduled to be sentenced in May, 2007 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  At sentencing, McGuire …Read More...

On February 15, 2007 The Augusta Chronicle reported that two men have pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud in the Southern District of Georgia. The men, Robert C. Thigpen and Erich J. Haskell used their companies Heritage Lending Group mortgage company and Superior Home Builders Inc. to defraud banks in 9 house purchases in Richmond and Columbia Counties. The properties were all purchased by, Vance Johnson and the closings were all carried out by a third defendant, Augusta attorney William O. Key. The Chronicle reports that according to the State Bar of Georgia, he has been licensed to practice law since 1983 and is still an attorney in good standing.Evidence given in court by FBI Special Agent Charles McKee III showed that HUD money was obtained allegedly to make repairs, but no repairs were made, Instead, Thigpen Haskell kept part of the money, paid some to Mr. Johnson and used some for down payments. The losses to HUD are said to stand at $206,000.Thigpen, Haskell and Key were charged b

According to Court Records on January 18, 2007 Derek Henry, 38, of Ooltewah, TN entered a plea of guilty in response to charges that he obtained a mortgage loan under false pretences from Decision 1 Mortgage. The $240,000 loan was made in May 2003. In addition court records show that Cheryl Kyles, 36 of Ooltewah, TN pleaded guilty in relation to the same fraud and on January 11, 2007 she was sentenced to 1 years probation. As part of her plea deal she agreed to forfeit a property at 10414 Sims Harris Road, Ooltewah. Henry is due to be sentenced on May 3, 2007, in the Chattanooga District Court. Please click here to read the Criminal Information against HenryPlease click here to read the Criminal Information against Kyles Source: Ooltewah Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Fraud Charges (http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_100365.asp)

{mosgoogle right}Former top Defense Ministry bureaucrat Takemasa Moriya has decided to plead guilty to bribe-taking and perjury during his first court hearing on Monday, sources close to him have revealed.Moriya, 63, former administrative vice defense minister, is to appear at the Tokyo District Court on Monday along with three former executives of defense contractor Yamada Corp., including former senior managing director Motonobu Miyazaki, 69, who is under indictment for bribing h [...]