Charles E. Coughlin former Navy commander retried on charges that he lied about injuries he suffered during the 2001 terrorist attack

Federal prosecutors said today that they will retry a former Navy commander on charges that he lied about injuries he suffered during the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon to collect more than $300,000 from a victims' fund. A jury last month acquitted Charles E. Coughlin of Severna Park on three mail fraud charges but deadlocked on charges of theft of public money, filing a false claim and two counts of mail fraud. The jury also deadlocked on a theft charge against Coughlin's wife, Sabrina. Prosecutors said they intend to retry Sabrina Coughlin,...

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Glenn Marshall former leader of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe who has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and embezzlement charges

former leader of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe who has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and embezzlement charges is scheduled to be sentenced in Massachusetts.U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel in Boston is slated to sentence Glenn Marshall on Thursday.The 59-year-old Falmouth resident admitted in Feburary to making illegal campaign contributions to members of Congress, embezzling tribal funds, wire fraud, filing false tax returns and fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits.According to the initial plea agreement, Marshall faces 46 to...

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LexisNexis online information service is warning 32,000 people their personal information may have been improperly accessed

LexisNexis online information service is warning 32,000 people their personal information may have been improperly accessed in a credit card fraud scheme that postal officials say bilked hundreds.New York-based LexisNexis says in a letter mailed Friday that former customers of the service may have viewed information including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.U.S. Postal Service officials have launched a criminal investigation and say 300 people in the databases of LexisNexis and a Santa Fe, N.M., company called Investigative Professionals...

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Julian Tzolov, a former Credit Suisse Group broker expected to plead guilty to fraud charges

Julian Tzolov, a former Credit Suisse Group broker accused last year of deceiving investors about investments known as auction-rate securities, is expected to plead guilty to fraud charges, his lawyer said in a court hearing last mon...

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Julian Tzolov, a former Credit Suisse Group broker expected to plead guilty to fraud charges

Julian Tzolov, a former Credit Suisse Group broker accused last year of deceiving investors about investments known as auction-rate securities, is expected to plead guilty to fraud charges, his lawyer said in a court hearing last mon...

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Extradite Police Equipment Foundation (PEF) National Co-ordinator, Kenny Martins, to the United States to face charges of fraud.

President Umaru Yar'Adua may extradite Police Equipment Foundation (PEF) National Co-ordinator, Kenny Martins, to the United States to face charges of fraud.The government is in a dilemma over the demand for a $1 million legal fee by the lawyer representing it in a lawsuit instituted by Calvary Security Group in the United States, which was allegedly defrauded of $97.25 million by Martins.Calvary Security had taken Nigeria to court in New York on the basis that it went into business with the PEF because evidence was produced that it was a government...

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