Curt Anderson

August 11, 2006 | National Law Journal

A judge denied bail Thursday to a seventh member of a group accused of plotting U.S. terror attacks despite the man's claims that he had misgivings about group's direction and attempted to break free by moving hundreds of miles away.

By Curt Anderson

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January 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Defense lawyers raised more than 90 objections Tuesday to a report recommending life in prison for Jose Padilla and two other men convicted last summer of terrorism conspiracy and other charges.The legal battle over conclusions of a presentence investigation report marked the opening of a lengthy sentencing hearing for the three before U.

By CURT ANDERSON

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March 22, 2013 | Law.com

The state of Florida is urging a skeptical federal appeals court to allow enforcement of a law that prohibits companies from bidding on state and local government contracts if they also do business in Cuba or Syria.

By Curt Anderson

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September 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By CURT ANDERSON and KELLI KENNEDY

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July 17, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Curt Anderson

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August 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - A former banker described by prosecutors as the man most responsible for sparking a broad U.S. investigation into rich Americans' use of secret Swiss bank accounts to evade taxes was sentenced Friday to more than three years in federal prison.Prosecutors gave Bradley Birkenfeld, a 44-year-old U.

By CURT ANDERSON

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October 03, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service."I'm a race car driver," the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner told reporters.

By CURT ANDERSON

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October 08, 2010 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - The former chief operating officer at the law firm run by convicted Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein was sentenced Friday to the maximum 10 years in federal prison for her role in the $1.2 billion fraud.But Debra Villegas, 43, will probably serve far less time because of her extensive cooperation with prosecutors, who said it was likely they would seek a sentence reduction later.

By CURT ANDERSON

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January 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega failed again Wednesday to persuade a federal judge to block France from extraditing him to face money-laundering charges, but the legal fight is far from over.U.S. District Judge Paul Huck said he agreed with another judge's rulings last year that Noriega's status as a U.

By CURT ANDERSON

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November 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key to a Ferrari during an all-night search at the office of an attorney suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme.The firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, released a 10-page list of items taken by FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents who completed their search at 5 a.

By CURT ANDERSON

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