Curt Anderson

November 12, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The suspected pyramid scheme run by a high-profile South Florida lawyer is likely to exceed $1 billion and in

By CURT ANDERSON,AP Legal Affairs Writer

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December 16, 2004 | Law.com

Time Warner has agreed to pay $210 million to settle securities fraud charges involving the company's America Online unit. Under terms of the settlement with the Justice Department, prosecution on charges of aiding and abetting securities fraud will be deferred, provided that AOL and Time Warner cooperate in an ongoing investigation into whether AOL improperly helped smaller Internet companies artificially inflate their earnings.

By Curt Anderson

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October 12, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former executive at the South Florida law firm run by convicted Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the $1.2 billion scam.

By Curt Anderson

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November 18, 2009 | Law.com

More than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers came forward to disclose billions in offshore bank accounts in 70 countries under a voluntary Internal Revenue Service program allowing most to avoid criminal prosecution as long as they pay what they owe, IRS officials said Tuesday. Also Tuesday, the IRS unveiled the criteria being used to determine which American UBS accounts will be disclosed under an August agreement to obtain names of 4,450 U.S. taxpayers believed to be hiding assets in secret bank accounts.

By Curt Anderson

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June 03, 2011 | Law.com

French telecom company Alcatel-Lucent finalized its settlement Wednesday with the United States over bribes paid to officials in Costa Rica, Honduras, Malaysia and Taiwan, in one of the "largest resolutions in the history of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," according to a top Justice Department fraud prosecutor.

By Curt Anderson

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September 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

To hear prosecutors tell it, Narseal Batiste and six followers formed a budding homegrown terrorist cell determined to rival the Sept. 11 attacks by toppling the Sears Tower in Chicago.

By Curt Anderson

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September 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Curt Anderson and Tom HaysThe Associated Press

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May 08, 2006 | Law.com

Cigar aficionados beware: Those handmade Montecristos or Cohibas may not be the premium smokes they seem. Law enforcement and cigar industry officials say counterfeiters are marketing millions of dollars in fake upscale cigars, some even pretending to be authentic Cubans that are illegal to sell in the United States. A recent crackdown has uncovered several major counterfeit operations, including one in Miami that resulted in the seizure of more than $20 million in fake stogies, labels and packaging.

By Curt Anderson

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December 31, 2009 | New York Law Journal

It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as those that fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot. Tens of thousands of investors, some of them losing their life's savings, watched more than $16.5 billion disappear like smoke in 2009, according to an Associated Press analysis of scams in all 50 states.

By Curt AndersonThe Associated Press

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May 31, 2007 | Law.com

The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla is by far the biggest ever for U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke, and she is drawing praise for how she has handled the pressure and the complexity of the case. Appointed by President Bush in 2004, Cooke has the least experience on the bench of any federal judge in Florida's southern district. But those in legal circles say that has not been an issue. And defense lawyers say Cooke has shown she will not just follow the government line.

By Curt Anderson

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