Month: January 2012
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DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Prisoner Who Reportedly Once Stole Tractor-Trailer Full Of ‘Canned Beans’ And Later Followed ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Bleatings Convicted Of Running Tax Scam From Jail
This one is almost indescribably bizarre . . . Ronald Williams, 48, was an inmate in various prisons in New York state between 2006 and 2010, federal prosecutors said. His mother told the Syracuse Post-Standard that her son was jailed in 2006 on charges of stealing a tractor-trailer full of “canned beans” off a street…
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[DONATION POST UPDATE]: PP Blog Is At The Brink . . .
Dear Readers, Our donation post this month was in this editorial, which doubled as our 1,500th post. The post resulted in one contribution from a reader. We are short of where we need to be heading into February. A key service bill for $100 is coming due, and there is no money to pay it.…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: SEC Says Latvian Trader Hatched ‘Online Account Intrusion Scheme’ And Manipulated Prices Of More Than 100 NYSE And Nasdaq Securities
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: In a case that raises grave security concerns, the SEC has gone to federal court in San Francisco, alleging that a 34-year-old Latvian trader who held positions in multiple stocks “hijacked” the online accounts of customers at large broker-dealers and made trades in the accounts to manipulate prices and pocket…
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President Raises Piracy Issue In State Of The Union Address Just Days After Justice Department Brings Megaupload Copyright-Infringement Case; Overall Fraud Battle Will Expand, Obama Tells Nation
Speaking to the nation in his State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama last night referenced U.S. efforts to combat piracy. Although the remarks were in the context of battling knock-off goods that infringe trademarks and affect American manufacturing jobs, Obama delivered the message just days after the Justice Department brought racketeering and…