29 posts tagged racketeering
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Pellicano convicted of racketeering
http://bloggel.com/ ?p=4A Los Angeles federal jury has convicted Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano of racketeering in a scheme that prosecutors say used wiretaps and other illegal tactics to target the rich and famous. ————————————– Hello Bloggel fans, et al: Yes, but if you make it in to a movie, he’ll probably break out of prison and kill your family…… OR, maybe not! LOL.
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Bad Day For The RIAA: Two High Profile Cases Go Against RIAA
http://computer-internet.marc8.com/ bad-day-riaa-two-high-profile-cases-go-again…Bad Day For The RIAA: Two High Profile Cases Go Against RIAA Techdirt Thu, 05/15/2008 - 15:59 Well, well, well. The RIAA is not having a particularly good week. In the Tanya Andersen case (where the RIAA sued an innocent person), the court has awarded Andersen $108,000 in legal fees from the RIAA.
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Bad Day For The RIAA: Two High Profile Cases Go Against RIAA
http://www.into-tech.co.uk/ internet/ 2008/ 05/ bad-day-for-the-riaa-two-high-pr…Bad Day For The RIAA: Two High Profile Cases Go Against RIAA Well, well, well. The RIAA is not having a particularly good week. In the Tanya Andersen case (where the RIAA sued an innocent person), the court has awarded Andersen $108,000 in legal fees from the RIAA.
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Pellicano Guilty in Wiretapping Case
http://business.marc8.com/ pellicano-guilty-wiretapping-casePellicano Guilty in Wiretapping Case NYT > Business Thu, 05/15/2008 - 15:31 The Hollywood private investigator, Anthony Pellicano, was found guilty in a federal court in Los Angeles of racketeering for using wiretaps and other tactics to target the rich and famous.
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Hollywood private eye guilty of racketeering charges
http://startelegram.typepad.com/ crime_time/ 2008/ 05/ hollywood-priva.htmlIt's been a case that has captured the headlines and ensnared some of Hollywood's elite. On Thursday Anthony Pellicano, private eye to the stars and Hollwood power brokers, was convicted of federal racketeering charges for digging up information that his clients used in lawsuits, divorces and contract disputes.
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The OLG Racket
http://urbanpedestrian.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ olg-racket.htmlThe Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (aka OLG) has a cute, Hallmarkesque TV ad on now, showing lots of happy people who’ve apparently just won millions gambling. Then the ad shows a bunch of other happy people who’ve apparently been able to have some life-saving surgery or something thanks to Ontario’s lottery and gaming profits.
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Health Business in Uninted States of Sheepland
http://rtsf.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 06/ health-business-in-uninted-states-of-sh…The Sorry State of Health Care in the United States By Ralph Nader This is a tale of pay or die that recurs again and again all over our country and only in our country in the entire western world. Advised by her physician to go to M.D. Anderson for urgent treatment of her leukemia, Mrs.
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‘D.C. Madam’ Left Suicide Notes
http://www.truthdig.com/ eartotheground/ item/ 20080505_dc_madam_left_suicide_no…Deborah Jean Palfrey, whose Washington, D.C.-based call-girl ring earned her notoriety and the nickname the “D.C. Madam,” left two suicide notes behind when she (apparently) hanged herself last Thursday behind her mother’s Florida home.
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‘D.C. Madam’ Left Suicide Notes
http://www.truthdig.com/ eartotheground/ item/ 20080505_dc_madam_left_suicide_no…Deborah Jean Palfrey, whose Washington, D.C.-based call-girl ring earned her notoriety and the nickname the “D.C. Madam,” left two suicide notes behind when she (apparently) hanged herself last Thursday behind her mother’s Florida home.
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‘D.C. Madam’ Left Suicide Notes
http://www.truthdig.com/ eartotheground/ item/ 20080505_dc_madam_left_suicide_no…Deborah Jean Palfrey, whose Washington, D.C.-based call-girl ring earned her notoriety and the nickname the “D.C. Madam,” left two suicide notes behind when she (apparently) hanged herself last Thursday behind her mother’s Florida home.