Posts Tagged ‘corruption’

LOOT (Lawyers Operating to Optimize their Take) stories and more

March 13th, 2010

It’s amazing in how many news stories are about estate abuse and probate corruption while others have interesting ties or illustrate patterns of behavior.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown says actor Corey Haim’s death was linked to a “massive illegal prescription drug ring.” Having confirmed his run for governor (again), Brown is in campaign mode and [...]

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CA AG says Haim’s death linked to illegal prescription drug ring

March 13th, 2010

Corey Haim’s death linked to massive illegal prescription drug ring: California Attorney General
Soraya Roberts
March 12, 2010
New York Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/03/12/2010-03-12_corey_haims_death_linked_to_massive_illegal_prescriptiondrug_ring_california_att.html
Corey Haim’s death has been linked to a massive illegal prescription drug ring, California’s Attorney General said Friday.
An unauthorized prescription in Haim’s name was found during a probe into prescription notepad fraud in San Diego, CNN reports.
California’s [...]

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Audit critical of Broderick’s estate administration

March 13th, 2010

DiNapoli audit faults former Niagara County treasurer
Denise Jewell Gee
March 12, 2010
The Buffalo News
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/12/985615/dinapoli-audit-faults-former-niagara.html
Former Niagara County Treasurer David S. Broderick used his position as public administer of estates to benefit friends and family, according to an audit released this morning by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
State auditors who reviewed 15 estates Broderick handled during a [...]

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Lawyers, others seek big fees from Rothstein work

March 13th, 2010

Lawyers, accountants seek big fees in Rothstein bankruptcy
Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
March 12, 2010
Sun-Sentinel.com
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-rothstein-fees-20100312,0,7112423.story
Attorneys and accountants for the court trustee in the messy bankruptcy of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s collapsed law firm have asked a judge to authorize nearly $2.2 million in fees for less than three months’ work.
More than $1.2 million of the fees were billed [...]

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Officials hide, obscure reports on prominent conservator

March 13th, 2010

Officials Hiding & Obscuring Reports Relating to Melodie Scott
March 12, 2010
The San Bernardino County Sentinel
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The Sentinel has retrieved records indicating the Redlands Police Department and other Southern California law enforcement agencies are withholding or otherwise obscuring reports which implicate conservator Melodie Z. Scott and her associates in possible criminal or otherwise questionable activity.
Recently, the Redlands [...]

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