Posts Tagged ‘transparency’

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 [...]

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 [...]

NY Lawyer Who Admitted Ripping Off His Clients for Millions Wants Them to Pay His Fees
Vesselin Mitev
March 5, 2010
New York Law Journal
http://nylj.com/nylawyer/news/10/03/030510j.html
Steven T. Rondos, the former Brooklyn attorney who admitted to stealing millions of dollars from guardianship accounts he oversaw, is fighting to be paid for work he claims he did on behalf of the [...]

Former attorney pleads guilty
Matthew Hamilton
March 2, 2010
The News-Star (LA)
http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20103020320
A former Monroe attorney accused of stealing thousand of dollars from his clients pleaded guilty Monday in 4th Judicial District Court.
Bernard Grenrood, 72, pleaded guilty to 6 counts of theft in excess of $500. Under Louisiana law, theft in excess of $500 carries a maximum prison sentence [...]

Real estate mogul Max Farash, 95, dies
Steve Orr/Mary Chao
March 1, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010335/Real-estate-mogul-Max-Farash–95–dies
Max M. Farash, who rose from humble immigrant beginnings to become one of the Rochester area’s wealthiest and most successful business owners, died early Sunday morning at the age of 95.
Mr. Farash, who built a real estate empire once estimated to be [...]