December 3, 2012
Scott OlsonLocal criminal defense lawyers who tracked the trial of Tim Durham and his accomplices say chances are slim that they would
prevail on appeal. One said Durham would have a better chance of winning the lottery.
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November 30, 2012
Greg Andrews, Scott Olson, Cory SchoutenFormer Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham was sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that led to the
collapse of Fair Finance, costing thousands of investors $250 million. Accomplices Jim Cochran and Rick Snow received 25 years
and 10 years, respectively.
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November 30, 2012
Scott OlsonA 74-year-old former nun who cares for young children to earn a living after being swindled out of her life savings and a
woman whose father lost $170,000 in proceeds from the sale of his farm testified against Tim Durham and his two fraud accomplices
Friday morning.
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November 28, 2012
Cory SchoutenA federal judge will determine whether an Anderson church can exit bankruptcy with a lighter debt load, over objections from
its bank lender, after a church scheme to profit by selling life insurance on its elderly members failed.
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November 27, 2012
Scott OlsonSaying their crimes were "as serious as any financial fraud crime ever committed," federal prosecutors re-emphasized Monday
their recommendation that Ponzi schemer Tim Durham and his two accomplices deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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November 26, 2012
Scott OlsonConvicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham is requesting a much shorter prison stay than the life sentence federal prosecutors want
him to serve. The convicted Ponzi schemer and two associates are set to be sentenced Friday.
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November 20, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe Indianapolis Airport Authority has taken its fight against an off-airport parking operator to the Indiana Court of Appeals
after exhausting its options in Marion County Superior Court.
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November 12, 2012
Scott OlsonFair Finance Co.'s investors have been dealt a blow by a federal judge who dismissed a bankrutpcy trustee's lawsuit
against one of the company’s deep-pocketed lenders.
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October 31, 2012
James M. Carr of the Indianapolis law firm Faegre Baker Daniels LLP has been appointed to a 14-year term effective Jan. 1.
His selection follows the recent appointment of Marion Superior Court Judge Robyn Moberly.
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October 4, 2012
Scott OlsonRoyal Spa CEO Robert Dapper won a small judgment against ex-employee Kevin Roessler, and had a complaint and counterclaim
containing sexually explicit charges against him dismissed.
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September 24, 2012
Scott OlsonRichard Kammen and Dorie Maryan, who are representing William F. Conour, will ask a federal judge Thursday to be removed from
the case, at the request of Conour, citing a strained relationship.
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September 14, 2012
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels has named a Tippecanoe County judge as the first woman on the Indiana Supreme Court in 13 years.
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September 12, 2012
Associated PressA court has ruled that prosecutors can use a disputed blood sample as evidence to prove Indianapolis police officer David
Bisard was driving drunk when he caused a fatal crash.
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September 12, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday informed Walter B. Duncan, former executive director of the Greater Brownsburg Chamber
of Commerce, that it won't hear his appeal related to a pay dispute after he was forced to resign in 2010.
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August 23, 2012
Scott OlsonDavid Swanson had argued that his lawyers were derelict in not seeking a mistrial stemming from his 2002 conviction on wire
fraud, money laundering and tax evasion charges. A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed his 12-year sentence.
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July 31, 2012
Associated PressThe state attorney general's office said Tuesday that it no longer will defend most of the disputed portions of Indiana's
new immigration law, as they were rendered invalid when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar parts of an Arizona law
in June.
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July 6, 2012
Dan HumanA Hamilton County judge has ruled that a former co-owner of Mike’s Carwash Inc. receive just $140,000 in damages in
a civil case that sought close to $30 million.
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June 28, 2012
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, preserving most of a law
that would expand insurance to millions of people and transform an industry that makes up 18 percent of the nation’s
economy.
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June 25, 2012
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Supreme Court will settle a dispute about who can be considered a workplace supervisor for purposes of a federal
job-discrimination lawsuit.
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June 25, 2012
Associated PressThe Supreme Court has struck down key provisions of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. But the court said Monday
that one much-debated part of the law could go forward.
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June 21, 2012
Scott OlsonThe town now has zoning jurisdiction over Indianapolis Executive Airport, which is located within its borders following an
annexation, but is operated by the Hamilton County Airport Authority.
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June 20, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe jury began deliberations Wednesday morning in the federal fraud trial of financier Tim Durham and two co-defendants.
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June 18, 2012
J.K. WallThe U.S. Supreme Court did not hand down a ruling in the health care reform case Monday morning. The nine justices meet again
Thursday, but most observers expect the decision to come June 25 or June 28.
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June 15, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe accounting firm Tim Durham hired to review the Ohio company’s 2003 finances refused to complete an audit because of concerns
about the accuracy of its numbers and the appropriateness of its practices. The FBI raided Fair Finance in November 2009.
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June 11, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe man whose father founded Ohio-based Fair Finance during the Great Depression led off the government's case on Monday
against the Indianapolis men accused of looting the company and leaving its investors with $200 million in losses.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.