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 18, 2012
Greg Andrews, Cory SchoutenIn the weeks before an FBI raid shut down Fair Finance Co., top company executives led by Indianapolis financier Tim Durham
devised a last-ditch maneuver they hoped would persuade Ohio regulators to allow them to keep selling investment certificates.
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June 18, 2012
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. said it is lowering its profit forecast for the year by 3 percent after reaching a $90 million
settlement in a class-action lawsuit.
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June 16, 2012
Greg AndrewsRick Snow, Fair Finance Co.'s former chief financial officer, isn't accused of collecting insider loans like co-defendants
Tim Durham and Jim Cochran. But he's facing the same felony charges.
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June 16, 2012
Ken SkarbeckThe filing of merger lawsuits is so predictable that many acquiring companies factor in class-action legal costs as a form
of “transaction tax” to get their deals done.
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June 15, 2012
Scott OlsonThe federal lawsuit was set to go to trial June 18 in Indianapolis. The claims arise from Anthem's 2001 conversion from a
mutual company, owned by its insured policyholders, to a public company.
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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 15, 2012
Greg Andrews, Mason King, Cory Schouten
A series of government-recorded phone calls have provided some of the most riveting courtroom moments during
the fraud trial of Tim Durham and two co-defendants.
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June 14, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indian-born doctor is seeking past and future pay, in addition to other damages, for enduring what she considers harassment
and discrimination while a resident at the Indianapolis hospital.
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June 14, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe men who presided over Ohio-based Fair Finance were at their wits end by late 2009. In government-recorded phone calls
and intercepted e-mails introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court this week, they come across as exhausted, angry and
determined.
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June 14, 2012
Cory SchoutenFederal prosecutors in the Tim Durham fraud trial on Wednesday sought to introduce into evidence an IBJ investigative
report from October 2009, but a judge agreed with a defense attorney and denied the request.
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June 13, 2012
Cory Schouten
Donald Russell, a retired deputy sheriff, is among the more than 5,000 clients of Fair Finance who lost big investments
with the Ohio firm. After testifying on Tuesday during the fraud trial for Fair owner Tim Durham, he shared his story with
IBJ.
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June 13, 2012
Cory SchoutenTim Durham and his co-defendants in the fraud case involving Fair Finance sit on the same side of the courtroom, but that
doesn't mean their interests are always aligned.
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June 12, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe former controller at Fair Finance is testifying at the fraud trial of Tim Durham as a star witness for the federal government
in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
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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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June 8, 2012
Cory SchoutenA federal judge and a handful of attorneys are selecting jurors who could determine the fate of indicted financier Tim Durham
and his co-defendants. The jury-selection process, which began Friday morning, launched what's expected to be a three-week
trial over alleged wire and securities fraud.
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June 8, 2012
Associated PressCounty, city, town and township governments across Indiana are racing to adopt new rules against nepotism ahead of a July
1 deadline.
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June 8, 2012
Greg AndrewsThe criminal case against Tim Durham and co-defendants Jim Cochran and Rick Snow is set to begin Friday in front of federal
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. Prospective jurors in the high-profile trial will be asked whether they can be impartial and not
be influenced by what they have heard, read or seen about the case.
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June 7, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe family of a motorcyclist Eric Wells, who died in 2010 after being struck by a patrol car driven by police officer David
Bisard, has reached a $1.55 million settlement with the city of Indianapolis in its wrongful death lawsuit.
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June 6, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAngie’s List Inc. alleges its trademarked name is being misused by a Colorado competitor to intercept people conducting
Google searches for the Indianapolis-based contractor-ratings service.
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June 4, 2012
Bloomberg NewsRolls-Royce Corp. lost a bid Monday for dismissal of a whistle-blower lawsuit pressed by two former quality-control officers
claiming the company cheated the United States by failing to report defense-contract product defects.
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June 4, 2012
Associated PressOregon authorities say 62-year-old Phillip Ferguson died last week from a gunshot wound to the head soon after fleeing from
two officers and an FBI agent. Ferguson vanished in 2000 after being accused of bilking more than 600 investors out of $30
million.
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June 4, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis didn’t violate the Constitution when it forgave sewer-system debt owed by some homeowners while refusing to give
refunds to those who had already paid, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
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June 2, 2012
Greg AndrewsTim Durham’s attorney is hellbent on preventing prosecutors from fixating on the things that made the Indianapolis financier
a staple of TV news and gossip columns—his fancy cars, waterfront mansion and other trappings of a lavish lifestyle.
Durham's trial is set to begin on Friday.
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June 1, 2012
The university appointed Randall Shepard to a two-year term as its first executive-in-residence of its Public Policy Institute
within the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Shepard stepped down as chief justice in March.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!