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Do these executives have the clout to get a hate-crime law passed?

Business leaders are rallying behind a social issue they say could affect economic development.

Fair Finance CFO seeks reduction of sentence

Rick D. Snow—who was convicted in 2012 of helping Tim Durham and Jim Cochran loot Fair Finance Co. but didn’t raid the company’s coffers himself—is seeking to get his 10-year sentence reduced.

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Indiana lawmakers draft hate-crime legislation for 2019 session

November 18, 2018

Associated Press

The draft covers bias-motivated crimes based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, disability, national origin, ancestry and sexual orientation.

Missouri tour boat captain indicted in sinking that killed 17

November 8, 2018

Associated Press

Charges have been filed against the captain of a Missouri tourist boat that sank and killed 17 people, including nine people from an Indiana family, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

IBJ Podcast: Anti-semitism, hate crimes and Indiana, a conversation with Dennis and Sandy Sasso

November 5, 2018

Rabbis Dennis and Sandy Sasso discuss the local impact of the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, what it might mean for proposed hate-crimes legislation in Indiana, and why they continually return to the question of proper leadership.

Ex-USA Gymnastics head arrested in Texas on tampering charge

October 17, 2018

Associated Press and IBJ Staff

Steve Penny has been arrested after a grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

U.S. attorney: 15 charged as part of public corruption initative

October 11, 2018

Associated Press

Treasurers for several school districts and fire departments are among 15 public employees around Indiana who have been charged with public corruption for allegedly stealing more than $1 million in government funds, authorities said Thursday.

Muncie official, businessman indicted on fraud charges

September 18, 2018

Associated Press

The charges were made against Muncie's superintendent of sewer maintenance and engineering, and a businessman who owns a gun store and a flea market.

Fair Finance trustee tries for legal jackpot one last time

August 24, 2018

Greg Andrews

Without a big settlement, or a resounding victory at trial, victims in the fraud would be left with an underwhelming recovery—currently 11 cents on the dollar, based on distributions of $18 million in December 2015 and $5 million last October.

Former office manager gets nearly 5 years in prison for fraud

August 23, 2018

IBJ Staff

A bookkeeper who pleaded guilty to defrauding a small Indianapolis-area construction company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison.

IBJ Podcast: Why business execs say the state needs a hate-crime law

August 20, 2018

Host Mason King talks with Ann Murtlow, CEO of United Way of Central Indiana, and Jeff Smulyan, CEO of Emmis Communications, about why they signed a letter of support for a hate-crime law.

UPDATE: Federal charges made in Indiana synagogue vandalism

August 16, 2018

Associated Press and IBJ Staff

Federal prosecutors arrested a 20-year-old man and an unnamed co-co-conspirator in connection to anti-Semitic graffiti that was spray-painted at a suburban Indianapolis synagogue last month.

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