Durham’s attorney alleges feds abused wiretaps
Indicted financier Tim Durham's attorney alleges "the government has engaged in a course of conduct that … constitutes gross misconduct so severe that dismissal is warranted."
Indicted financier Tim Durham's attorney alleges "the government has engaged in a course of conduct that … constitutes gross misconduct so severe that dismissal is warranted."
A City-County Council member and two associates persuaded an Indiana physician to invest $1.7 million in their foundation and an ethanol-production business they said would fund it, but instead spent the money on personal luxuries, according to a federal indictment filed late Tuesday.
The Indianapolis-based wireless distributor accuses Mitch Black, who left Brightpoint last year, of taking company trade secrets to a new job with a direct competitor. Brightstar Corp. also is named in the lawsuit.
Federal prosecutors are recommending that Kexue Huang be sentenced to 87 months in prison for sending trade secrets worth millions to China and Germany.
The indictment charges the Democrat and associates used a charitable foundation to obtain money from a doctor that was to be used for investments, but instead went toward vehicles, entertainment and travel for themselves and others.
The state Attorney General's Office said Monday that 64 of the 65 claimants accepted the settlements totaling $5 million, the maximum under Indiana law.
Hamilton Superior Court Judge Steven Nation says Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White must face trial on criminal charges including voter fraud that could lead to his removal from office.
Those trying to fast-track legislation cite estimates that the 2010 Super Bowl brought 10,000 prostitutes to Miami and resulted in 133 arrests in Dallas at the 2011 Super Bowl.
An Indiana judge on Friday ordered Gov. Mitch Daniels to be deposed in two lawsuits over the state's cancellation of a $1.37 billion contract IBM received to modernize the state's welfare system, but the state attorney general said he would challenge the order.
The order from a Hamilton County magistrate says an investor can collect $71,423.66, including interest, from Durham’s National Lampoon Inc. salary.
Several state employees openly questioned how John Bales' real estate brokerage did business long before the FBI launched an investigation that led to his indictment.
The Indiana Attorney General's office said Wednesday that 63 of the 65 claimants have confirmed they'll accept the settlements over the State Fair stage collapse.
A grand jury in South Bend has returned a 14-count criminal indictment against Indianapolis real estate broker John M. Bales and two associates over a state lease deal in Elkhart that was first revealed as part of an IBJ investigation.
Prosecutors allege Fishers investment manager Keenan Hauke hid losses for seven years by shifting assets among accounts and using new investors’ money to fund withdrawals.
Prosecutors accused Hauke of losing millions on Michigan real estate investments, then hiding those losses from clients.
The investors argue that a bankruptcy trustee’s settlement reached last month with former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi could extricate Brizzi from lawsuits they’ve filed against him.
David Lott Hardy, who was fired from his job as chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in 2010, is accused of official misconduct.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller has offered at least $300,000 to families of those who died in August when rigging collapsed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Attorneys for The Indianapolis Star will argue before an appeals court that the identity of an online poster is protected by the state's newspaper shield law, the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment and the Indiana Constitution.
An Indiana judge expects to rule by Dec. 16 on whether Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White must stand trial on voter fraud and other criminal charges that could lead to his ouster.