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ap.google.com | 10/30/08 | $700,000 | suspect:  Michael Carona | victim:  Orange County Sheriff

More than a year ago, Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona nibbled on crab cakes at a ritzy, seaside restaurant and praised his dinner companion for unflinching loyalty and friendship.  Carona didn't know the man he considered his best friend was wearing a wire as part of a federal corruption investigation that would upend the nation's fifth-largest sheriff's department and snuff out Carona's rising star.

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macaudailytimesnews.com | 9/18/08 | Staff Writer

The former head of a Chinese investment bank has lost his appeal against a two-year suspended death sentence for his part in one of China biggest financial corruption scandals, state press said yesterday.

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bizjournals.com | 7/11/08 | Atlanta Business Chronicle

Another Atlanta man who used to work for The Home Depot Inc. has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of tax evasion as part of a scheme to defraud the company.

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startribune.com | 6/13/08 | Richard Lardner

FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Double-billing. Bribes. Kickbacks. Military contracts are big targets for serious crimes — and there aren't nearly enough investigators to catch them all.  The Army's contracting budget has exploded since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began — from $46 billion in 2002 to $112 billion in 2007. Yet the number of people who hunt down crooked companies and corrupt officials has stayed about the same, according to Associated Press interviews and research.

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bizjournals.com | 5/31/08 | Staff Writer

A lawsuit filed by an investment firm in Santa Clara County Superior Court accuses William "Boots" Del Biaggio III of "a complete fraud" against it in a bogus loan deal.

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ap.google.com |  4/29/08 | Staff Writer     

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a former government-contractor employee accused of taking a $1 million kickback in an alleged conspiracy with a Kuwaiti businessman to defraud the U.S. military.

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ap.google.com | 2/23/08 | Paul Davenport

PHOENIX (AP) — Legal and political pressures on Rep. Rick Renzi are mounting amid federal criminal charges that set off calls for the Arizona Republican to leave Congress sooner rather than later.

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