Federal prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of Bernard Madoff’s four homes and other assets after Madoff’s guilty plea to masterminding a massive investment fraud.
Archive for March, 2009
Prosecutors go after Madoff’s riches
Dungeon dad’s murder trial starts
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of keeping his daughter in a cellar for decades and fathering her seven children, will plead guilty to rape and incest when his trial opens Monday, Fritzl’s lawyer told CNN.
Lawyers put Madoff’s worth at $826M
Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty to operating a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, is worth up to 6 million, his lawyers say in court filings. Assets include properties in New York, Palm Beach, Florida, and France, as well as jewelry and shares in a yacht and charter jet.
Stern to fight Anna Nicole charges
Krista Barth, a lawyer for Howard K. Stern, says prosecutors are talking too much about the Anna Nicole Smith drugging case. California Attorney General Jerry Brown says Stern and two doctors drugged the late sex symbol into a state of “stupefaction.”
Bodies found in common grave in Mexico
Nine bodies have been found in a common grave in the desert south of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, according to Chihuahua state prosecutor’s spokeswoman Daniela Gonzalez.
Monitored sex offender kills teen, police say
When 13-year-old Alycia Nipp didn’t come home from a trip to Wal-Mart, her family had no idea where she was, but a tracking device was transmitting the location of her alleged killer, Darrin Sanford. The convicted sex offender was wearing a GPS monitor.
Missing tot’s dad marries girlfriend, 17
The father of missing child Haleigh Cummings’ married his 17-year-old-girlfriend, who was the last one known to have seen the child alive, the girl’s grandmother told Nancy Grace producers.
Judge: Suicide note stays out of Anthony case
A note written by the despondent grandfather of Caylee Anthony will be kept from public view for now, a Florida judge ruled on Thursday.
At least 10 die in Alabama shooting spree
At least 10 people were killed in a shooting spree that spanned two Alabama towns on Tuesday, officials said. Among the dead were the gunman, and the wife and child of a sheriff’s deputy. “He was shooting at just ordinary people going about their business,” said state Sen. Harri Anne Smith.
‘Fight club’ set up at school for disabled
Workers at a Texas state school for mentally handicapped adults are believed to have been staging a “fight club” among residents, encouraging them to physically battle one another, police told CNN Tuesday.
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