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...was announced on Sept. 15, 2008. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin had on July 1 granted lead plaintiff status in the case to two pension funds in Ohio, and one each in Texas, the Netherlands and Sweden. A lead plaintiff helps direct...

In this article: Bank of America, Richard Cordray, Plaintiff, Attorney General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Merrill Lynch, John Thain, and Ohio

...bench. </p><p>In November 2007, he cited then-83-year-old Oscar Wyatt Jr.'s age and military service during World War II as he sentenced the Texas oilman to a year and a day in prison for his role in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.

In this article: Bernard Madoff, Denny Chin, Charles Schumer, Manhattan, Sonia Sotomayor, Wall Street, World War II, Princeton University, and Fordham University School of Law

...prosecutors were not immediately answered. In November, Judge Chin sentenced Oscar Wyatt Jr., 83, a Texas oilman, to a year and a day in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the case. Operating from 1996 to 2003, the...

In this article: Tongsun Park, Denny Chin, Iraq, Persian Gulf war, Saddam Hussein, and United Nations

...to respond to the comments by Oct. 2, or 5 days before the hearing. Reuters reported that the attorneys general of Connecticut, Texas and Missouri oppose the deal. They argue that money Google earns distributing orphan works should go to...

In this article: Google, DOJ, Google Book Search, Amazon, Denny Chin, All rights reserved, Revenue, Trademark, and Barnes & Noble

...faced years in prison. Vincent, a 67-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Annandale, Va., testified at two trials, including one that was interrupted when Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Vincent, an oil trader,...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, Denny Chin, Iraq, U.S., and Catholic church

...Chin to 5 years in prison. Most recently, Chin presided over the criminal trial of Oscar Wyatt, the Texas oil executive accused of making kick-backs to the Saddam Hussein regime during the UN Oil-For-Food Program. In the middle of his trial,...

In this article: Denny Chin, World Wrestling Entertainment, U.S. Attorney's Office, Pak Dong-seon, Oscar Wyatt, United States Senate, United Nations, and Bill Clinton

...Sentenced For Iraq Kickbacks Hussein's Government Got Payments in U.N. Program NEW YORK, March 7 -- A Texas oil executive was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for approving the payment of millions of dollars in kickbacks to the...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Iraq, 1991 Persian Gulf War, and Denny Chin

...comment) A group of five public pension funds, including state funds in Ohio and Texas, have won the right to lead investor class-action lawsuits against Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> over its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. U.S....

In this article: Bank of America Corp, Plaintiff, Ohio, Recession, Denny Chin, and New York Stock Exchange

Oil Exec Gets Prison for UN Scheme NEW YORK -- A Texas oil executive was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for approving the payment of millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraq regime so he could secure large oil...

In this article: Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Denny Chin, Iraq, and Tongsun Park