Read more kickbacks stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28280/kickbacks.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:54:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63438/madoff-may-have-paid-off-austrian-banker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe head of Bank Medici is being probed by authorities in the US, the UK, and her native Austria over alleged kickbacks she received from Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sonja Kohn is believed to have pocketed $40 million in return for turning three funds she managed into...http://www.newser.com/story/63438/madoff-may-have-paid-off-austrian-banker.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 2:59:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56873/nyc-probes-rattners-firm-in-pension-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York City authorities are investigating whether Quadrangle Group, formerly led by Obama car czar Steven Rattner, deceived managers of the city's pension funds, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rattner's firm, Quadrangle, paid finders fees to Searle & Co., which had been headed by now-indicted political adviser Hank Morris, for...http://www.newser.com/story/56873/nyc-probes-rattners-firm-in-pension-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 9:49:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56445/rattner-obamas-auto-chief-caught-up-in-kickbacks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteven Rattner, the head of President Obama's auto task force, is involved in an SEC probe of a kickback scandal involving New York state's pension fund, a source tells the Wall Street Journal . Rattner is not accused of any wrongdoing, but is believed to have directed a $1.1 million...http://www.newser.com/story/56445/rattner-obamas-auto-chief-caught-up-in-kickbacks-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 5:52:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54491/court-scraps-pa-juvenile-convictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPennsylvania's highest court today overturned hundreds of juvenile convictions issued by a corrupt judge who took millions of dollars in kickbacks from youth detention centers. The state Supreme Court ruled that former judge Mark Ciavarella violated the constitutional rights of youth offenders who appeared in his courtroom without lawyers between...http://www.newser.com/story/54491/court-scraps-pa-juvenile-convictions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 18:30:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53953/fda-oks-drug-for-kids-despite-justice-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FDA has approved an antidepressant called Lexapro for kids, just weeks after the Justice Department accused its maker of marketing it illegally—for kids. Prosecutors say Forest Laboratories for years sweet-talked pediatricians into prescribing Lexapro and the similar Celexa by offering spa visits, event tickets, and fishing trips, even...http://www.newser.com/story/53953/fda-oks-drug-for-kids-despite-justice-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 9:42:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHalliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit greased the palms of Nigerian officials to help get a gas liquefaction facility built, along...http://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 9:24:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34316/ceo-arrested-in-plan-to-use-homeless-in-medicare-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CEO of a Los Angeles hospital was arrested today for defrauding Medicare by using the city’s homeless to fill empty beds, the AP reports. The FBI says Rudra Sabaratnam, of City of Angels hospital, recruited the homeless in a scheme to charge for unnecessary health services and keep the...http://www.newser.com/story/34316/ceo-arrested-in-plan-to-use-homeless-in-medicare-scam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 Aug 2008 17:30:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30155/law-firm-escapes-criminal-charges-in-75m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDucking criminal charges, law firm Milberg LLP will pay the government $75 million and admit wrongdoing in a settlement following a 2-year-old indictment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm, which deals with shareholders' class-action lawsuits, acknowledges it paid kickbacks to attract clients between 1979 and 2005, enabling the firm...http://www.newser.com/story/30155/law-firm-escapes-criminal-charges-in-75m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Jun 2008 7:41:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23215/irish-pm-resigns-in-kickback-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe prime minister of Ireland announced his resignation today in the face of a growing scandal over his personal finances, reports the Irish Times . Bertie Ahern, a key player in the Northern Ireland peace deal once tipped to be the first permanent EU president, admitted no wrongdoing in the surprise...http://www.newser.com/story/23215/irish-pm-resigns-in-kickback-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Apr 2008 7:11:52 CDT