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Five years after tech giant Hewlett-Packard found itself at the center of a headline-grabbing pretexting scandal, DailyFinance has learned that federal authorities have expanded the scope of their prosecution to include other potential defendants.

Bruce Karatz, former CEO of KB Home (KBH), was fined $1 million and given five years of probation for hiding backdated stock options from auditors and regulators. Karatz will face no jail time but will serve eight months of home detention with electronic monitoring and perform 2,000 hours of...

Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff nears the end of his fifteen minutes today as he moves to his final home. After a visit to Atlanta, Georgia, Bernie will reportedly be moving in to his luxurious new accommodations in the the Federal Correctional Complex, located in Butner, North Carolina....

Columbus Park, located across the street from Daniel J. Moynihan federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, is the perfect place for a protest: nicely shaded, with plenty of green space and easy access to snack carts and restaurants. It practically begs to be filled with angry citizens carrying...