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Nov 10, 2011 at 11:50 am

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Top 5 White Collar Criminals Of All-Time

Top 5 White Collar Criminals Of All-Time

As the world’s eyes turn to Wall Street as a source of financial distress, maybe its time to look at the corporate criminals who have decimated our financial system. White collar or corporate criminals have ripped off the public for billions of dollars and helped destabilize our economy.

Here are five corporate criminals who have achieved notoriety through their dirty dealings.


5. Dennis Kozlowski
Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International, is currently

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Mildred Gaddis

May 18, 2011 at 7:25 am

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Senator Young Demands Investigation of Wrong-doing at DPS

Senator Young Demands Investigation of Wrong-doing at DPS

Senator Coleman A. Young II (D-Detroit) has requested that Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette investigate incidents of fraud in the Detroit Public School system.

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Al Sharpton

Mar 31, 2011 at 1:41 pm

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Haiti Postpones Results Of Presidential Election Due To Fraud

Haiti Postpones Results Of Presidential Election Due To Fraud


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians will have to wait at least a few more days to learn the preliminary results of their presidential election because of alleged irregularities and fraud uncovered at the vote-counting center, officials said Tuesday.

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While not disclosing specifics, Gaillot Dorsinvil, the

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Angelo Henderson

Mar 28, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested on Fraud Charges

Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested on Fraud Charges

It’s always sad when the next generation of a historical legend falls short of the character of their legacy.  One of Malcolm X’s daughters, Malikah Shabazz, appeared in a Queens court today on charges that she defrauded the 70-year-old widow of one of her father’s former bodyguards.

How can Malikah Shabazz rebuild her character?  Let’s send our prayers and support for her rehabilitation from these criminal charges.

Shabazz, 45, is accused of stealing more than $55,000 from

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Mildred Gaddis

Mar 22, 2011 at 6:50 am

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DPS scandal figure faces new federal counts of fraud, prescription drug dealing

DPS scandal figure faces new federal counts of fraud, prescription drug dealing

Gwendolyn Washington, a doctor and key figure in a public corruption scandal involving the Detroit Public Schools, was ordered jailed today on new criminal charges involving health care fraud and prescription drug dealing.

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Al Sharpton

Sep 14, 2010 at 1:37 pm

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Man Claiming To Have Fathered 55 Kids By 42 Women Sued For Paternity Fraud

Man Claiming To Have Fathered 55 Kids By 42 Women Sued For Paternity Fraud

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AC

Jun 23, 2010 at 4:22 pm

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Indicted By Feds On 19 Mail Fraud, Tax Counts

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Indicted By Feds On 19 Mail Fraud, Tax Counts

A 19-count federal indictment accuses former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of carrying out a scheme, hatched 11 years ago, to use his non-profit Kilpatrick Civic Fund to pay for personal and campaign expenses in violation of the law.

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Mildred Gaddis

Jun 11, 2010 at 8:01 am

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Court stops DPS payments to possibly fraudulent security firm

Court stops DPS payments to possibly fraudulent security firm

A Wayne Circuit Court judge said a contract Detroit Public Schools had with a businessman for security equipment may have been a “fraud from the beginning.”

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Lakisha "N9NE" Thomas

Feb 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Riddle trial: Conyers got cash for travel and shopping, developer says

Riddle trial: Conyers got cash for travel and shopping, developer says

A real estate developer testified today that he gave former Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers thousands of dollars in cash for travel, shopping trips and tuition for one of her children, and Conyers once reached into his pocket at a restaurant and took hundreds of dollars from him.

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