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  • September 2008

    • Hacker Cops to Role in $400M ID-Theft Ring

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 12, 08 11:28 AM CDT

      Hacker Cops to Role in $400M ID-Theft Ring

      (Newser) - A 23-year-old man with an eighth-grade education pleaded guilty yesterday to a role in stealing more than $400 million via identity theft, the Boston Globe reports. Damon Patrick Tooey was part of an 11-man ring, with members from China to the Ukraine, which brought laptops into retail stores like Barnes & Noble to steal credit-card data from their poorly secured networks. More »

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      hackers  • identity theft  • guilty plea  • BJ's Wholesale Club  • Barnes & Noble

    • Detroit's Mayor Admits He Lied, Will Step Down

      Detroit Free Press  |  Sep 4, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      Detroit's Mayor Admits He Lied, Will Step Down

      (Newser) - Detroit’s embattled mayor plead guilty to perjury charges today, admitting that he lied under oath during a police whistleblower trial, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a deal that requires him to resign, Kwame Kilpatrick will serve 4 months in jail on two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury, pay up to $1 million in restitution, and serve 5 years’ probation. More »

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      Detroit  • Michigan  • resignation  • perjury  • Kwame Kilpatrick  • guilty plea  • whistleblower

  • July 2008

    • 'Bonnie' Joins 'Clyde' in ID Theft Guilty Plea

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jul 14, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      'Bonnie' Joins 'Clyde' in ID Theft Guilty Plea

      (Newser) - Jocelyn Kirsch, half of the Philadelphia couple once dubbed the “Bonnie and Clyde of Identity Theft,” followed her ex-boyfriend’s lead and pleaded guilty today, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The 22-year-old ex-Drexel student faces a mandatory minimum of 2 years in federal prison for her part in the plot. She and Edward Anderton swiped over $116,000 from friends and relatives. More »

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      identity theft  • guilty plea  • Jocelyn Kirsch  • Edward Anderton

  • June 2008

    • Supermodel Campbell Owns Up to Air Rage

      Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 11:10 AM CDT

      Supermodel Campbell Owns Up to Air Rage

      (AP) - Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty today to kicking and spitting at two police officers during an April "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. The short-tempered supermodel went ballistic when a bag was misplaced during the epic delays surrounding the opening of a new terminal. She faces 6 months in prison or a $10,000 fine for each of six assault charges and will be sentenced later. More »

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      celebrity  • crime  • London  • assault  • Heathrow Airport  • guilty plea  • Naomi Campbell  • Terminal 5  • airport terminal

    • Winehouse's Hubby Cops to Assault

      Sun (UK)  |  Jun 9, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      Winehouse's Hubby Cops to Assault

      (Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s husband pleaded guilty to assaulting a pub owner and perverting the course of justice, the Sun reports. Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, who’s been in prison since his November arrest, hammered out the pleas with his three cohorts during court proceedings last week. His troubled better half made two appearances to support him, mouthing I-love-you’s. More »

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      celebrity  • crime  • London  • celebrity trials  • Amy Winehouse  • assault  • guilty plea  • Blake Fielder Civil

    • Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

      Associated Press  |  Jun 4, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      Spitzer Madam Pleads Guilty in 'Disgusting' Operation

      (Newser) - The woman who managed the prostitution ring that brought down New York governor Eliot Spitzer copped a plea yesterday in federal court, the AP reports. Cecil Suwal, 23, giggled and cried during a Manhattan hearing at which she pleaded guilty to money-laundering and promoting prostitution at the Emperors Club VIP service, where clients like Spitzer paid up to $5,500 an hour. More »

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      New York City  • Eliot Spitzer  • sex scandal  • prostitution ring  • Manhattan  • guilty plea  • money laundering  • Emperors Club  • Ashley Dupre  • Federal Court  • madams

    • Half of Philly ID-Theft Couple Pleads Guilty

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Jun 3, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Half of Philly ID-Theft Couple Pleads Guilty

      (Newser) - The male half of the couple labeled the Bonnie and Clyde of identity theft pleaded guilty yesterday to scams worth some $116,000, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Edward Anderton, 25, and his girlfriend, Jocelyn Kirsch, 22, used the money for big purchases and vacations. He faces 5 years in prison. More »

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      fraud  • identity theft  • guilty plea  • Jocelyn Kirsch  • Edward Anderton

  • May 2008
  • October 2007

    • Craig Won't Resign After All

      Washington Post  |  Oct 4, 07 4:48 PM CDT

      Craig Won't Resign After All

      (Newser) - Despite a Minnesota judge's ruling that he can't withdraw his guilty plea in the bathroom sex sting last spring, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced this afternoon that he would not, after all, resign his Senate seat. Craig said he had concluded, in the three weeks he's been back on the job since the story broke, that it's still "possible for me to work here effectively." He vowed to stay through the end of his term next year, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      prostitution  • Larry Craig  • guilty plea

  • September 2007

    • Craig Is Back on the Job

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 18, 07 5:02 PM CDT

      Craig Is Back on the Job

      (Newser) - Larry Craig returned to the Senate today, 2 weeks after he announced his resignation and 3 weeks after news broke that he was caught up in a sex sting in an airport restroom. The Idaho conservative cast two votes and had lunch with some Republican colleagues, but others—including John McCain—gave him the cold shoulder, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Senate  • sex scandal  • homosexuality  • Larry Craig  • guilty plea

    • Senator's John Is New Tourist Hot Spot

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 07 7:57 AM CDT

      Senator's John Is New Tourist Hot Spot

      (Newser) - Be careful about tapping your foot in Minneapolis’ latest tourist destination. Travelers passing through the airport are clamoring to see the bathroom made famous by Sen. Larry Craig’s arrest last month in a sex sting. “We had to stop and check out the bathroom,” said one jet-set wife. In fact, it was her husband's second visit. More »

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      scandals  • sex scandal  • Minneapolis  • Larry Craig  • guilty plea  • Minneapolis airport

    • Craig Moves to Retract Guilty Plea

      Associated Press  |  Sep 10, 07 3:17 AM CDT

      Craig Moves to Retract Guilty Plea

      (Newser) - Toe-tapping Senator Larry Craig will file a motion today to retract his guilty plea to charges linked to allegedly soliciting sex in a public men's room. Minnesota law allows convicts to recant pleas if they can prove they were not intelligently made, but such strategies rarely succeed. The legal proceedings could delay Craig's scheduled Sept. 30 retirement and stave off an investigation by the Senate ethics committee. More »

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      Senate  • scandals  • sex scandal  • law  • Larry Craig  • Senate Republicans  • guilty plea

    • Craig's Kids Say He Was 'Victim of Circumstance'

      ABC News  |  Sep 4, 07 5:48 PM CDT

      Craig's Kids Say He Was 'Victim of Circumstance'

      (Newser) - Idaho senator Larry Craig was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was arrested in a bathroom sex sting in June, his children told Good Morning America today. “He was a victim of circumstance,” said his son, who, with his sister, believes his father's actions in the bathroom were misinterpreted. More »

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      Senate  • sex scandal  • Larry Craig  • Idaho  • guilty plea  • infidelity

  • August 2007

    • Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

      Roll Call  |  Aug 27, 07 10:47 PM CDT

      Senator Caught in Men's Room Sex Sting

      (Newser) - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig was arrested after allegedly soliciting sex from a male plainclothes police officer in a men's room at Minneapolis airport June 11. The incident is  spelled out in graphic detail in Roll Call , which obtained the arrest report. August 8th, Craig appeared in the Hennepin County District Court and pled guilty to disorderly conduct . More »