Sep
21
Sep
21
A former general manager of the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $50,000 from the Madera County gambling operation.
Jeff Livingston, 51, also was ordered to pay $52,400 in restitution to the casino and serve three years of probation after his release.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill, who handed down the sentence, ordered Livingston to start serving his term by Oct. 31.
“I did wrong,” Livingston said to O’Neill. “I’m here in court because a jury of my peers found I did wrong.”
Still, Livingston – a former Fresno resident who now lives in Las Vegas – asked for probation instead of prison. His
Sep
06
The federal trade commission (FTC) has come up with rule that will prevent debt relief services that work for profit to charge a fee in order to settle a consumer’s credit cards or any other unsecured debts before the service has been rendered and been fruitful. This rule has been formulated so that debt help companies are not able to exploit consumers by giving them false promises of reducing their credit card debts by a large amount and demanding large upfront fees in exchange of that. Many of these companies extract even the last penny out of the pockets of their customers and leave them even worse off in debts.
The FTC has also introduced three Telemarketing Sales Rule provision, meant for debt relief companies who sell their services over the phone, from 27th September 2011. T
Aug
29
Are we ambivalent–perhaps even hypocritical–about flexible working arrangements? People want it for themselves, but for others? Well, maybe not.
According to research from iPass, the Mobile Workforce Report, a third of 3,100 employees surveyed say they would walk if employers fail to “support flexible working via mobile devices,” reports Computer Weekly.com.
Everyone wants more work freedom, but being physically in the office carries more weight than youd expect in this day of nonstop communication. We seem to confer greater legitimacy to the efforts of those who toil in the office. Are we suspicious that people working out of the office are goofing off?
Aug
28
Defendant’s Parents ‘Deserved to Be Shot,’ Lawyer Says
28-08-2011
Tagged Under : Defendant’s Parents, Parents
In the opening statement of the trial for murder suspect Jacob Brighton, defense attorney Marc Shiner told jurors Brightons parents deserved to be shot; they deserved it, legally.
Brighton, 20, faces two counts of first-degree murder and possible life in prison for the 2007 fatal shootings of Richard and Penny Brighton at the familys home in Fort Pierce, Fla., reports the Treasure Coast Palm.
Shiner, who detailed allegations of long-term violence and molestation by Britons father and a knowing, blind-eye turned by his mother, said the shootings were the culmination of constant abuse.
“This young man is not guilty.