Settlements - Financial

Bawag $675 million settlement for helping Refco commit fraud. (Jun-5-06)
Hollinger International Inc. $3.5 million settlement awarded to lawyers for Tweedy Browne. (May-26-06)
Dr. Jeffrey Shall $400,000 defamation settlement awarded to a personal injury lawyer. (May-26-06)
Columbia National, Inc. $800,000 fine for submitting false and fraudulent mortgage claims. (May-24-06)
Tenet Healthcare Corporation $21 million settlement for violating anti-kickback laws. (May-17-06)
Shoreline Amphitheatre $10 million settlement for undisclosed revenues. (May-16-06)
Calpine Corp. $42.5 million breach of contract settlement awarded to Reading Municipal Light. (May-16-06)
Morgan Stanley & Co. $15 million fine for obstructing investigations. (May-14-06)
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. $20 million settlement regarding terminal or maturity funding. (May-10-06)
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. CEO Harry Yuen $22.3 million settlement for defrauding shareholders. (May-9-06)
Mario Gabelli $100 million settlement for breaching fiduciary duty regarding mutual funds awarded to two investors. (May-5-06)
U.S. Department of Interior $10 million settlement for mismanaging Crow Indian tribe trust fund accounts. (May-4-06)
Emergency Debt Relief $230,000 settlement for fraudulent debt relief practices. (May-2-06)
BankAtlantic Bancorp $10 million civil penalty for money laundering. (Apr-28-06)
York County, PA $16 million settlement for inflating INS detainee claims. (Apr-28-06)
Wal-Mart $1.5 million fine for violating Michigan item pricing laws. (Apr-25-06)
Edward Jones $75 million payment for encouraging clients to purchase certain mutual funds without disclosing that it received compensation from those funds. (Apr-19-06)
Dollar General Corp. $1.2 million insider trading and accounting fraud settlement. (Apr-18-06)
Michelex Corp. $2.4 million settlement awarded to Wells Fargo over a lending dispute. (Apr-18-06)
Tyco International Ltd. $50 million settlement for improper accounting practices. (Apr-17-06)
Internal Revenue Service $315 million tax refund settlement awarded to Safeway. (Apr-10-06)
UBS AG $86 million settlement related to a 1996 copper trading scandal. (Apr-7-06)
Citigroup Inc. $13.5 million settlement awarded to the University of California for WorldCom fraud. (Apr-7-06)
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe $2.6 million settlement regarding a casino deal dispute. (Apr-6-06)
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. $124 million paid to state and federal governments for incorrect pricing of generic drugs. (Apr-3-06)
Wi-LAN Inc. $1.8 million settlement for breach of agreement. (Mar-31-06)
Utah Power Up to $32 million in savings for overcharging Utah customers. (Mar-31-06)
City of San Diego $1.9 million settlement for revenues lost after reconfiguring the football stadium to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Mar-24-06)
Beebe Medical Center $1 million settlement for violating the federal False Claims Act. (Mar-22-06)
Balcor Co. $845,000 settlement awarded to 20 tenants alleging misuse of maintenance fund money. (Mar-17-06)
Bear Stearns $250 million settlement for illegal mutual fund trading. (Mar-17-06)
Dow Jones & Co. $202 million contract dispute settlement. (Mar-14-06)
Yucatan Resorts Inc., Yucatan Resorts, Resort Holdings International Cancun, Resort Holding International Panama and Michael E. Kelly $20 million settlement for breach of contract involving Yucatan Resort investments. (Mar-10-06)
Rod Stewart: Update $3.1 million settlement for breach of contract after canceling a concert and keeping the advanced payment. (Mar-7-06)
LandAmerica Financial Corp. $4.5 million settlement for illegally rebating title insurance. (Mar-6-06)
Kelley Lynch $9.5 million court ordered judgment awarded to Leonard Cohen. (Mar-3-06)
Tutor-Saliba $19 million settlement awarded to the city of San Francisco for allegedly over billing for work performed at the International Airport. (Mar-1-06)
Tenet Healthcare Corp. $7 million settlement for over billing Medicare and Medicaid. (Feb-22-06)
HVB $29.6 million in fines for helping KPMG provide fraudulent tax shelters. (Feb-17-06)
Ameriquest Mortgage Co. $325 million settlement for devious mortgage leading practices. (Jan-24-06)
Austrian Government $150 million in artwork will be returned to their rightful owner after Nazis stole five Klimt paintings during 1939 lootings. (Jan-23-06)
University of Connecticut $2.5 million settlement for mismanaging grants awarded to the school for research. (Jan-13-06)
SmarTire Systems Inc. $250,000 settlement plus 2 million shares awarded to Bristol. (Jan-10-06)
BearingPoint Inc. et al $15 million settlement for over billing government customers for travel expenses. (Jan-10-06)
ABN AMRO Mortgage Group Inc. $41 million settlement for falsifying thousands of loan documents. (Jan-9-06)
Hallmark Cards Inc. $45 million to be spent on programming and development to broadcast religious coalition information after breaching a contract. (Dec-20-05)
Millennium Partners $180 million settlement for market timing to increase the cost of mutual funds to investors. (Dec-19-05)
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. $14 million settlement for breach of contract in developing a riverboat casino in Kimmswick. (Dec-12-05)
Stone Cold Chemicals Inc. $1.2 million settlement for bribing government employees to purchase its cleaning products at highly inflated prices. (Dec-5-05)
Electronic Data Systems Corp. $121.8 million settlement awarded to Britain's HM Revenue & Customs for compensation related to a faulty tax credit system. (Nov-28-05)

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