Telecom-equipment makers worried that their products would be required to comply with federal wire-tap laws.
Greg Tarver, a state senator, was indicted on federal wire-fraud charges, though the jury acquitted him.
Mr. Hardin, who until recently served as President of The University of Central Arkansas, pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges.
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The small print on Sportingbet's 2001 float paperwork reportedly stated that that the directors had been advised that some of the firm's activities violated the federal Wire Act.
The Department of Justice years ago took the position that the federal Wire Act of 1961 prohibited all sorts of online gambling even though the law itself seemed to only apply to sports betting.
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Failing that, he could be extradited to the U.S. Last November he was indicted on three federal counts of wire fraud in Georgia.
Swartz, who committed suicide in January at age 26, was accused of federal computer and wire fraud crimes for downloading academic journals from J-STOR.
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been charged with 21 federal counts of wire fraud, bribery, filing false tax returns and money laundering.
Namvar was sentenced on Tuesday to 7 years in federal prison for wire fraud in connection to what many have labeled a Ponzi scheme.
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Well nothing really, except for possible violations of some federal criminal statutes (wire fraud? even perhaps racketeering?) and collusion in filing of a frivolous lawsuit.
Former Ohio State stand-out quarterback, Art Schlichter was charged yesterday in federal court with bank and wire fraud charges associated with a sports ticket scalping scam.
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The New Yorkers, in turn, will use the Federal Reserve's clearing system to wire the money to a correspondent bank in Memphis.
But the state laws confer no protection from federal actions like the one reported by the wire service.
On January 13, 2012, Morris pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court in Seattle.
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The federal statute also provided for stiffer sentences than wire fraud he said, providing a heavy cudgel in plea-bargain negotiations.
To cut to the chase, on December 12, 2011, Gunter pleaded to three counts each of wire fraud and mail fraud in federal court in the Northern District of Alabama.
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On October 15, 2012, federal prosecutors announced that Gallardo had pled guilty to wire fraud.
On January 24, 2012, Stein, 54, New York, NY was arrested and charged with one count of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud in a criminal Complaint in federal court in Manhattan.
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On October 21, 2008, Robert Nicol, Andrew Vogen, Michele Benitez and George Hustus were charged by federal criminal indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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He pleaded guilty - before US District Judge William Pauley in a federal court in lower Manhattan - to a count of wire fraud, and said he was "truly sorry".
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Despite JSTOR declining to pursue the case, and later in 2001 making its public-domain resources freely available, the federal suit continued, with charges of computer fraud and wire fraud carrying a potential sentence of 35 years.
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Shirley Huntley, who has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in another federal corruption case, was revealed to have worn a wire while in office, according to court papers filed Friday by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn, during which time she recorded nine people, including seven elected officials and two people who had previously worked as a staff member or consultant to an elected official.
On April 9, 2012, Kaup pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud and was scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles on December 17, 2012.
Rather than focusing on money laundering that results from substantive criminal violations, such as mail or wire fraud, drug crimes, or corruption, federal prosecutors are looking instead at weaknesses in the internal procedures employed by financial institutions to prevent laundering.
On November 29, 2012, Vahedi is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court in the Central District of California to one count of wire fraud in connection with the Ponzi.
On July 10, 2012, Celia Gallardo, 42, North Hills, CA was indicted on nine counts of wire fraud and seven counts of mail fraud by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California.
On July 26, 2011, Bah pleaded guilty in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina to one count of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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Mr. Liu said he believed in the innocence of Jia "Jenny" Hou, his 26-year-old former campaign treasurer, who was convicted of attempted wire fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal law-enforcement agents.
On August 25, 2011, Heim was indicted in federal court in the District of Oregon on 13 counts of mail fraud and wire fraud.
Even if he escapes prosecution in Florida, he faces a federal trial this spring on 61 counts of tax evasion, mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, extortion, money-laundering and conspiracy.
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