Almost three quarters of those aged over 18 who were charged over the riots had a prior conviction, he added.

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Knowing about his prior conviction makes no difference, Ms. Batten-Mickens says.

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Among the more jarring aspects of this new case is that Stein was running his alleged fraud while out on supervised release for his prior conviction.

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It was because of his prior conviction.

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The defense plans to argue that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which requested the wiretaps beginning in spring 2008, misled the judge who granted them by failing to disclose that its informant had a prior criminal conviction, making that witness unreliable.

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The misdemeanor count of not reporting income stemmed from consulting jobs Hubbell performed prior to his fraud conviction in 1994.

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In addition, Hubbell is pleading guilty to one misdemeanor count of not reporting income that came from consulting jobs he performed prior to his fraud conviction in 1994.

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From September 30, 2009, through February 5, 2010, and from May 24, 2011, through June 27, 2011, BIFS allowed a statutorily disqualified person (due to a felony conviction for serious injury by motor vehicle) to associate with the firm prior to approval, in violation of FINRA Rule 2010, and FINRA By-Laws, Article III, Section 3.

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