Barrow blotter

The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents: DISPUTE: A 26-year-old Winder woman contacted a sheriff’s deputy Sept. 7 after cashing a check for a friend with an overdrawn bank account. When all of the friend’s funds weren’t available, her friend got upset with her, and told her she would contact her employer and [...]

After averting homelessness Cal Maritime student honored for stellar academic achievement

After serving his country for six years, Stephen Lang enrolled in California Maritime Academy but he nearly became homeless as he waited for his benefits to kick in. Overdrawn at the bank, Lang said he and his wife lived in a series of cheap Vallejo motels and survived off her waitress tips. “We moved to [...]

Deloitte sued for $7.6 billion in mortgage fraud case

MIAMI – A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte Touche LLP, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. “They certainly did not do their job,” said attorney Steven Thomas, who represents [...]

Deloitte sued for $7.6B in TBW mortgage fraud case

“They certainly did not do their job,” said attorney Steven Thomas, who represents those suing Deloitte. “This is one of those cases where the red flags are staring you in the face, and you’ve got to do a lot, and they did not.” Deloitte spokesman Jonathan Gandal responded that the company rejects the claims, calling [...]

Deloitte Sued For Allegedly Failing To Detect Mortgage Fraud

MIAMI — A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte Touche LLP, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. “They certainly did not do their job,” said attorney Steven Thomas, who represents [...]

Deloitte & Touche sued for $7.6 billion in mortgage fraud case

A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte Touche LLP, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. “They certainly did not do their job,” said attorney Steven Thomas, who represents those suing [...]

Deloitte sued for $7.6B in mortgage fraud case

MIAMI (AP) — A pair of lawsuits filed Monday claim that Deloitte Touche LLP, one of the nation’s largest accounting firms, should pay $7.6 billion in damages for failing through years of audits to detect massive fraud at a now-defunct Florida mortgage company. “They certainly did not do their job,” said attorney Steven Thomas, who [...]

Santa Rosa man accused in elder theft arrested again, suspected of posing as serviceman

Despite his USMC tattoo and a full uniform with medals, including a Purple Heart, Paul Tart, 29, has never served in a branch of the military service, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said. Nor was Tart a sheriff’s deputy – though he had many of the trappings of that role, too, including a gun belt [...]

The crumbling schools of Real Britain

A DECENT education is one of the most important things we can give our children, but what are today’s schools really like? As part of our ground-breaking Real Britain in 2011 series, ROS WYNNE-JONES looks at the crumbling state of schools and the overall education system as the Tory-led cuts take their toll. Head Teacher [...]

Man stole $100,000 from wife’s grandfather to pay for drugs, Santa Rosa police say

SANTA ROSA — A Santa Rosa man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $100,000 from his wife’s grandfather’s bank account, a Sonoma County sheriff’s sergeant said. Paul Tart, 29, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of grand theft and fiduciary elder theft, Sgt. Mike Rausch said. He posted $15,000 bail and was released from Sonoma [...]

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