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...troubling aspect: those funds were used as collateral for a $52 million loan. After New Era's lawyers balked at providing foundation records, Prudential called in the loan, and the dominoes began to fall. Last week New Era filed for bankruptcy protection, the state attorney general accused Bennett of fraud, and the SEC charged that he diverted $4.2 million into two firms he controlled personally. In a letter sent last Friday to his contributors, Bennett wrote, "Those of you who know us, know we would never have done anything other than enable you to grow and flourish . My sole desire...
...most recent city vote reflects the problems of the current election system. Councillor William H. Walsh was removed from the council following his sentencing on federal bank fraud charges, and Anthony D. Galluccio, a legislative aide and law student, won in the recount of Walsh's ballots last December...
...charges of election fraud in general, we have only to refer Williams to a document with which she should be more familiar: the HRC constitution. In Article VIII, Section 7a, the constitution states that "if any member...shall contest the results of the election upon reasonable grounds, he must present his grievance in writing to the chair of the election committee within 24 hours...
...same time, a Lutheran cleric and amateurnaturalist named John Bachman targeted the mermaidand denounced it as a fraud as part of his attackagainst Nott. Backed by other naturalists, heargued that the mermaid was simply the body of amonkey sewn to a fish, and that it wasanatomically inaccurate. The mermaid, encased inglass, was not allowed to be examined, sobelievers in the mermaid accused the naturalistsof taking authority in a matter which they hadnever submitted to scientific examination. Themermaid, or rather Barnum's business, suffered agreat deal during this time, and Barnum wiselydecided to bring the mermaid back to New York...
...list of allegations of improprieties about the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) was anonymously delivered to The Crimson last week. Among other charges, the list accused the HRC of "electoral fraud" in its February election of officers and engaging in "exclusion and lying" in the expulsion of William Zerhouni '98 from its executive board...