USAO-EDVA:  Third man pleads guilty to fraud scheme involving Alexandria-based AvalonBay Communications, Inc.

USAO-EDVA:   “For immediate release?”  In this press release dated March 7, 2008, the US Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with Main Justice, announced today that a Falls Church, Virginia, man has pled guilty to harboring Indonesian aliens for financial gain.  Let’s hope that the aliens were released more quickly than the announcement.

USAO-DC:  No tips, please.  A former US Foreign Services Officer and an International Jeweler pled guilty to related gratuity and supplementation of salary charges.

SEC:  Tips, please.  SEC Chairman Schapiro discusses the President’s proposed budget increase for the SEC here.