The Alexandria trial of a former Lousiana Congressman is the first under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
He is first and only U.S. public official to be charged under the act, and one of only two individuals in the past five years to go to trial on the charges, reports The Times-Picayune. On Friday, the other [...]
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Jefferson case is first test for 1977 law
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Alexandria, Fraud
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Manhunt under way for cohorts in fuel thefts
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Alexandria, Eastern District
A former military contractor convicted in Virginia of stealing $40 million worth of government fuel in Iraq is helping authorities find his accomplices around the globe.
According to the Associated Press, the thefts occurred in 2007 and 2008 from Camp Liberty in Baghdad. Lee W. Dubois, who has since pleaded guilty to theft of government property, [...]
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Alexandria’s Pessoa retires as city attorney
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Alexandria
The Alexandria Gazette Packet profiles Ignacio Pessoa, who retired Dec. 31 after 22 years of service to the city, including 14 years as city attorney.
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Bad land use day for Alexandria
April 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Alexandria, Zoning
The plant was built in 1949 but in recent years has become a point of concern as residential development that has crept closer and closer to it. However, the stratagems the city attempted to use to authorize the plant’s removal ran afoul of Virginia Code § 15.2-2307 Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy wrote for a unanimous [...]
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