Corporate Crime

State launches Lap-Band investigation

2012-01-26 18:22:00

The California Department of Insurance is investigating the business practices of Lap-Band surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, according to insurer Aetna Inc. The insurance giant said in a statement that it was...

Allergan halts Lap-Band sales to 1-800-GET-THIN clinics

2012-02-02 18:26:00

The maker of the Lap-Band will no longer sell its product to clinics affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company — a blow to Southern California surgery centers that have built an empire implanting the weight-loss devices in people...

Flying high for the Sinaloa drug cartel

2011-07-27 10:44:00

John Charles Ward would take flight in the half-light before dawn, when he could race down the runway without headlights and ascend into the cloaking embrace of an overcast sky. This feature requires that JavaScript be enabled and the Flash plug-in be...

Inaction by regulators as weight loss surgery allegations mount

2012-01-22 00:00:00

Several current or former workers for the people behind those 1-800-GET-THIN ads have made allegations about this weight-loss enterprise that government regulators should have gotten to the bottom of long ago. Taken together, the allegations are that...

Yemen president capitalizes on his political wits

2012-01-04 16:23:00

Scam Watch: Alleged Ponzi scheme targeted Mormon Church members

2012-01-09 14:12:00

Avon fires vice chairman as bribery investigation continues

2012-01-31 15:47:33

Two Obama initiatives to address foreclosure crisis face hurdles

2012-01-26 00:00:00

L.A. housing inspector accused of moonlighting as unlicensed contractor

2012-01-08 00:00:00

Television review: 'House of Lies' on Showtime

2012-01-07 00:00:00

Probe of Hollywood arson suspect Harry Burkhart widens to Canada

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Scam watch: Super Bowl tickets, romance, time shares

2012-01-29 05:10:00

Jeffrey Hubbard, the superintendent of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, arrives at the Airport Courthouse to be arraigned on two felony counts of misappropriation of funds in late 2010.

2012-01-23 11:58:46

Allegedly stole about $80K in items from vacationing neighbors' home. Charges: Seven counts of fraud, illegal use or possession of another person's identification without consent, dealing in stolen property, damage to property, burglary, larceny, grand theft of a vehicle and committing fraud -

2012-01-22 00:00:00