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Mr. Jakob's arrest is the third time in 18 months that law enforcement agencies have made a quick arrest in an Internet fraud aimed at a big company's stock, illustrating yet again that the promise of anonymity on the Internet is largely an illusion.

Jurors in the Federal District Court in Houston convicted Mr. Skilling and Enron's former chairman, Kenneth L. Lay, in May 2006 of leading an accounting fraud aimed at deceiving shareholders about the company's financial health.

The case is part of a crackdown on financial fraud aimed at the elderly, the commission said.

A year ago, Olympus, its former president and two other executives pleaded guilty in Tokyo to criminal charges related to a two-decade $1.7 billion accounting fraud aimed at covering up huge investment losses.

A federal grand jury indicted Mr. Rusnak a week ago, accusing him of fraud aimed at winning him salary and bonuses totaling $850,000.

The New York State task force focused on more than just insider trading, examining a range of white-collar crime like fraud aimed at the elderly, tax fraud and counterfeiting.

The accusations of corruption and fraud aimed at the Karzai clique in government and the 20 August elections still persist.

Here, for the first time, were thinly veiled accusations of data fudging and fraud aimed at Kettlewell.

Federal prosecutors dubbed their investigation "Operation Varsity Blue" and said it blew the lid off a massive fraud scheme aimed at getting the children of the rich and powerful into elite universities.

A federal judge has rejected claims by fired HealthSouth chief executive Richard Scrushy and upheld a new corporate fraud law aimed at top executives after a series of major accounting scandals.

The court heard that Mr. Benmerzouga and Mr. Meziane helped run an international credit card fraud scheme aimed at raising money for terrorist organizations.