Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and three other affiliated hospitals have agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by employees who said they weren’t paid all the money they had earned. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Boston – Medicine – Health – Hospital
Senator John F. Kerry is urging the State Department to tighten controls over $1.45 billion in aid to Pakistan this year, warning that if the money is squandered or stolen, a massive five-year effort to help Pakistanis could collapse. John Kerry – United States – Pakistan – Demographics of Pakistan – Government
Long before there was MoneyGram and Western Union , people in South Asian countries often used an informal network of brokers, called an “hawala,” to transfer money over long distances when it was too inconvenient or dangerous to send cash by courier.
The former chief financial officer of a Massachusetts museum has pleaded guilty to stealing $1.3 million from the nonprofit and using the money for personal expenses. Theft – Plea – Crime – United States – History
A former financial adviser from Plymouth has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling $4.3 million from his clients and using the money for personal expenses, including to make mortgage payments and pay his daughter’s college tuition. Plymouth – Devon – England – Recreation and Sports – Religion
Here is a snapshot of Bill McDonagh’s life: death, divorce, and hard times. A single father raising three children, McDonagh has never had the money or inclination for a family photograph.
If there’s a slim silver lining in the dark cloud of Governor Deval Patrick’s anemic fund-raising, it’s this: his campaign is holding onto a bigger percentage of the money coming in than either of his two chief rivals.
If there’s a slim silver lining in the dark cloud of Governor Deval Patrick’s anemic fund-raising, it’s this: his campaign is holding onto a bigger percentage of the money coming in than either of his two chief rivals.
With just minutes to spare, the political committee of Republican gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos delivered a $12,500 check yesterday to cover the fee for this month’s state GOP convention, after several weeks of missed deadlines and a failed attempt by the candidate to pay the money with personal funds.
A federal judge has sentenced a Massachusetts man to more than 17 years in prison for committing a fraud that netted him more than $20 million from the descendants of a 19th-century industrialist and using the money on personal extravagances including three private jets.
