Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iPhone violates anti-monopoly provisions

Federal judge in California upheld a class action claiming that Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iPhone violates the anti-monopoly provisions of the antitrust laws. The court also ruled that Apple may have violated federal and California criminal computer fraud and abuse statutes by releasing version 1.1.1 of its iPhone operating software when Apple knew that doing so would damage or destroy some iPhones that had been 'unlocked' to enable use of a carrier other than AT&T."

Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service provider agreement for the iPhone violates anti-monopoly provisions

Federal judge in California upheld a class action claiming that Apple and AT&T Mobility's five-year exclusive voice and data service...

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Mortgage Asset Research Institute just released a report on mortgage fraud for the first three months of the year, and California ranked No. 2,

Mortgage Asset Research Institute just released a report on mortgage fraud for the first three months of the year, and California ranked No. 2, behind the No. 1 state of…..Florida!Coming in No. 3 was a three-way tie: Illinois, Maryland and Michigan.The MARI maintains a database of reported incidents of fraud and misrepresentations, and the ranking is based on total number of properties involved in fraud (the totals were not given). Nationwide such reports were up 42 percent in the first quarter vs. a year ago. And here I thought fraud would decrease after the credit crunch began last summer.<br />Although the report didn’t break out Orange County, it said in California 52 percent of properties with “misrepresentations” are in the Los Angeles.<br />“Income and employment misrepresentation on the mortgage application rank high in Florida, California, Illinois and Maryland. Florida and Maryland report higher income than employment misrepresentation, and California and Illinois report slightly higher employment than income misrepresentation.”“The first quarter data reveals that loan application misrepresentation continues to plague the industry. According to the FBI’s 2007 Mortgage Fraud Report, ‘the downward trend in the housing market provides an ideal climate for mortgage fraud perpetrators to employ a myriad of schemes suitable to a down market. Simply stated, mortgage fraud will not disappear

Mortgage Asset Research Institute just released a report on mortgage fraud for the first three months of the year, and California ranked No. 2,

Mortgage Asset Research Institute just released a report on mortgage fraud for the first three months of the year, and California ranked No....

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Bryan Darrell Oliphant faces eight felony charges of offer or sale of an unregistered security and three felony charges of fraud

Bryan Darrell Oliphant, 35, of 57940 C.R. 33, Middlebury, faces eight felony charges of offer or sale of an unregistered security and three felony charges of fraud in connection with offering or selling a security. Brett M. Oliphant, 29, of 10 Renwood Place, American Canyon, Calif., faces felony charges of offering or selling an unregistered security, transacting business as an unregistered broker, fraudulent offering, sale or purchase of a security and conspiracy to commit fraudulent or deceitful acts with the offer, sale or purchase of a security.All the charges are connected with the brothers' actions between Nov. 1, 2004, and Aug. 31, 2005, running companies called 85 West, LLC, and Electronic Scrap Recycling Corp. Both lived in the area at the time, according to court documents. Bryan Oliphant used some of the money to pay for construction work on his house, according to an affidavit by Kim Haskins, an investigator with the Indiana Secretary of State Securities Division. Brett Oliphant used the money to pay for his rent, clothing, flowers and a vehicle, according to Haskins.In all the brothers took in more than $1.1 million from the illegal sales, though they returned $350,000 to two "investors" who got suspicious, according to Haskins. They also gave people fake investment documents, the investigator wrote in her affidavit. Bryan Oliphant's plea-bargain deadline is coming up next week, and Brett Oliphant's is the following week in Elkhart Superior Court 2. No trial date has been set for either man.

Bryan Darrell Oliphant faces eight felony charges of offer or sale of an unregistered security and three felony charges of fraud

Bryan Darrell Oliphant, 35, of 57940 C.R. 33, Middlebury, faces eight felony charges of offer or sale of an unregistered security and three ...

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