REGIONAL DIGEST.
COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST Man found dead in Hardwick HARDWICK - Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy before ruling out foul play in the death of a 70-year-old man whose decomposing body was found at the Windsor Hotel Monday. An officer went...

Commercial and consumer credit law - First Circuit properly construes holder in due course doctrine under Massachusetts Law.
Commercial and Consumer Credit Law--First Circuit Properly Construes Holder in Due Course Doctrine Under Massachusetts Law--Jelmoli Holding, Inc. v. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., 470 F.3d 14 (1st Cir. 2006) Under Massachusetts law, a holder in due course takes a negotiable instrument free from the claims of...

Crime wave.
I WAIT EACH YEAR for the January issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research with its "Table C. Status of global mission, presence, and activities, AD 1800-2025." Each year my eye falls on Table C's saddest line, Line 62: "Ecclesiastical crime, $." Before me is Vol. 32, No....

Embezzlement charge upheld; Judge says grand jury heard enough evidence.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A grand jury heard enough evidence to indict a Grafton Street woman on bank embezzlement and attempted counterfeiting charges, a judge has ruled. Susan Carcieri, 56, and her husband, George Labadie, 48, both of 521 Grafton St., are awaiting...

Taiwanese first lady passes out at trial.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's wheelchair-bound first lady passed out during the first session of her embezzlement and forgery trail Friday, and she was taken immediately to a hospital. Television pictures showed Wu Shu-chen, 54, being carried out of the court by an unidentified woman and loaded...

Town meeting rejects override, 174-141.
Byline: Lynne Klaft LUNENBURG - After nine hours of deliberation yesterday, annual town meeting voters defeated a $1.9 million Proposition 2-1/2 override measure by a vote of 174-141, and approved an operating budget of $24.6 million for fiscal 2008. With 18 of 34 articles decided,...

Lessons from a priest's fraud.
Byline: Fr. Bel R. San Luis, SVD WHILE reading the newspaper, a man told his wife, "I can't believe this item I'm reading. "Why? What about?" the wife replied. "It says: 'A British tourist lost 2,000 pounds.' It's impossible for a man to do this; no matter...

BSP to purge watchlist of bad bankers, Deputy Governor Espenilla says.
Byline: LEE C. CHIPONGIAN The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is reviewing its watchlist of "bad bankers" or bank officers and directors -- who at one time in their careers failed the fit and-proper rule. BSP Deputy Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. said that the central...

Small change, big problems; detecting and preventing financial misconduct in your library.
0838909213 Small change, big problems; detecting and preventing financial misconduct in your library. Snyder, Herbert. Am. Library Association 2006 149 pages $40.00 Paperback Z683 "...Contrary to popular belief, fraud and embezzlement...

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Bookkeeper accused of embezzlement A Eugene woman has been arrested on allegations that she embezzled more than $13,000 from a painting contractor. Debbie Lee Dixon, 33, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of first-degree aggravated theft. She...