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  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Club Fed

    A brief history of two bad ideas

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2007

    Un-safe slumber party

    Ever wonder what would happen if you locked an old woman in a bank safe? You have? Well then you're a sick individual. But lucky for you, Bank of America in Laguna Woods did lock a diabetic 73-year-old woman in a privacy room while she was checking her safe deposit box just yesterday. And what happe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Chapman Journo Professor Defeats Wacky Santa Barbara Publisher

    In these days of horrible news, something great: Chapman University School of Journalism professor Susan Paterno successfully defender herself against a libel and defamation suit filed by Wendy McCaw, the controversial owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press and a rag owner that makes Hearst look like ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 13, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Real-life Mexicans not only dont care about those stereotypes, they embrace them'

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    It's Gonna Get Bad, Then Really Bad, Then Really Really Bad ...

    Chapman University's annual economic forecast has been known to be overly sunny, but even this year's had to acknowledge that it'll suck huevos through the end of the next year. However, as they faced a crowd of 1,200 huddled in the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Esmael Adibi and ... More >>

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Beasts of Burnin'

    An outlaw animal-rights group targets a local bank branch in its war on animal testing

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Rockabilly Night

    An outlaw animal-rights group targets a local bank branch in its war on animal testing

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Ed Royce Is Your Friend!

    But he likes bankers, too

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Public's Help Sought in Nabbing the 'Hazmat Bandit'

    The Orange County Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public's help in identifying an armed bank robber authorities have dubbed the "Hazmat Bandit" due to his attire: a white painter's jumpsuit, a white hat, boots and sunglasses.The unidentified man--described as white, in his fifties, with long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Famed Cybercriminal 'The Analyst' Targeted Irvine Company

    d70focus / FlickrWherever white-collar crimes happen, Irvine's aisles of nameless, indistinguishable boxy office buildings will somehow be involved. Exhibit #3945: the case of "The Analyst," a.k.a. Israeli hacker Ehud Tenebaum.Tenebaum hacked the Pentagon as a teenager, and then went to work as a go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Local Billionaire/Tax Felon Says His Swiss Banker Made Him Do It

    Amid President Barack Obama's vow to end off-shore tax breaks for U.S.-based multinational corporations and individuals within a decade, billionaire Igor Olenicoff, who owns homes in Laguna Beach and Florida, says from his Newport Beach office that his Swiss bankers led him to lie about his foreign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Locals Among Dozens Caught Up in International Criminal Phishing Scheme

    No, not that kind of fish fry. ​Congratulations, Orange County! Some of your residents were among today's arrestees in the largest cyber crime case of its kind. "Operation Phish Phry," the first joint cyber investigation between Egyptian law enforcement authorities and United States of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    What If the Blue Note Bandit and Red Sharpie Bandit Had Joined Forces?

    Top left: FBI; bottom left: LABankRobbers.org"Red Sharpie Bandit" (above) and "Blue Note Bandit" terrorize local banks.​It's a good thing the FBI believes it has captured the so-called "Red Sharpie Bandit."Who knows what kind of evil would have been wrought had he joined forces with a fellow bank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Labor Rally Chastises Greed of Chase and Bank of America

    The reckless greed of Wall Street banks such as Chase and Bank of America has wrecked the American economy and kill American jobs, claims the Orange County Labor Federation, which leads noontime rallies today in front of branches of both banks in Santa Ana.

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2010
  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010
  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    First Vietnamese American Bank Closes

    ​Little Saigon's First Vietnamese American Bank, which as the name suggests opened five years ago as the first U.S. bank with a core clientele of Vietnamese immigrants, was shut down by regulators Friday night.The bank at 8990 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, reopened today under new management an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Me Arlene Settle Could Get Stiff Prison Sentence for Role in International Phishing Ring

    ​When federal indictments were announced in the fall of 2009 as part of Operation "Phish Phry," a multinational investigation conducted in the United States and Egypt that led to charges against 100 people, it was hailed as the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cybercrime case. Fiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    MoveOn.org Comes to the Rescue of Taxes Today

    ​Taxes must be suffering from battered women's syndrome about now. We're all like, "Aw come on, baby. You know I loves ya," Then--BAM!--corporations and rich people rap taxes upside the head, saying they ain't returning to Clinton-era levels. Then we get all lovey-dovey again and--WHAM!--House Rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Kenneth Joseph Lucas II Gets 13 Years for Running International Phishing Scam and Indoor Pot Farm

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 28, 2 P.M.: Sentences totaling 13 years for convictions in two cases have been given to Kenneth Joseph Lucas II, the "kingpin" of an international "phishing" operation that used spam e-mails and bogus websites to collect personal information used to defraud American banks. The 27- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    "Dying Son Bandit" Spins Sad Tale to Bank Tellers He Robs

    ​I hope the man dubbed by the FBI the "Dying Son Bandit" really does have a son who is dying.Wait, that didn't come out right. I don't hope anyone is dying. Actually, that applies to most people. But I hope the bank robber who tells tellers he is only taking cash from them because of his son's med ... More >>

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