Accused St. John's embezzler Cecilia Chang accused of bribing students with scholarships

Dean accused of trading scholarships for labour
The suspended vice-president and dean of St. John's University in New York has been charged with embezzling more than $1 million and forcing Students to do chores for her or risk losing their Scholarships. Cecilia Chang, 57, is charged with forced Labour and Bribery in addition to previous accusations of embezzlement that resulted in her suspension from the university in January. "Chang threatened the Students and placed them in fear that if they refused to perform these personal services, they...

St. John's Dean Arrested For Allegedly Using Students As Laborers
The problems continue to mount for earlier this month for former St. Johns University dean, Cecilia Chang. Earlier this month, Chang was accused of embezzling over $1 million in donations from the college. Now the FBI is also alleging that she essentially used Students as slave laborers around her house. Chang, 57, is accused of forcing Students on Scholarship to do her laundry, clean her house, cook, and serve as chauffeurs. The Arrest Warrant states Chang threatened the Students and...

Investigators say dean made students do housework for scholarships
(CNN) -- Investigators say a former Vice President and dean at a New York university forced Students to cook, clean, wash clothes and chauffeur her family -- and threatened that their Scholarships would be revoked if they refused. An arrest affidavit unsealed by Federal Prosecutors this week alleges that Cecilia Chang required Scholarship Students at St. John's University to take out the garbage, shovel snow and cook food at her home in Queens, New York. "Chang threatened the Students...

Cecilia Chang, Former St. John's Dean, Allegedly Treated Students Like Servants
Former St. John's Dean of Asian Studies and Vice President Cecilia Chang, fired in June for embezzling about $1 million worth of donations from the university, was charged again on Thursday -- this time, for forcing Students to act as her servants. The New York Times reports that Chang was in charge of granting 15 Scholarships annually, most of which went to overseas Students. Told that they must work for the university in order to maintain their Scholarships, Students were surprised to find...

Dean Charged With Forced Labor for Scholarships
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Just when it looked like things couldn't get worse for accused Fundraiser embezzler Cecilia Chang, new federal charges allege that the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St. Johns University threatened her Scholarship Students with revoking their funds if they didn't do such menial tasks as taking out her garbage and shoveling the snow from her driveway. A New York judge jailed Chang on Thursday on forced labor charges. The federal case is based in part on FBI...

Feds: Dean Treated Students Like Slaves
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Just when it looked like things couldn’t get worse for accused Fundraiser embezzler, Cecilia Chang, new Federal charges allege that the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St. Johns University threatened her Scholarship Students with revoking their funds if they didn’t do such menial tasks as taking out her garbage and shoveling the snow from her driveway. A New York judge jailed Chang on Thursday on forced labor charges. The Federal case is...

Judge Sets Low Bond For Corrupt Mayor Friend
The judge who set the bond amount for an Arizona mayor at the center of a Corruption Scandal failed to disclose that shes friends with the disgraced lawmaker, whose bail has subsequently been revoked by a higher Court. Prior to the bail fiasco, the case made national headlines this week because the magnitude of Corruption is unusually large for a small U.S. town ( Nogales ) of about 20,000 residents. The Citys handsome young mayor, 29-year-old Octavio Garcia-Von Borstel, has been...

Dearborn report: 23 agents say imam refused to surrender
The 300-page report supported the conclusion reached Thursday by the State Attorney Generals office, whose review said that the FBI acted appropriately in the 2009 shooting death of Abdullah, a Muslim leader from Detroit suspected of dealing in stolen goods. The report says that 20 FBI Agents and three other federal Agents from U.S. Border Patrol, Oakland County Sheriff and ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) testified that Abdullah ignored commands to show his hands and surrender....

Ex-dean 'made NYC students do chores'
AP One St John's University Student was ordered to make meals at a Veteran administrator's home. Another withdrew cash that was delivered to the same official at a casino. A third had to answer personal emails - or else be kicked out of school. The allegations in a Federal complaint unsealed on Thursday were the latest in a widening Scandal involving Cecilia Chang, the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies and Vice President for international relations. A judge jailed Chang on Thursday...

WaPo Editorial Presents Virginia as Armory for Criminals, Proposes More Gun Control As Solution
In today's print edition of the Washington Post, the top editorial, "Virginia is for Gun lovers," * attacked the Old Dominion as "one of the nation's leading Gun-buying bazaars for out-of-state criminals." "[T]he commonwealth's Gun shows -- where criminals can purchase weapons without a background check -- and its Gun shops are a regular source of easy-to-get Firearms," the Post complained. While there's no State requirement for purchasers at Gun shows to submit...

N.J. U.S. Attorney Recused Self from Bribery Case
The New Jersey U.S. Attorney is not overseeing the prosecution of a lawyer who allegedly bribed a State Senator, the New Jersey Law Journal reported Thursday. Paul Fishman (Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman) Paul Fishman recused himself from the case when he became U.S. Attorney in 2009 because he represented a company under investigation in the case while in Private Practice at Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman LLP in Newark, N.J. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of...

Chicago city building inspector convicted on bribery charges
Jose Hernandez, 47, is the 15th city inspector and the 19th defendant overall to be convicted as part of a federal Corruption investigation. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in Prison and a $250,000 fine on each count. Hernandez was found guilty on all four counts of Bribery. The defendant has been a building inspector since 1988 and was arrested as part of the Operation Crooked Code. Such investigation has charged a total of 27 defendants since it became public in 2007. Since late 2005,...

It's right to boycott the Commonwealth Games
An army of Children some as young as four is currently working without a break to make New Delhi tolerable for foreign visitors attending the Commonwealth Games. Since India won the hosting rights to the games after allegedly paying bribes to Member States thousands of residents have been forcefully evicted from their homes. At least 100 workers have been killed and many more have been injured. Students at Delhi's universities were forced to vacate their halls to accommodate...

Future Generations Will Condemn Us For: Legalizing Bribery Through Campaign Finance
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah sparked an Internet meme with his op/ed entitled " What Will Future Generations Condemn Us For "? The challenge is to predict which widely accepted practices or institutions will be regarded as barbaric by future generations. Apiah argues future generations will look back in horror on our Prisons, factory farms, and nursing homes, as well as our casual abuse of the planet. These are all plausible contenders. Here's my addition: Future generations will condemn us...

The role of health incentives | Harald Schmidt
Earlier this week, the Citizens Council of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) published a report on the question of when it would be acceptable to provide people with incentives for looking after their health. The majority of the group (who are all members of the public) supported their use under specific circumstances, a perspective that was not warmly reported in Newspapers such as the Telegraph. Under the headline " Taxpayer should fund 'bribes' for obese...

U.S. border officer accused of accepting bribes to allow illegal immigrants to cross border
An inspector for U.S. Customs and Border Protection was arrested on Corruption Conspiracy charges  Thursday, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for allowing vehicles filled with Illegal Immigrants and Marijuana to pass through his inspection lanes at the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro Border crossings, authorities said. Lorne Hammer Jones, a 17-year Veteran, received up to $20,000 for each vanload of Illegal Immigrants that passed through his lane without inspection, according...

Duke Cunningham: May 2007
The Wrong Stuff: The Extraordinary Saga of Randy Duke Cunningham, the Most Corrupt Congressman Ever Caught , the book about Cunningham by the reporters who brought him down, hits stores this coming Monday. We here at TPM were lucky enough to get an advance copy and have been tearing through it. The book is the Cunningham Scandal from A to Z -- following from Duke's childhood to his Guilty Plea, and following the (alleged) bribes from Brent Wilkes ' or Mitchell Wade 's pocket to the...

Calif border inspector charged with bribery
San Diego — Federal Prosecutors in San Diego say a border inspector has been charged with Bribery, Smuggling Illegal Immigrants and helping smuggle nearly five tons of Marijuana. Lorne Leslie Jones was arrested Thursday while working at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was assigned to San Diego's San Ysidro and Otay Mesa crossings across from Tijuana, Mexico. The U.S. attorney's office said the 46-year-old Chula Vista man has not made...

KGUN9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports
Story update:  After this story was posted, 9 On Your Side learned that a Superior Court judge has overruled Judge Maley and ordered Garcia-Von Borstel held without bond for now, pending a hearing.  Click here for the update. NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) - Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel and his father appeared before Judge Helen Maley on Tuesday, facing charges of Corruption, Fraud and Bribery. The Mayor is also accused of using his position as the...

Life of Hazrat Suleman Alai Salam
Friday, October 1, 2010 Life of Hazrat Suleman Alai Salam Urdu Columns. Pakistani Urdu Columns, Pakistani Columns. Newspapers cartoons. Urdu Newspapers cartoons. Admissions and Immigration. Study abroad. Scholarships. Related columns:

I'M NOT SURE THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER "HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE," BUT. . . . Investigators say dean...
I’M NOT SURE THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER “Higher Education BUBBLE,” BUT. . . . Investigators say dean made Students do housework for Scholarships. “Investigators say a former Vice President and dean at a New York university forced Students to cook, clean, wash clothes and chauffeur her family — and threatened that their Scholarships would be revoked if they refused. An arrest affidavit unsealed by Federal Prosecutors this week alleges that Cecilia Chang required...

Outside Scholarships
Do Your Research A little time and effort on your part could lead to significant financial assistance for college. The sites listed are an invaluable source of information, but do not neglect to investigate other sources of information, particularly about local Scholarships: Advice for Foreign Students Some Scholarships may be available only to US Citizens or permanent residents; however, some Scholarship agencies are geared specifically toward supporting foreign Students. Please consult the...

Assets of Politicians of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
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Center for Reproductive Rights Announces Innovation in Scholarship Award
10.01.10  -  (Press Release) The Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights is pleased to announce the CRR Student Policy Advocacy Award. This award recognizes policy advocacy by Students within their Schools and communities that advances the principle that Reproductive Rights are Human Rights which those in power must respect, protect, and fulfill. The award, a cash prize of $250, will be given on an ad hoc basis to Student groups that are doing the hard work of...

The Center for Reproductive Rights Announces the 2010-2011 CRR Innovation in Scholarship Awardee: Professor Alice M. Miller
10.01.10  -  (Press Release) The Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights is excited to announce the next Innovation in Scholarship Awardee, Professor Alice M. Miller. The Innovation in Scholarship Award recognizes a distinguished scholar whose research advances the academy's understanding of Health, women's Rights, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, and related fields. Award winners have made significant contributions to the intellectual basis of these fields...