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Galati Hits The Trifecta, Indicted For A Third Time
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netRon Galati, the Don Corleone of the auto repair business, hit a trifecta this afternoon when he was indicted for a third time in an ongoing investigation by city,...
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Inky Sale Not Official Yet, But New Publisher Making Moves
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIt's a tough time at The Philadelphia Inquirer.First, new co-owner Lewis Katz, who just bought the paper in a court-ordered auction last week, died tragically in a...
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Closing Arguments Due In FirstPlus Fraud Trial
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netClosing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow morning in the multi-million dollar fraud trial of mobster Nicodemo S. Scarfo, his business partner Salvatore Pelullo...
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Layers Of An Onion Define Multi-Million Dollar FirstPlus Fraud
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netA federal prosecutor used mobster Nicodemo S. Scarfo's own words today to describe the alleged takeover and looting of a Texas-based mortgage company that is at the...
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Mafia Smoke, No Fire In Fraud Case, Pelullo's Lawyer Says
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netHe wasn't a gangster. He was a turnaround expert.And if the government had just left him alone, Salvatore Pelullo would have turned FirstPlus Financial, a struggling...
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Fumo Beats The IRS In Federal Court
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netU.S. District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter on Friday struck down the imposition of an extremely rare "jeopardy assessment" leveled by the IRS against former state Senator...
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A Juror's View Of The Nicodemo Trial
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netShe listened to two days of testimony in the Anthony Nicodemo murder trial last month and said she wasn't buying the defense argument that Nicodemo was carjacked and...
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The Partnership That Didn't Last Twenty Minutes
Auction winners Gerry Lenfest and Lewis KatzBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIn the moments after Lewis Katz and H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest won the May 27th auction to buy The Philadelphia Inquirer for $88...
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Will Drew Katz Sell? Why Are People Crying At The Inky?
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThe new owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, wasn't back yet from his vacation in Vienna and Berlin.While Lenfest was away, leaders of the...
View ArticleFirstPlus Trial Heading To The Jury
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netAfter nearly six months of testimony and more than a week of detailed and grueling closing arguments, jury deliberations are set to being in the FirstPlus Financial...
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Meet The New Boss
By Ralph CiprianoSame as the old bossfor Bigtrial.netOn Thursday June 12th, the new owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, was still on vacation in Europe. Meanwhile, back in...
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Jury Deliberations Continue In Scarfo Fraud Trial
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netThe jury completed a fourth day of deliberations this afternoon without reaching a verdict in the FirstPlus racketeering fraud trial of Nicodemo S. Scarfo and six...
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Verdict In FirstPlus Trial, But Deliberations Continue
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netIt looks like the jury has voted to convict in the FirstPlus Financial racketeering fraud trial.But at this point we don't know which one -- or how many -- of the...
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After 11 Years, USA V. Vincent J. Fumo Finally Comes To An End
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIn 2003, the U.S. Marines stormed Baghdad. The space shuttle Columbia exploded, killing seven astronauts. Outkast had the top pop song with Hey Ya!In Philadelphia that...
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Drexel University's Police Brutality Scandal
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netOn Dec. 30, 2011, a Drexel University police officer was caught on camera using his 4,000-pound police SUV to ram a fleeing suspect.The suspect, Walter Johnson, then...
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Scarfo, Pelullo, Maxwell Brothers Guilty In FirstPlus Trial
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netMobster Nicodemo S. Scarfo and his business associate Salvatore Pelullo were convicted today of looting more than $12 million from a Texas-based mortgage company...
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"Billy Doe" Story Wins Catholic Press Association Award
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netA lengthy summary story about "Billy Doe," based on reporting originally done for big trial.net, has won first prize for best investigative reporting from the Catholic...
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Judge Rules Fumo Can Travel Without Advance Approval
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netU.S. District Court Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter has decided that former state Senator Vincent J. Fumo can travel freely throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey without...
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Don Manno Gets His Life Back
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netDon Manno sat in Seasons 52, a posh restaurant at the Cherry Hill Mall one day this week, eating a piece of salmon and talking about the future.But the past, the...
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The Inky Vs. The Daily News
Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman and Michael DaysBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netFirst it was the former owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer who couldn't get along. They wound up suing each other in...
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