BRIEFCASE SUSPECT WANTED BY FEDS IN FRAUD.Byline: - Staff and Wire Reports SACRAMENTO - Federal prosecutors unsealed a fraud charge and arrest warrant Tuesday against the owner of a Southern California investment firm accused of bilking thousands of clients nationwide of $814 million. The FBI has been unable to find James Paul Lewis Jr. to arrest him on a single mail fraud charge filed a week ago, and now is asking the public's help in locating him. ``He could be anywhere in the country. As for whether he left the country, we don't know,'' said FBI spokeswoman Laura Bosley. Lewis, 57, of Laguna Niguel operated Financial Advisory Consultants, which was supposed to have $814 million on hand for its clients when the FBI raided its Orange County office Dec. 22. Yet its bank accounts held about $2.3 million. Those accounts have been frozen by federal authorities, but Lewis withdrew $3 million in July even as he began telling investors they couldn't have their money. The FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission allege Lewis fabricated more than $730 million in interest payments as part of a giant, 20-year Ponzi scheme, paying off early investors with money from later clients. Marvel Studios has new president Marvel Enterprises Inc. said Tuesday that it has hired Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. graduate David Maisel as president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Marvel Studios. He will report directly to Avi Arad, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Marvel Studios, and look to expand into new entertainment arenas and maximize the commercial success of Marvel Studios' future feature film releases. Four feature films based on Marvel characters will be released this year: ``The Punisher'' on April 16, ``Spider-Man 2'' on July 2, ``Blade 3: Trinity'' in August and ``Man-Thing'' in October. For the past two years, Maisel had headed Endeavor Agency's corporate strategy and business development. He began his agency career at Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. in 1994, working with CAA Caa See CCC. founder Michael Ovitz to facilitate deals like Matsushita's sale of MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Universal to Seagram in 1995. He later worked for The Walt Disney Co. as director of corporate development and strategic planning, and was president of Livent Inc., a publicly traded live theatrical production company. He piloted the latter company's restructuring and sale to SFX SFX Special Effects SFX Self Extracting (data compression) SFX SpreadFireFox (IRC) SFX Sound Effect(s) SFX Side Effects (counter-strike gaming clan) Entertainment, now part of Clear Channel. Firm gets Apache blade contract Ducommun Inc. announced today that its Ducommun AeroStructures business was awarded a $24 million follow-on contract for AH-64 Apache helicopter main rotor blades. The manufacture of the blades will be at the DAS Monrovia Facility, which has built every Apache rotor blade since the inception of the program. The follow-on order will supply and support both original equipment and replacement blade requirements. Boeing produces the next-generation AH-64D AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter, D version, with Longbow radar improvements Apache Longbow longbow Leading missile weapon of the English from the 14th century into the 16th century. Probably of Welsh origin, it was usually 6 ft (2 m) tall and shot arrows more than a yard long. helicopter in Mesa for the U.S. Army and a growing number of international defense forces. Founded in 1849, Ducommun Inc. manufactures components and assemblies for the aerospace industry. |
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