BRIEFLY.Identity-data theft leads to prison A Nigerian man accused of stealing information that could be used in identity theft pleaded no contest Thursday and was sentenced to 16 months in state prison. The case against Olatunji Oluwatosin, 41, was part of a ``much larger investigation'' into allegations of fraudulent access to the personal information database of ChoicePoint Inc., a data-gathering company, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney's Office wrote in a public statement. ChoicePoint officials acknowledged this week that thieves apparently used previously stolen identities to create bogus businesses and open 50 accounts with the company. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Ludlow targeted in investigations The FBI and the inspector general of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have launched inquiries into the role that MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board member Martin Ludlow Martin Ludlow (born 1964) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council, USA, from 2003 to 2005. He represented the 10th district. He was elected May 20, 2003 and resigned on June 30, 2005. played in a development project, it was reported Thursday. The contractor for the project, a bus yard, was RAD Jefferson LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . State law on conflict of interest disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. Ludlow, a Los Angeles city councilman, from voting on the project as an MTA board member because he had received a $500 contribution to his council campaign from a firm affiliated with RAD Jefferson. After the MTA board gave initial approval to the project, Ludlow proposed the transit agency spend $282,000 on a community outreach contract to persuade the public to support the development, the West Los Angeles
The developer hired a woman whom Ludlow had recommended to the MTA to do the outreach, but later ended her contract. Ludlow ultimately opposed the project. - City News Service House destroyed before finished ARLETA - A fire on Thursday destroyed a single-family house that was under construction at 9171 N. Vena Avenue, Los Angeles firefighters said. More than 30 firefighters responded to the fire at about 8 a.m. and put it out within 20 minutes, spokesman Jim Wells said. There were no injuries and no immediate damage estimates. - Daily News Teen arraigned in knife slaying NEWBURY PARK - A teenager charged with murder in the stabbing of a 61-year-old neighbor pleaded not guilty in Ventura County Superior Court on Thursday. Officials said Nathan Gregory Sessing, 18, pleaded not guilty in the slaying of Larry Phifer, who was stabbed to death in December. - Daily News Grades to be given on pet boarding CALABASAS - The City Council unanimously has adopted a Los Angeles County ordinance to set up a system for grading businesses that provide boarding for animals, similar to the county's system of grading restaurants. The pet-boarding providers will be graded primarily on the quality of the animal housing, the overall sanitation, pet health, food and water availability, food storage and animal safety and security. They will be marked down for any hazardous conditions. - Daily News Blaze at facility lands 1 in hospital SUN VALLEY - A patient was taken to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for treatment of a minor respiratory injury after a fire Thursday at a convalescent con·va·les·cent adj. Relating to convalescence. n. A person who is recovering from an illness, an injury, or a surgical operation. convalescent 1. pertaining to or characterized by convalescence. 2. facility in Sun Valley, authorities said. Firefighters were sent to the 11800 block of West Saticoy Street at 10:20 a.m., but the fire was already out when they arrived, said Jim Wells of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . The patients at the facility are bedridden bed·rid·den or bed·rid adj. Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. adults and children, all of whom were evacuated safely, Capt. Jim Carson said. The fire was caused by an electrical short in a lamp, Wells said. A damage figure has not been estimated, he said. - City News Service |
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