The Lord Of The Bling

CaughtInTheCrossHairs
FitzVille

First it was the mansion.

Now, in a new indictment, Patrick Fitzgerald is going after the jewelry.

A grand jury has handed up additional charges against toppled media baron Conrad Black and three associates, alleging their fraud caused Hollinger International Inc. to file false income tax returns.

The third superseding indictment in the U.S. case alleges that Black, 61, and the others contributed to the underreporting of Hollinger International's corporate income by approximately $13 million to $16 million in 1999 and 2000.....

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The superseding indictment seeks forfeiture of a 26-carat diamond ring purchased by Black for more than $2.6 million as well as assorted antiques and jewelry for which he paid more than $600,000, all in 2000.


Pity.

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In related non-news: Wonder if, in their most private moments, Babs and the Marauder ever refer to former friend and now repentant felonious flim-flam man David Radler as......... Boo Radley?


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