Businessman: ABC's '20/20' has jaundiced eye; a Miami jury is hearing a libel case brought by a local real estate developer

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Florida real estate developer Alan Levan is suing Capital Cities/ABC Inc and claiming he was libeled by the '20/20' TV news program. The show aired a story on his swap of bonds for real estate partnerships, and subsequent sales of the property to put funds into a savings and loan. While ABC holds that its story was accurate, it has made a retraction by noting that Levan did talk to an ABC producer for the story.

Land Subdivision and Land Development, Television Broadcasting, Television broadcasting stations, Subdividers & Developers, TV Networks, Subdividers and Developers, Florida, Libel and slander, Television networks, 20/20 (Television program), Capital Cities/ABC Inc.

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Prosecutors frustrated as mogul eludes net; indicted health care executive got an assist on his flight from an unlikely source - the IRS

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Miguel G. Recarey, Jr., has been indicted in the US on charges of bribery and embezzlement but skipped bail and escaped the country after receiving a refund from the IRS. Recarey built the International Medical Centers empire during the 1980s which has been implicated in the financial irregularities Recarey is charged with. Recarey fled to Spain, where judges have so far refused to extradite him.

Personal jurisdiction, Bribery, Embezzlement, Recarey, Miguel G., Jr.

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No clean sweep in 'Court Broom;' jury frustrated, confused

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'Operation Court Broom,' an undercover investigation of judicial corruption in Miami, produced a great deal of evidence but did not convince the jury, which returned only two convictions. Judges Harvey N. Shenberg and David Goodhart were convicted of racketeering and conspiracy. The jurors complained that the indictment was too complex and one juror holdout felt there had been entrapment.

Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial corruption, Judicial misconduct, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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