11.   And Congressional Republicans have already voted to raise the hurdle for securities fraud cases against corporations.

12.   An SEC spokesman Monday could not recall any securities fraud cases involving instant messaging.

13.   An arrest warrant was issued last week for Koudachev, a Russian citizen, but the Russian government usually does not extradite its citizens in fraud cases.

14.   And, in Atlanta, U.S. District Judge Frank Hull delivered the most severe sentence to date in a fraud case involving nonemergency transportation of Medicaid patients.

15.   Andersen had been wrapped in fraud cases involving entities like Sunbeam, Waste Management and the Baptist Foundation of Arizona.

16.   As securities fraud cases go, the crime that Lionel Reifler admitted to on Tuesday was not particularly extraordinary.

17.   At other points, Mendow collaborated with Clarence Darrow on fraud cases and was involved in antitrust cases against General Electric and RCA.

18.   At the same time, a recent settlement by Andersen in a separate fraud case involving a former client, the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, appeared to collapse.

19.   Authorities said it was the largest broker fraud case ever brought in Canada.

20.   Basically, it would prevent investors and their lawyers from filing class-action securities fraud cases in state courts.