41.   The carters were members of four trade associations, which, prosecutors said, provided a forum where carters could conspire not to compete with one another.

42.   The defendant had been in the United States for barely one month when he perpetrated a fraud by facilitating the false documents, the prosecutor said in court.

43.   The fourth victim was linked to Ridgway by circumstantial evidence, prosecutors said.

44.   The indictments brought against the Robidouxs and Mingo paint a horrible picture of abuse, prosecutors said.

45.   The goal, prosecutors said, is to ensure felony convictions so that repeat offenders can be sentenced to state prison.

46.   The kickbacks were then paid to Bomer Finance, an offshore company that was owned by Zardari, and then deposited into a Swiss account, prosecutors said.

47.   The maximum penalty for involuntary manslaughter, federal prosecutors said, is six years in prison without the possibility of parole.

48.   The punishments for such transgressions, prosecutors said, included beatings, sometimes with baseball bats, and shootings.

49.   The scheme had made millions of dollars in profits and duped investors who were sold the stock through high-pressure sales tactics, the prosecutors said.

50.   The turbine case, which was recovered by investigators from a Qantas jet, was not involved in an accident or engine failure, prosecutors said.