1.   Also arrested in connection with the alleged scheme this month was Gail Rachlin of New York.

2.   Also involved in the alleged scheme were Terry Roberts, Joe Lee Walker and Barry Hammond, all of Bryan, according to the FBI affidavit.

3.   Amerman is accused by Ms. Greenwald of financially benefiting from the alleged accounting scheme, a charge he has adamantly rejected.

4.   An investigation into the alleged scheme is being conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to the Los Angeles Times.

5.   A federal grand jury in New York is also looking into possible criminal charges involving alleged union fundraising schemes.

6.   A key prosecution witness left the stand in the Lyle and Erik Menendez murder retrial after telling jurors about an alleged scheme by the elder sibling to manufacture testimony.

7.   According to prosecutors, however, the alleged scheme was designed to boost sales of Protropin.

8.   AIG declined to comment on how it could have failed to detect the alleged scheme.

9.   Dole has denied knowledge of the alleged scheme.

10.   Four other Social Security Administration employees were arrested and charged in recent months in connection with the alleged scheme.