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5 lawsuits filed in Fry's Electronics embezzlement

Jun. 3, 2009
A former Fry's Electronics executive accused of embezzling more than $65 million is now at the center of five lawsuits in addition to facing criminal charges. Federal prosecutors say Ausaf Siddiqui, Fry's former vice president of merchandising, stole the...
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic