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Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A former AllianceBernstein Holding LP employee accused of stealing software from the fund manager pleaded guilty to computer trespass in New York state court in Manhattan.
Peter Jan, 35, who was an application support specialist at the investment-management company, was accused in April of stealing software used to send and receive messages related to clients' securities transactions. He was charged with computer trespass, grand larceny and unlawful duplication of computer- related materials.
He pleaded guilty today to one count of felony computer trespass as part of a deal with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s office. Jan will be able to withdraw his plea to the felony count and plead instead to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a computer if he completes 100 hours of community service and isn't arrested during the next six months, his lawyer Jeremy Saland said. As a result, Jan will face no jail time and no probation, Saland said.
"Mr. Jan was not involved in any theft of data that compromised any aspect of AllianceBernstein's clients," Saland said in an interview after Jan's plea. "This was really an unfortunate incident that was exacerbated because of AllianceBernstein being a major player in the financial community."
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Prosecutors said Jan gave notice to New York-based AllianceBernstein on March 8, 2010, and was supposed to leave the company 11 days later. On four occasions, prosecutors said, he downloaded software used by the company for FIX messages, a financial information exchange standard. Jan was fired on March 15, 2010.
John Meyers, a spokesman for AllianceBernstein, didn't immediately return an e-mail message seeking comment on the plea.
The case is People vs. Jan, 01784/2011, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan.)
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On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the January 2008 fatal crash of a motorcoach near Victoria, Texas, was caused by the driver's loss of control of the vehicle after he fell asleep at the wheel.
One passenger was fatally injured, 17 passengers sustained major injuries, and the driver and 29 passengers received minor injuries. The NTSB found that passengers were injured by partial ejections from the motorcoach and by striking objects and other passengers inside the motorcoach when it overturned.
On the morning of Jan. 2, 2008, a 2005 Volvo motorcoach operated by Capricorn Bus Lines Inc., under International Charter Services Inc.'s operating authority, was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 59 near Victoria, Texas. The motorcoach, en route from Monterrey, Mexico, to Houston, was carrying 47 passengers. Approximately five miles south of Victoria, the driver fell asleep, partially ran off the road, and then, after overcorrecting, lost control of the motorcoach which overturned on its right side. Within five minutes, a northbound pickup truck struck the underside of the motorcoach.
Major safety issues identified by this accident investigation focused on driver fatigue; lack of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) oversight of passenger motor carriers in the areas of operating authority, leasing agreements, scope of operating authority violations, safety rating methodology and the New Entrant Safety Assurance Program; and registration and use of non-Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)-compliant, passenger-carrying vehicles in commercial motor carrier operations in the U.S.
"When we looked at the specific chain of events that led to this tragic accident, we also found numerous holes in the federal regulatory environment that allows a non-compliant motorcoach to be registered and operated on U.S. roadways," said NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. "The traveling public should expect that any motorcoach they ride complies with all of the safety criteria imposed on every other commercial passenger vehicle within our borders."
As a result of its investigation, the NTSB issued 19 safety recommendations: one to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 11 to the FMCSA, two to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and to the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP); and one each to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), and the International Registration Plan (IRP). The report also reclassifies one previously issued recommendation to the FMCSA and also reiterates two previously issued recommendations to the FMCSA.
Among the recommendations, the NTSB urges NHTSA and FMCSA to work in conjunction with CBP and implement a process to detect motor carriers operating motorcoaches or other passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles that do not meet U.S. safety standards. Once detected, these non-compliant vehicles should be placed out of service.
In addition, the NTSB urges the FMCSA to deny or revoke operating authority for commercial interstate motor carriers who fail to disclose any prior operating relationship with another motor carrier, prior operations as another motor carrier, or previously holding a different US DOT number.
A synopsis of the accident investigation report can be found on the Board Meetings page of the NTSB's Website, http://www.ntsb.gov/events/Boardmeeting.htm. The complete report will be available on the Website in several weeks.
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Situated in Inverness, this bed & breakfast is close to Bellfield Park, Inverness Castle, and Inverness Cathedral. Also nearby are Eden Court Theatre and Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.
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Miami linebacker Denzel Perryman and Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston probably don't agree on much.
One's a Hurricane. The other is a Seminole. So it can be safely assumed that they have differing views on plenty of things, such as what team will win when No. 3 Florida State and No. 7 Miami put their unbeaten records on the line against one another this Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.
Both teams are 7-0. It's only the ninth time the Hurricanes and Seminoles have squared off with both teams still unbeaten, excluding the games where they opened their seasons against one another.
Perryman says the chance to play Florida State is "why you come to UM." And Winston says games like this one are "what I came here for."
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Mario's Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA 491
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redletterdave writes "PETA believes Nintendo's iconic plumber Mario takes a 'pro fur' stance" because he 'wears the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers' in the new handheld game released Nov. 13. PETA illustrated its disgust with Nintendo in an online campaign called 'Mario Kills Tanooki.' The page includes a side-scrolling Super Mario-style game called 'Super Tanooki Skin 2D,' where you play an angry, skinless tanuki that must chase a bloody raccoon-pelt-wearing-Mario across a 16-bit world and try to reclaim its fur."