The brokerage must make $19 million in restitution, averaging $164 to Maine fund participants.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Big bets, hired muscle and money laundering revealed in Portland bookie case
Documents and transcripts of phone wiretap recordings show how Stephen Mardigan ran a high-stakes gambling network in Maine for at least 14 years.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Judge will rule next week on Maine Republicans’ challenge to ranked-choice voting
If the party prevails, its members will elect primary candidates for governor and the Legislature by plurality, the traditional method.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Portland man admits to running gambling operation from his home and business for 14 years
Stephen Mardigan earned millions from taking sports games bets ranging from $30 to $10,000 and laundered some of his winnings by buying 19 properties, court documents say.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Former Windham man gets 25 years in prison for mailing cyanide to suicidal Englishman
The bizarre case of Sidney Kilmartin, 56, had been in federal court for four years.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Orland bus driver accused of raping intellectually disabled woman
Van Stevens is held on a charge of gross sexual assault.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Republicans’ court filing takes aim at ranked-choice voting
The filing says the election method ‘strikes at the heart of the party’s right’ to free association.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Garland man pleads guilty to failing to register as a sex offender
The man moved to Maine in 2016.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Judge dismisses lawsuit in Connecticut that called Poland Spring water ‘ordinary groundwater’
The complaint alleged that the bottled water does not come from a spring.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Construction company suing developers of Portland’s stalled ‘midtown’ project
PC Construction says in its lawsuit against The Federated Cos. that the developer intentionally created a corporate structure to avoid paying its debt to contractors.