An investment adviser was convicted Wednesday of charges she defrauded investors out of millions of dollars, some of which she used to pay more than $800,000 for prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off federal investigators.

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GREENBELT — A federal jury began deliberating Tuesday in the trial of an investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme to finance her lavish lifestyle, including spending more than $800,000 for prayers by Hindu priests in India. At ...

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FEI Systems, an information technology company based in Columbia, has upgraded its web platform for substance abuse and mental health data with addiction assessment tools.

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Federal Capital Partners, of Chevy Chase, a privately held real estate investment company that owns and manages in excess of $2.3 billion in assets, said it has joined with a group of investors in Charleston, S.C., called Roi-Tan Investments LLC, to acquire the historic Cigar Factory Building on Charleston’s Cooper River waterfront.

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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., of Chevy Chase, announced the opening of The Ritz-Carlton Herzliya, its first luxury resort in Israel.

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GEICO, of Chevy Chase, the third largest private passenger auto insurance company in the nation, will hold a job fair for auto damage adjusters at the Ten Oaks Ballroom and Conference Center in Clarksville on Sept. 24, beginning at 9 a.m.

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JackBe Corp., of Chevy Chase, a provider of real-time visual analytics and intelligence software, has been acquired by Software AG, a provider of business process management software based in Darmstadt, Germany.

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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC, of Chevy Chase, announced plans to open its first property in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V lost his bid for a new trial in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend Wednesday, with the judge in the case saying there was ample evidence to support his ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE — Lawyers for a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend are seeking a new venue for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit against him. Media outlets report that George Huguely’s lawyers filed a ...

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