To be included, an individual had to be convicted of tax evasion, or had to accept responsibility for the charges levied against him (as former Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-Hee did in April when he was indicted on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust).
They ought to be just convicted like the inside players in the derivatives debacle that caused the 2008 financial meltdown ought to be convicted.
Chumlong Lemtongthai is believed to be the kingpin of an international rhino horn smuggling ring and is the most prominent smuggler to be convicted since South Africa intensified anti-poaching measures in recent years.
He is likely to be convicted as his brother Miguel, who is still behind bars, has already pleaded guilty to the same crime.
"Although the company is naturally disappointed to be convicted of one of the charges, it notes that this was of a technical nature and not connected to Mrs Young's death, " it said.
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He's the first lawmaker to plead guilty or to be convicted in this case.
Megrahi is the only person to be convicted over the 1988 bombing which claimed 270 lives.
Speaking outside the court, Pryce's solicitor Robert Brown said she was "naturally very disappointed to be convicted".
His poor selection of an inexpensive tax firm caused him to be convicted of tax fraud a year ago.
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Though there has been no verdict announced, he is expected to be convicted and receive a long prison term.
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He is the second police officer to be convicted under Operation Elveden, following the case of ex-counter-terrorism detective April Casburn.
Forty-year-old David Passaro is the first U.S. civilian to be convicted of prisoner abuse during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Two men have become the first football supporters in Scotland to be convicted and sentenced under new offensive behaviour at football legislation.
Many analysts in Jakarta believe that Mr Tandjung knows far too much about the murky past of too many politicians to be convicted.
In July of this year, a 22-year-old man became the first person in the UK to be convicted for modifying a video games console.
The owner of the brain portrayed in the video receives a Drink Banning Order, which can be given to anyone convicted of a alcohol-related crime.
He became the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes by an international court since the Nuremburg trials of Nazis after World War II.
There is no doubt that William Dunlop, the first person to be convicted under the new rules, did assault Julie Hogg sexually and murder her in 1989.
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Meanwhile, earlier this month Det Ch Insp April Casburn, 53, of the Met Police was the first person to be convicted as a result of Operation Elveden.
Charles Taylor became the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes by an international court since the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
It added that players would continue to be considered for England while police investigations were on-going, with their situation looked at on a case-by-case basis were they to be convicted of a serious criminal offence.
The MacDonald case puts front-and-center the pivotal question of whether the writ of habeas corpus should be available to the convicted, regardless of how many times a defendant has unsuccessfully attacked his conviction in the past.
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The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found when people took their medication they were 32-41% less likely to be convicted of a crime than when they were off medication for a period of six months or more.
At the Thursday session, Parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani read a letter from Sunni parliament members saying they will go along with the agreement if their demands are met for releasing those Sunni detainees who have yet to be convicted of crimes.
"We should not be sending people to be tried in foreign courts and then, if convicted, imprisoned away from family and friends when it is perfectly feasible to try them in the courts in this country, " she said.
From July 2013, a defendant's car can be seized and sold if convicted to help recoup their legal costs.
The Greek captain, Apostolos Mangouras, could be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison if convicted of environmental crimes.
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