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Trump DOJ Drops Many Biden-Era Corporate Crime Cases
A recent watchdog report highlights concerns that the Trump administration is becoming lenient toward corporations breaking the law, by...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 42 min read
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Trump Reducing Safeguards Against Corruption, White Collar Crime
As the Trump administration signals its intention to crack down on certain crimes, it’s also signaling a major ambivalence toward others,...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 282 min read
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Former AZ Editor Sentenced in Laundering, Brothel Scheme
The former top editor of a chain of alternative weekly newspapers was sentenced to five years in federal prison, 15 years less than what...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20242 min read
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Wave of CA Political Corruption Cases Tied to Structural Causes
When a former Los Angeles City Council member dubbed by a prosecutor "the King Kong of L.A. City Hall for many, many years" reports to...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20242 min read
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Scam Artists Get Prison For Duping Elderly On Magazine Payments
Two men were sentenced to prison after the Justice Department said they and 62 others defrauded millions of dollars from older people for...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Ozy Media Founder Carlos Watson Convicted of Fraud
Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson were convicted of fraud by a Brooklyn federal jury on Tuesday, in a case accusing them of lying...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Sen. Menendez Appeal Could Yield Another High Court Corruption Win
New York jurors found Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) guilty on 16 corruption charges, but the Supreme Court may have the final say on his fate...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Scams Rise 'Exponentially,' Taking Tens Of Billions In Year, AARP Says
Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse...
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Jul 8, 20242 min read
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Feds Vow Crackdown On Medicare Fraud After $3 Billion Scheme
Federal officials are seeking to overhaul how Medicare pays health-care providers after an alleged $3 billion scheme to defraud the...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 3, 20242 min read
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High Court OK's Officials' Taking Gratuities For Their Past Actions
The Supreme Court again pared back a public corruption law, saying that state and local officials who accept “gratuities” aren’t covered...
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Jun 26, 20241 min read
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Families Seek $24B Boeing Fine for 'Deadliest US Corporate Crime'
Families of victims from two Boeing 737 Max crashes claimed on Wednesday that the company committed the "deadliest corporate crime in US...
Crime and Justice News
Jun 20, 20242 min read
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Gift Card Scams Become Popular, Costing Consumers $217M
When Denise Brown peruses the tightly packed gift card display at her CVS in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, she sees the perfect...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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DOJ Schedules Meeting With Boeing Crash Families As It Considers Criminal Case
The U.S. Justice Department plans to meet with the families of the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people as the...
Crime and Justice News
Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Bankman-Fried Gets 25-Year Term For $8 Billion Financial Fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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Texas AG Paxton Settles Security Fraud Case With No Charges
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and prosecutors agreed on a deal to end his 9-year-old security fraud case. The 18-month pretrial...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 27, 20242 min read
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Bankman-Fried Deserves A 40-50 Year Sentence, Prosecutors Say
Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 18, 20241 min read
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DOJ Prosecutor May Not Charge Cooperating Fraud Witnesses
The top enforcer of crime on Wall Street is calling on whistleblowers to report wrongdoing under a new program aimed at uncovering...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 11, 20241 min read
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Swiss Bank Admits to Conspiring With U.S. Taxpayers to Hide Income
Swiss private bank Banque Pictet et Cie SA admitted to conspiring with U.S. taxpayers and others to hide more than $5.6 billion in 1,637...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20232 min read
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Bankman-Fried Faces Prison Term Of At Least 20 Years
After a monthlong trial, a jury convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. He was accused of...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20232 min read
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Mayor’s 25-Year-Old Fund-Raising Chief in Spotlight After F.B.I. Raid
A recent college graduate, Brianna Suggs was an unusual choice to run Eric Adams’s big-money fund-raising operation as he campaigned for...
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Nov 8, 20232 min read
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