Americans Lost $10B to Online Scammers Last Year, Most Ever
Americans lost more than $10 billion to online scammers last year, the highest level since the Federal Bureau of Investigation began...
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Mar 14, 20232 min read
NYC Prosecutor May Use State Law To Charge Federal Candidate Trump
As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into Donald Trump’s payment to an alleged mistress appears to be concluding,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 14, 20232 min read
DOJ Charges COVID-19 Tester With Making $83M In Fraudulent Claims
The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against a founder of a Chicago-based COVID-19 testing lab that allegedly made...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 10, 20232 min read
Two Top Ohio Republicans Convicted In Bribery Scheme
Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and former state GOP chairman Matt Borges were convicted Thursday in federal court...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Manafort Paying 3.15M To Settle DOJ Case Over Foreign Accounts
Former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case brought by the Justice Department...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Breached Plea Deal Costs Telecom Another $200m
Four years after it agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve a criminal foreign-bribery case, Stockholm-based Ericsson AB has...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 24, 20232 min read
Ozy Media Executives Are Hit With Federal Fraud Charges
Federal prosecutors brought a criminal indictment Thursday against the fallen digital media company Ozy Media, saying its executives...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 24, 20232 min read
U.S. Details Bankman-Fried's Illegal Campaign Contributions
Federal prosecutors disclosed new details of how FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly made millions of dollars of illegal campaign...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 23, 20232 min read
New DOJ Policy Rewards Corporate Confessions of Wrongdoings
Companies that self-report misconduct to federal authorities in New York City will receive more lenient treatment than if prosecutors...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Will Ex-Trump Prosecutor’s Book Impede NY Investigation?
The investigation on former President Trump could be compromised by a forthcoming book by a former top prosecutor who could be unlawfully...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Global Crypto Founder Arrested For Processing $700M in Illicit Funds
Federal authorities in Miami arrested the majority owner and founder of a global cryptocurrency exchange after he allegedly helped...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Trump Organization Ordered To Pay Maximum $1.6M For Tax Crimes
The Trump Organization was sentenced to pay $1.6 million in fines and penalties to the state on Friday — the maximum allowed by law —...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Ex-Trump Executive Weisselberg Gets 5-Month Term For Tax Fraud
Former Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail and five years of probation in a Manhattan...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 6, 20231 min read
'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' Star Gets 6 1/2-Year Term For Fraud
Jennifer Shah, a star of the Bravo reality TV show “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Rick Singer Gets 3.5-Year Prison Term In College Admissions Scandal
William “Rick” Singer, the mastermind of a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme that involved top universities, business...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20232 min read
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Pleads Not Guilty to 'Wide-Ranging Fraud'
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday to criminal charges alleging the disgraced...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Amid Large COVID-Aid Fraud, Congress Underfunds Investigators
In June, Michael Horowitz of the chief pandemic oversight entity told Congress that if the U.S. government hoped to keep track of $5...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 25, 20222 min read
Scammers Target Job Seekers With Fake Work Openings
Lisa Miner of Georgia thought she had found the perfect new job. The dialysis technician got an offer to be an app developer for CVS...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 23, 20221 min read
More DOJ Cryptocurrency Cases Expected After Bankman-Fried
A surge of Justice Department resources into cryptocurrency investigations more than a year ago helped prosecutors quickly charge FTX...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 22, 20222 min read
Former Harvard Coach Acquitted In Alleged Bribery Scheme
A former Harvard University fencing coach and a businessman were acquitted of charges they conspired to secure spots at the Ivy League...
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