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4 days ago
2 min

Former FL Gov. Candidate Gillum Indicted On Federal Fraud Charges

Former Democratic Party rising star Andrew Gillum, who came within a half percentage point of being elected Florida governor in 2018, was...

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Crime and Justice News

6 days ago
2 min

International Winery Scam Cost Investors Millions

With an attractive website and the promise of "the acquisition and sale of the world's most illustrious and pleasurable Bordeaux...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 17
2 min

Georgetown Father Acquitted In Last College Admission Scandal Case

A father was acquitted Thursday of charges that he paid off a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter into the school. It...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 9
2 min

Brookings Institution Puts President On Leave Amid FBI Investigation

Retired Marine Gen. John Allen is under FBI investigation for allegedly trying to help Qatar navigate a diplomatic crisis in 2017 and...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 6
2 min

Federal Prosecutors Trying Third Time to Win Antitrust Case

The Justice Department is pushing forward with criminal cases and probes targeting price fixing and other alleged antitrust violations,...

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Crime and Justice News

Jun 3
2 min

Avenatti Will Spend Another 2 1/2 Years In Prison For Daniels Theft

California lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for stealing book proceeds from Stormy Daniels, the...

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Crime and Justice News

May 31
2 min

San Diego Doctor Gets Prison Term For Selling 'Miracle' COVID-19 Cure

As COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, a doctor in San Diego boasted that he had a “miracle cure,” hydroxychloroquine. In...

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Crime and Justice News

May 24
2 min

Anaheim Mayor Quits Amid Federal Investigation of Stadium Deal

Mayor Harry Sidhu of Anaheim, CA, announced his resignation on Monday amid questions about whether business leaders in the state's...

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Crime and Justice News

May 24
1 min

Still No Trial For Texas AG Accused of Felonies Seven Years Ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has yet to have his day in court since being charged with felony crimes seven years ago, the Associated...

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Crime and Justice News

May 20
1 min

'Casanova Scammer' Defrauds 30 Women Of $1.3 Million

Brian Wedgeworth, purporting to be a medical doctor who had attended prestigious universities, persuaded women he met on dating websites...

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Crime and Justice News

May 12
2 min

Romance Scams Up During Pandemic; Widow Loses $200K

The FBI says romance scammers ripped off about $1 billion from would-be U.S. lovers in 2021, up from $600 million the year before. It was...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 29
1 min

DOJ Seeks $3M From Manafort Over Foreign Accounts

President Donald Trump pardoned his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort for financial crimes predating Trump's run for office, but now...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 28
2 min

Multibillion-Dollar Hedge Fund Founder Arrested on Fraud Charges

The founder of Archegos Capital Management was indicted on fraud charges Wednesday, a little over a year after his company’s implosion...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 26
1 min

Corporate Prosecutions At Record Lows Under Biden

Corporate prosecutions under President Biden remain in the abyss after reaching record lows under President Trump, according to new...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 22
1 min

Bannon Partners in Mexico Wall-Building Fraud Plead Guilty

Two men who promised investors that all of their donations would go toward building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border pleaded guilty to...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 13
1 min

NY Lieutenant Governor Quits After Charges In Bribery Scheme

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday after he was arrested and charged in a federal bribery conspiracy case involving...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 12
1 min

NY Lieutenant Governor Arrested by FBI on Campaign Finance Charges

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested on charges stemming from a campaign finance fraud investigation, NBC News reports. Benjamin...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 11
1 min

Test Taker Gets Prison Term, Ex-Coach Guilty in Admissions Scandal

A former Florida prep school administrator was sentenced to federal prison and a decorated University of Southern California water polo...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 8
2 min

Manhattan DA Vows Criminal Probe of Trump's Businesses Continues

Despite the resignation of the investigation's two top prosecutors, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says his office's criminal...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 8
1 min

U. Kansas Engineering Prof Convicted of Hiding Ties with China

A University of Kansas chemical engineering professor, Feng "Franklin" Tao, was found guilty in a trial stemming from a Trump-era...

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