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A major South Florida telecommunications company and its top officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $100 million from a federal government program known as “Lifeline” that ...
Over 12,000 cases resulted in lawsuit settlements totaling over $400 million during a five-year period ending in 2014. In 2019, misconduct lawsuits cost the taxpayer $68,688,423, a 76 percent increase over the previous year, including about $10 million paid out to two exonerated individuals who had been falsely convicted and imprisoned. [1]
“Christopher Baker was incredibly violent,” Easley said. Christopher Lamar Baker, of Raleigh, faces 75 years in prison after being convicted of crimes while a leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Club.
As a result, the lawsuit contends that the bank knowingly "assisted, facilitated and furthered" Mr. Cosmo's fraudulent scheme. [88] On February 9, 2009, the City of London Police Economic Crime Department arrested Terry Freeman, director of GFX Capital Markets Ltd, over a £40 million fraud which is possibly a Ponzi scheme. [89]
In 1991, Tucker was convicted for his illegal activities, including mail fraud, associated with a bogus lending company he operated, Chase, Morgan, Stearns & Lloyd, which he falsely claimed was associated with each of the four major banks whose names he included in the name of the company. He served one year in prison.
Last week, when I was writing about the latest update to Carlos Watson’s impending trial—where prosecutors are attempting to revoke his bail—I spent some time reading through the motion he ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over a bid by Meta's Facebook to scuttle a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the social media ...
State District Judge Angus Kelly McGinty (R) was arrested because he solicited and accepted bribes in exchange for favorable rulings. He pleaded guilty to a charge of honest services fraud and was given a two-year prison sentence (2015) [302] [303] District Attorney for Cameron County Armando Villalobos (-) convicted of bribery. (2013) [304]