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—December 2023: Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison for fraud —January 2024: A sentencing hearing is expected for founder Manish Lachwani, who pled guilty to fraud ...
Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer for exposing how Mississippi spent its federal welfare money. Now former Gov. Phil Bryant is trying to force her to reveal her sources, and she may go to jail for refusing.
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, Pub. L. 111–21 (text), S. 386, 123 Stat. 1617, enacted May 20, 2009, is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions, mortgage fraud, and securities fraud or commodities fraud.
Trump lawyer John Sauer sent New York Attorney General Letitia James a letter Nov. 26 noting the Justice Department was dropping its criminal cases against Trump and urging her to do the same with ...
He then pleaded guilty in state court to five counts of conspiracy and 13 counts of defrauding the government. The state court sentenced him to 90 years in prison, with 58 of those years as a suspended sentence. [19] On March 2, 2023, Brett DiBiase pleaded guilty to one federal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States. [20]
New York v. Trump is a civil investigation and lawsuit by the office of the New York Attorney General (AG) alleging that individuals and business entities within the Trump Organization engaged in financial fraud by presenting vastly disparate property values to potential lenders and tax officials, in violation of New York Executive Law § 63(12).
A plea deal with New York prosecutors, reportedly reached roughly three weeks before a trial was set to begin in Manhattan, will allow him to avoid jail time, a defense attorney told Law360.
Makov was originally charged with dozens of counts of fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy, with each count carrying five years in jail. Prosecutors are expected to drop all of the other charges if he cooperates throughout the trial. Jury selection for the KPMG tax shelter fraud trial began on 9 October 2007.