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Charles Diggs (D-MI), convicted on 29 charges of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms which formed a kickback scheme with his staff. Sentenced to three years (1978). [56] J. Herbert Burke (R-FL) pleaded guilty to disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest, and nolo contendere to an additional charge of witness tampering. He was sentenced to ...
Russian influence actors created a fake Georgia voter-fraud video, US intelligence officials say. The video falsely claims that Haitian nationals are illegally voting for Kamala Harris in Georgia.
The Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), [1] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, [2] the Travel Act (enacted 1961), [3] the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (enacted 1970), [4] and the federal program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666 (enacted 1984), [5] permit the ...
He was arrested in Seattle in May 1909 and sentenced by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. [318] Willie Wilson: Kansas City Royals: United States November 18, 1983 (sentencing) Attempted possession of cocaine 3 months imprisonment, $5,000 fine Wilson was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Mays Aikens and Jerry Martin. [170]
Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a "grandparent scam" in which hundreds of elderly people were defrauded out of millions of dollars, said U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
The former top adviser to Trump's presidential campaign who later served as White House chief strategist was arrested in Connecticut by agents from the prosecutor's office and the U.S. Postal ...
A number of viral TikTok videos had some people believing they could get “free” cash from Chase ATMs. But it was just a glitch – and those customers were actually committing fraud, according ...
Operation Avalanche was a major United States investigation of child pornography on the Internet launched in 1999 after the arrest and conviction of Thomas and Janice Reedy, who operated an Internet pornography business called Landslide Productions in Fort Worth, Texas. [1]