5 Convicted In Pandemic Fraud Case After Bribe Attempt
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents but acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal …
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$4 Billion Offer for Getty Images Was an Illegal ‘Pump and Dump’ Scheme
In April 2023, Getty rejected a $4 billion takeover bid from Massachusetts-based investment firm Trillium Capital, categorizing the acquisition attempt as insufficiently credible. Now, federal investigators describe the failed takeover …
Rapper Sean Kingston booked into Florida jail, where he and mother are charged with $1M in fraud
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston is back in South Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing …
5 California residents charged in alleged scheme involving thousands of counterfeit iPhones and other Apple devices
Five people have been charged in connection with an operation that led to more than 16,000 counterfeit Apple devices being returned over more than nine years in exchange for authentic …
Skydiver guilty of giving false certifications to students
A federal jury in Sacramento has found a San Joaquin County resident guilty of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his role in teaching tandem skydiving instructor courses without …
Key witness lied, Trump lawyer tells jurors during closing
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016, a prosecutor …
Rapper Sean Kingston agrees to return to Florida, where he and mother are charged with $1M in fraud
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Rapper and singer Sean Kingston on Tuesday waived his right to fight extradition in a California court and agreed …
East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions
BANGKOK — East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said in a new report Tuesday. …
Failed Graceland sale by a mystery entity highlights attempts to take assets of older or dead people
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The catalyst behind the failed gambit to sell off the iconic Graceland property in Memphis is a mystery. The self-styled …
Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Mosby avoids prison time
By Dakin Andone, Amanda Musa and Amy Simonson | CNN A federal judge has sentenced Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby to time served and 12 months of home confinement …