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Fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui
Finance

Fugitive Chinese billionaire convicted of defrauding followers ‘so he could spend his days in his 50,000 sq. ft. mansion, driving his $1M Lamborghini, or lounging on his $37M yacht’

By Larry Neumeister and The Associated Press
July 17, 2024
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as a foreign agent for Egyptian government
Politics

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez convicted of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as a foreign agent for Egyptian government

By Larry Neumeister, Philip Marcelo and The Associated Press
July 17, 2024
Guo Wengui
Finance

Chinese magnate with a red Lamborghini and superyacht convicted for bilking $1 billion from investors

By Ava Benny-Morrison and Bloomberg
July 17, 2024
Carlos Watson
Finance

Former TV host slapped with guilty verdict in fraud case

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
July 16, 2024
A soldier in the back of a pickup truck witnesses a smoke plume in Jalisco, Mexico
Finance

U.S. slaps Mexican accountants with sanctions for timeshare scams funneling money to one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels

By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
July 16, 2024
New England fishermen sentenced in complex fraud case involving Atlantic herring—a fish species vitally important as commercial lobster bait
Environment

New England fishermen sentenced in complex fraud case involving Atlantic herring—a fish species vitally important as commercial lobster bait

By Patrick Whittle and The Associated Press
July 16, 2024
Archegos founder Bill Huang
Finance

Archegos speculator Bill Hwang could spend the rest of his life behind bars after his disastrous bets ushered in the demise of Credit Suisse 

By
July 11, 2024
Bill Hwang
Finance

Billionaire hedge funder sipped a drink as he was found criminally responsible for $100 billion in shareholder losses

By
July 10, 2024
Former Indiana congressman Sean Eberhart stands at an intersection
Politics

Former Indiana GOP congressman gets a year in prison after pushing a casino bill in exchange for a job that would pay him north of $350,000 a year

By
July 10, 2024
Wayne LaPierre
Politics

NRA ex-finance chief who approved Wayne LaPierre’s lavish spending fined millions in damages

By Michael R. Sisak and The Associated Press
July 9, 2024
Fraud has reached a ‘crisis level’ as overseas criminals use romance schemes and grandparent scams to steal life savings
Personal Finance

Fraud has reached a ‘crisis level’ as overseas criminals use romance schemes and grandparent scams to steal life savings

By Michael Rubinkam and The Associated Press
July 7, 2024
Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson tells jury he never schemed to con backers with phony financial statistics and forged contracts
Finance

Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson tells jury he never schemed to con backers with phony financial statistics and forged contracts

By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated Press
July 2, 2024
DOJ charges almost 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes based on bogus end-of-life wound grafts and phony sober living homes
Health

DOJ charges almost 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes based on bogus end-of-life wound grafts and phony sober living homes

By Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated Press
June 28, 2024
Gary Gensler, wearing a suit, has his hand in front of him as he gestures and frowns.
Politics

The SEC is the latest federal regulator to get squeezed after Supreme Court strips it of critical enforcement tool in fraud cases

By The Associated Press and Mark Sherman
June 27, 2024
People visit an exhibition containing private banknotes in Sweden.
Finance

Why going cashless has turned Sweden from one of the safest countries into a high-crime nation

By Niclas Rolander, Jonas Ekblom and Bloomberg
June 21, 2024

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