Collusion
Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
Philip Esformes booking photo by Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Source: Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Philip Esformes, whose 20-year prison sentence for a massive, $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme was commuted in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump, was arrested over the weekend in Florida on domestic-violence related charges. Esformes is at least the seventh […]
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Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers
Michael Shvartsman walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, U.S. July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors are asking a New York federal court judge to sentence two brothers to years in prison for their admitted insider trading in a blank-check company’s securities before it announced a planned […]
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Horst Jicha skips bail in $150 million USI Tech crypto fraud case in New York
Horst Jicha discussing cryptocurrency. Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive. “There’s a […]
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Supreme Court rejects Martin Shkreli fine appeal
Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli and his lead attorney Benjamin Brafman arrive at U.S. District Court for the fourth day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 3, 2017. Amr Alfiky | Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by notorious […]
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North Carolina senator calls conspiracy theories around Helene federal response a ‘distraction’
An aerial view of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 3, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Mario Tama | Getty Images Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., chided some of the conspiracy theories that have surfaced surrounding the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in western North Carolina. “If there are any challenges, […]
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Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge
Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Marc Piscotty | Getty Images Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who espoused the false conspiracy theory that […]
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Singapore’s disgraced former transport minister jailed for 12 months in landmark case
Former transport minister S. Iswaran walks as he appears at the Supreme Court in Singapore October 3, 2024. Edgar Su | Reuters A Singapore court on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 12 months in prison for obstructing justice and receiving more than $300,000 worth of gifts, in the first jailing of an ex-cabinet member […]
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‘Make them riot’ — Trump election case judge unseals special counsel motion on immunity
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump makes a campaign stop at manufacturer FALK Production in Walker, Michigan, U.S. September 27, 2024. Brian Snyder | Reuters A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a motion by Special Counsel Jack Smith detailing evidence against former President Donald Trump in his criminal election interference case in […]
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Eric Adams arrives for arraignment on federal corruption charges
New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrived in federal court in Manhattan on Friday morning for his arraignment on criminal charges of receiving illegal campaign donations and undisclosed luxury travel gifts while doing favors for Turkey’s government and Turkish businessmen. Adams, 64, was charged in a five-count indictment unsealed Thursday alleging conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, […]
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FTX fraudster Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison, ordered to forfeit $11 billion
Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion. The prison […]
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