Collusion
South Korea prosecutors file request to detain ex-president Yoon
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, arrives for a hearing at the Constitutional Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean special prosecutors on Sunday filed a request to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges related to insurrection from when he […]
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Crypto CEO accused of laundering $500 million linked to sanctioned Russian banks
Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have charged the founder of a U.S.-based cryptocurrency payments firm with operating what they allege was a sophisticated international money laundering scheme that moved over half a billion dollars on […]
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Alabama man sentenced to 14 months in prison for role in SEC bitcoin announcement hack
A judge on Friday sentenced an Alabama man to 14 months in prison for his role in the January 2024 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which was used to send out a tweet that briefly spiked the price of bitcoin by more than $1,000, the Justice Department said. The man, Eric […]
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Bitcoin RICO: Feds say $265 million crypto theft ring blew $13M on exotic cars, nightclubs
Malone Lam, a defendant in a $230 million bitcoin heist, in a booking photo from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Broward County Sheriff’s Office Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., charged 13 men in what court records describe as a wide-ranging conspiracy to identify victims with substantial holdings of cryptocurrency, steal those assets, and […]
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to have appeal of fraud conviction reheard
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, May 30, 2023. Go Nakamura | Reuters Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday lost her bid to have an appeal of her 2022 fraud conviction reheard. The […]
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Man accused of stealing from Homeland Sec. Noem hit with federal charges in three robberies
Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 14, 2025. Al Drago | The Washington Post | Getty Images A man accused of stealing the purse of Homeland Security […]
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Former Rep. George Santos set for sentencing in New York federal fraud case
George Santos, who was expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for the sentencing in his criminal corruption charges at Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., April 25, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Former Rep. George Santos, whose web of lies about his life led to the New York Republican’s […]
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DOJ fires longtime spokesman who worked on Trump investigations
FILE PHOTO: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller stands before the House Judiciary Committee as he prepares to testify at a hearing on the Office of Special Counsel’s investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Department of Justice on Friday […]
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Luigi Mangione defense asks judge to block death penalty in CEO murder case
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., Feb. 21, 2025. Steven Hirsch | Via Reuters Lawyer for Luigi Mangione on Friday asked a federal judge in New York to block […]
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Judge jails Trump clemency recipient Jonathan Braun after child assault arrest
The seal of the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC on March 21, 2024. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images A New York federal judge on Friday ordered the jailing of convicted drug dealer and predatory lender Jonathan Braun, whose 10-year prison sentence was commuted in 2021 by President Donald Trump, after a […]
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