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New Jersey Democratic kingmaker George Norcross indicted on racketeering charges
New Jersey businessman and co-owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, George Norcross walks to Judge Patricia McInerney’s courtroom at City Hall in Philadelphia. Matt Rourke | AP George Norcross, who for decades had been a Democratic political kingmaker in New Jersey, was charged with racketeering in an indictment unsealed Monday. Norcross’s brother, Phillip Norcross, and four […]
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From $40 billion fraud to $4.5 billion settlement: Inside the latest crypto firm paying big bucks to end legal trouble
South Korean authorities are seeking the arrest of Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs. His company is behind the now-collapsed terraUSD and luna cryptocurrencies. South Korean prosecutors are now seeking to freeze bitcoin linked to Kwon. Woohae Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Months before Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX fraud […]
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Judge bars ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli from streaming Wu-Tang Clan album after suit says he copied it
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 A federal judge temporarily barred notorious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli […]
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Hunter Biden guilty in criminal gun trial
A jury convicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, of all three counts at his criminal gun trial in Delaware federal court on Tuesday morning. Hunter Biden, 54, was found guilty of making a false statement in connection with the sale of a firearm, a false statement in a firearms transaction, and possessing a […]
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Reside updates: Hunter Biden jury resumes deliberations in gun trial
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his spouse Melissa Cohen Biden walk outside the house the federal court as his demo on felony gun rates proceeds, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. Hannah Beier | Reuters (This tale is acquiring and will be up to date throughout the day.) Jurors in […]
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Live updates: Hunter Biden will not testify at gun trial as jury deliberations loom
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his spouse Melissa Cohen Biden arrive at the federal court docket for his demo on felony gun rates, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. Hannah Beier | Reuters This is building news and will be current through the day. The felony gun demo of Hunter […]
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Former IRS staff charged in $2.1 million Exxon Mobil tax credit rating theft endeavor in Utah
Chip Somodevilla | Getty Visuals Information | Getty Illustrations or photos A former IRS worker was billed in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits owed to Exxon Mobil by diverting the funds employing a taxpayer database he had entry to. Prosecutors explained Wednesday that previous IRS account administration […]
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Credit score Suisse bondholders sue Switzerland in the U.S. around $17 billion writedown of AT1 debt
Critical Points A group of Credit Suisse bondholders filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Swiss government, seeking complete payment more than the contentious determination to generate down the unsuccessful bank’s More Tier 1 (AT1) personal debt. Law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which signifies the plaintiffs, on Thursday explained that it had filed […]
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Former Trump aide Steve Bannon ordered to jail by July 1 to serve contempt of Congress sentence
Steve Bannon, former advisor to President Donald Trump, arrives at the federal courthouse to find out if or when a judge will order him to jail on June 6, 2024 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a hearing Thursday ordered former Trump White House aide Steve […]
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Australia drops case against Elon Musk’s social media platform X over church stabbing footage
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Apu Gomes | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday announced it had dropped its legal battle against Elon Musk’s X to have graphic footage […]
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