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Embattled Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is expected to plead guilty to federal corruption charges during a scheduled court hearing Monday afternoon at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in the Seaport District. The 46-year-old councilor will appear in front of a federal judge to formally plead guilty to one count of wire fraud…
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Former U.S. Representative George Santos, once a rising figure in Republican politics, was sentenced Friday to 87 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple fraud charges tied to his 2022 congressional campaign. The ruling marks a dramatic fall for the ex-lawmaker, who was expelled from Congress in 2023 amid growing legal and ethical…
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In 2007, Joya Williams, a former Coca-Cola executive assistant, was convicted of conspiracy for attempting to sell the company’s trade secrets—specifically, its highly guarded formula—to rival PepsiCo. The case, which involved undercover investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), serves as a textbook example of corporate espionage, legal liability, and ethical business practices. Background…
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Two Estonian nationals have pleaded guilty in the United States to operating a $577 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme through their company, HashFlare. The scam deceived hundreds of thousands of investors worldwide, falsely promising cryptocurrency mining profits. How the Scheme Worked Between 2015 and 2019, Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, sold contracts through HashFlare,…
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A New York real estate investor has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a $62.8 million investment fraud scheme involving commercial properties in Atlanta and Miami Beach. According to updates provided by Department of Justice, Elchonon “Elie” Schwartz, 46, admitted in the Northern District of Georgia that he misappropriated investor funds raised through CrowdStreet Marketplace,…
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Mozambique’s former finance minister, has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the infamous $2 billion “tuna bond” scandal. Manuel Chang’s sentence, handed down by a Brooklyn federal court, is evidence of the global reach of U.S. financial regulations and the consequences for foreign officials who exploit the international financial system.…
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Rapper Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami on multiple charges, including one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud. According to CNN, The indictment, filed last week and announced on Friday by the US Attorney’s Office for the…
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Court documents reveal that 50 Cent, the renowned rapper and entrepreneur, has enlisted prominent attorney Benjamin Crump in his legal battle against beverage giant Beam Suntory. The lawsuit, according to AllHipHop, was filed by 50 Cent’s companies including Sire Spirits and G-Unit Records and accuses Beam Suntory of involvement in an alleged embezzlement scheme costing…
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A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has indicted a Pennsylvania man for allegedly defrauding the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) out of approximately $16 million in federal grant funds. According to court documents, Hoau-Yan Wang, 67, a tenured medical professor at a public university’s medical school and a paid advisor to…
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A Georgia attorney and former City of Atlanta police officer, Shelitha Robertson, 62, was handed a sentence of seven years and three months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of approximately $15 million. Robertson, along with co-conspirator Chandra Norton, orchestrated a plot to submit fraudulent PPP…
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