Crime

Personal pilot for billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading scheme

A personal pilot for British billionaire investor Joe Lewis pleaded guilty Monday to securities fraud related to the same insider…

Manhattan DA seeks gag order on Trump ahead of hush money trial

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump…

Prison inmate led scheme swindling U.S. out of $550 million in Covid tax credits, feds say

A California prison inmate locked up on a gang-related murder conviction led a scheme that defrauded the U.S. government out…

Michigan primary win helps Trump build momentum ahead of Super Tuesday

Donald Trump won the Michigan Republican presidential primary, easily defeating former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, Trump’s last remaining primary…

Trump clemency recipient Philip Esformes pleads guilty in Medicare fraud case

Philip Esformes on Thursday pleaded guilty to health care fraud, resolving the Justice Department’s years-long effort to prosecute the convicted…

Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials trafficking

Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday said they charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials…

Woman drops lawsuit against Leon Black alleging rape at Jeffrey Epstein mansion

A woman who had accused Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping her at the New York mansion of…

Trump ordered to pay $454 million in fines and interest in NY business fraud case

A New York judge on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay about $454 million in total penalties as part of…

Trump hush money trial to start March 25, judge denies dismissal request

A judge on Thursday said that jury selection in the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump…