Securities fraud

Convicted Ponzi schemer granted clemency by Trump charged with new Ponzi scheme

WASHINGTON — A New Jersey man who had his prison sentence for running a massive Ponzi scheme commuted by Donald…

UAE crypto scammer sentenced to 8 years in prison for multimillion-dollar fraud scheme

A United Arab Emirates resident and Nigerian citizen was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar…

U.S. Virgin Islands seeks at least $190 million from JPMorgan Chase in Jeffrey Epstein case

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in a court filing Friday estimated that it will seek damages of at…

Binance could lay off thousands as company buckles down for DOJ probe, source says

Crypto exchange Binance is laying off employees in response to an ongoing Justice Department probe that is likely to end…

Rudy Giuliani met special counsel prosecutors probing Trump over 2020 election

Rudy Giuliani, a former top lawyer for Donald Trump, met in recent weeks with federal prosecutors who are investigating the…

Binance France chief brushed off concerns days before police visit

PARIS — Days before French police visited Binance’s Paris office, the crypto exchange’s top French executive dismissed concerns about U.S.…

U.S. withdraws new charges in Sam Bankman-Fried case, punts them to 2024

Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to remove five charges against alleged crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, including bribery of…

Big banks are talking up generative A.I. — but the risks mean they’re not diving in headfirst

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Major banks and fintech companies claim to be piling into generative artificial intelligence as the hype surrounding the…

Banks are cutting off Binance’s access to U.S. banking system, exchange says

Binance.US customers will no longer be able to use U.S. dollars to buy crypto on the platform as early as June…

Trump told he is target of Mar-a-Lago documents criminal probe by special counsel

Follow our live coverage of Donald Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case. Former President Donald Trump has been informed he is…