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Luxury real estate brokers charged in federal indictment with sex trafficking in NYC
Read full article: Luxury real estate brokers charged in federal indictment with sex trafficking in NYCTwo luxury real estate brokers and their brother have been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking.
Founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network pleads guilty to fraud charges
Read full article: Founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network pleads guilty to fraud chargesThe founder and former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that he misled customers about the business.
Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say
Read full article: Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors sayFederal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online drugstores.
Feds charge NYC mayor with selling his influence to foreign nationals. He says he won't resign
Read full article: Feds charge NYC mayor with selling his influence to foreign nationals. He says he won't resignNew York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to stay in office after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of letting Turkish officials and businesspeople buy his influence with illegal campaign contributions and lavish overseas trips.
UK billionaire whose family trust owns Tottenham soccer club pleads not guilty to insider trading
Read full article: UK billionaire whose family trust owns Tottenham soccer club pleads not guilty to insider tradingBritish billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, has pleaded not guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges and been released on a $300 million personal recognizance bond.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictment
Read full article: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictmentFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking a dismissal of criminal charges against him, saying prosecutors have improperly turned civil and regulatory issues into federal crimes.
Associates of FTX founder plead guilty to criminal charges
Read full article: Associates of FTX founder plead guilty to criminal chargesA federal prosecutor says two associates of Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in cooperation deals related to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are 'souls' of culture
Read full article: Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are 'souls' of cultureCambodia’s ambassador to the United States says the return of 30 antiquities to his country by U.S. law enforcement authorities is like a returning of the souls of Cambodia's culture.
Ex-US congressman among 9 charged in insider trading cases
Read full article: Ex-US congressman among 9 charged in insider trading casesIn one of the most significant attacks by law enforcement on insider trading in a decade, nine people have been charged in four separate and unrelated insider trading schemes They include a former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, an investment banker, and a man training to be an FBI agent.
U.S. seeks to seize 2 luxury jets linked to Russian oligarch
Read full article: U.S. seeks to seize 2 luxury jets linked to Russian oligarchFederal authorities are moving to seize a $60 million Gulfstream and a $350 million aircraft believed to be one of the world's most expensive private airplanes after linking both aircraft to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
Wall Street investor Hwang, once worth billions, arrested
Read full article: Wall Street investor Hwang, once worth billions, arrestedThe owner of a New York-based hedge fund that collapsed when it defaulted on margin calls has been arrested on charges alleging he defrauded leading global investment banks and brokerages.
Biden to nominate 3 federal prosecutors for New York offices
Read full article: Biden to nominate 3 federal prosecutors for New York officesFILE - In this March 17, 2021 photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden intends to nominate three African American prosecutors to run the U.S. attorneys offices in New York, including the first Black man to run the Southern District of New York. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is expected to nominate three prosecutors to run the U.S. attorney’s offices in New York state, including the first Black man to run the Southern District of New York in Manhattan and the first Black woman to head the Western District in Buffalo. Ross, a longtime federal prosecutor, is expected to run the office in the Buffalo-based Western District. Brooklyn federal prosecutors have been examining the state’s handling of COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes in a probe that drew public attention after a top aide to New York Gov.