Corporate crime

New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia’s war effort

NEW YORK -- A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s…

2 weeks ago

Judge orders the arrest of a top Brazilian country music star as part of a money laundering probe

A judge in Brazil’s northeastern Pernambuco state has ordered the preventive arrest of Gusttavo Lima, one of the nation’s biggest…

2 months ago

Vietnamese real estate tycoon, already sentenced to death for fraud, faces trial on new charges

HANOI, Vietnam -- The second trial for Vietnamese real estate typcoon Truong My Lan — who was sentenced to death…

2 months ago

Newly freed from federal restrictions, Wells Fargo agrees to shore up crime risk detection

Wells Fargo has agreed to work with U.S. bank regulators to shore up its financial crimes risk management, including internal…

2 months ago

Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino

LAS VEGAS -- Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that…

2 months ago

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US case

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this…

3 months ago

Police raid Andrew Tate’s Romania home as new allegations emerge

2024-08-22 04:05:02 BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home…

3 months ago

Police shootout during a drug raid kills Paraguayan lawmaker, exposing the country’s challenges

ASUNCION, Paraguay -- A pre-dawn police raid targeting the home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven…

3 months ago

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US copyright case

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this…

3 months ago

One Tech Tip: Protecting yourself against SIM swapping

NEW YORK -- SIM-swapping is a growing form of identity theft that goes beyond hacking into an email or social…

4 months ago

Former international mission worker is convicted of spying in Russian-held Donetsk

A former staff member of an international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine was convicted of spying by a court in…

4 months ago