NYC SantaCon Charity Fundraiser Was More Con Than Claus, Authorities Say April 17, 2026 By Larry Neumeister The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season...
Man Who Stole $28 Million From Mars Inc. Sentenced January 27, 2026 A Connecticut man who stole more than $28 million from his former employer Mars, Inc. has been sentenced to 63...
Do Kwon Pleads Guilty to US Fraud Charges in $40B Crypto Collapse August 12, 2025 By Luc Cohen Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded...
Former Iowa Insurance Producer Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering October 21, 2024 William Berg, an insurance producer and former financial advisor from Waukee, Iowa, was sentenced to nine years in prison on...
In Tesla Autopilot Probe, US Prosecutors Focus on Securities, Wire Fraud May 8, 2024 By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’...
Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud December 4, 2023 An Iowa man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for using his position as an insurance agent and annuity salesperson to...
Founder of Crypto Lender Celsius Network Arrested, Charged With Fraud July 13, 2023 By Niket Nishant, Hannah Lang and Elizabeth Howcroft Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a...
Bankman-Fried Fraud Charges Sidestep Debate Over How U.S. Law Sees Crypto January 9, 2023 By Luc Cohen Sam Bankman-Fried may find it hard to argue the fraud charges against him should be tossed because of uncertainty as...
Two More Louisiana Defendants Sentenced in Operation Sideswipe May 26, 2022 United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced on May 25, 2022 that Doniesha Gibson (Gibson) age 31, of New Orleans,...
Architect of Allianz Fraud Made $60 Million as He Lied to Investors, U.S. Says May 18, 2022 By Tom Sims and Alexander Huebner The star portfolio manager at the center of a fraud at the U.S. funds unit of Allianz SE relied on...