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Civil Rights National 

Zimmerman Files $100M Lawsuit Against Trayvon Martin Family

December 4, 2019December 5, 2019 AIMEE SACHS
conspiracy, defamation, Florida, malicious prosecution, race, Shooting, teens

George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted of murdering black teen Trayvon Martin in 2012, is suing Martin’s family as well as an attorney and prosecutors for malicious prosecution and defamation in an explosive $100 million lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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Business Consumers Criminal 

Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Convicted in Price-Fixing Conspiracy

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, conspiracy, fish, food, price-fixing, verdict

The former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods was convicted Tuesday for his part in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving the industry’s top three companies.

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Business Sports 

Golf Clothes

November 27, 2019December 2, 2019 BRIEF
apparel, conspiracy, dbrief2, golf

A federal court in New York ruled in favor of professional golfer Graeme McDowell and a clothing company in a dispute relating to a joint venture with an investor. There is no evidence the parties never intended to carry out the venture or that there was a conspiracy.

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International Technology 

Czechs Find Russian & Chinese Cyberspying

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
ap6, conspiracy, Cyberattacks, Czech Republic, espionage, national intelligence, Russia

Russian and Chinese spies repeatedly targeted the Czech state last year, the country’s intelligence service said in its 2018 report published Tuesday, detailing cyberattacks and disinformation.

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Criminal Government International 

Ex-CIA Officer Gets 19 Years in China Spy Conspiracy

November 22, 2019November 25, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
China, CIA, conspiracy, espionage, sentencing, Spying

A former CIA case agent was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for an espionage conspiracy with China.

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Criminal Government Regional 

Former Baltimore Mayor Enters Guilty Pleas in Fraud Case

November 21, 2019November 22, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore, books, conspiracy, corruption, mayors, pleas, Taxes

The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a case involving sales of her self-published children’s books.

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Appeals Criminal Government 

Assistant City Manager Convicted in Public Funds Scandal Loses Appeal

November 19, 2019November 20, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
California, conspiracy, corruption

A California appellate court panel Tuesday upheld a former assistant city manager’s conviction for conspiracy to misappropriate public funds in a corruption scandal that launched the small Southern California city of Bell into the national spotlight.

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Criminal Health 

First National-Scale ACA Fraud Case Makes Waves in Connecticut

November 15, 2019 CHRISTINE STUART
Connecticut, conspiracy, Fraud, health care, PPACA

Federal prosecutors on Friday touted the indictment of a California man as the “first of its kind” involving large-scale fraudulent enrollments of people in plans under the federal health care law.

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Business Energy 

He Took the Money and Ran, ConocoPhillips Tells Court

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 EDWARD ERICSON JR
Baltimore, conspiracy, Oil and gas, theft

Now you see me, now you don’t. The world’s largest independent energy exploration company says that’s what happened after it tried to claw back $1.3 million routed to the owner of a certified minority business enterprise because of an accounting goof.

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Health Trials 

Anti-Abortion Foe Grilled on Motives for Secretly Videotaping Doctors

October 31, 2019November 1, 2019 NICHOLAS IOVINO
abortion, Center for Medical Progress, conspiracy, David Daleiden, Fraud, planned parenthood, racketeering

A Planned Parenthood lawyer Thursday tried to discredit anti-abortion activist David Daleiden’s motives for secretly videotaping abortion doctors and releasing the videos on the 15th day of a civil fraud and conspiracy trial.

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Appeals Criminal 

Shkreli Attorney

October 30, 2019October 31, 2019 BRIEF
Brief1, conspiracy, Fraud, Martin Shkreli, pharmaceuticals, Ponzi, Second Circuit

The Second Circuit affirmed the fraud conspiracy convictions of Martin “Pharma Bro” Shkreli’s former attorney Evan Greebel.

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Government Technology 

City Hall Fights

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 BRIEF
Brief1, California, computer, conspiracy, digital data, Fraud

Fullerton, California, sued Friends for Ferguson’s Future and three residents, claiming they gained unauthorized access to the city’s Dropbox account, and published material damaging to the reputation of city officials, employees and former employees.

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Criminal Religion 

Church Leader Arraigned on Forced Labor, Fraud Charges

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 BIANCA BRUNO
California, churches, conspiracy, Fraud, pleas, trafficking

The leader of a Southern California ministry accused of forcing homeless people to hand over their panhandling money and surrender welfare benefits including food stamps pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of labor trafficking, conspiracy and benefits fraud.

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International Technology 

EU Warns Hostile Countries Are 5G Risk, Avoids Naming Names

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap5, conspiracy, cybersecurity, espionage, EU, Spying, telecommunications

The European Union has warned that next-generation telecommunication networks face a range of cyber threats, including from hostile countries.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government 

Baltimore Prosecutor Wants 790 ‘Tainted’ Convictions Erased

October 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baltimore, conspiracy, corruption, ethics, Police

Baltimore’s top prosecutor has begun asking judges to throw out nearly 800 convictions that she said were tainted by officers linked to a corruption scandal.

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Law Media 

Devin Nunes Sues Reporter, Hearst for Article About Family’s Iowa Dairy

September 30, 2019October 1, 2019 KELSEY JUKAM
conspiracy, defamation, Devin Nunes, Journalism

California Representative Devin Nunes asked a federal court in Iowa Monday to award him $75 million in damages in a defamation and common law conspiracy suit against reporter Ryan Lizza and Hearst Magazines.  

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Entertainment Media 

Alex Jones

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 BRIEF
Brief4, celebrity, Child Pornography, conspiracy, defamation, Journalism, Libel, Mass Shooting

Infowars personality Alex Jones claims in a federal complaint that hackers allied with The Young Turks LLC libeled him by trying to plant child pornography on his company’s computers, and falsely claiming that he “sent child porn to the victims of school shootings.”

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Courts Criminal Regional 

Former Texas Judge Gets 5 Years for Taking Attorney Bribes

September 25, 2019 ERIK DE LA GARZA
bribery, conspiracy, judges, Obstruction, sentencing, Texas

A longtime Texas judge was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday in connection with a bribery scandal that brought down the once-prominent Democrat’s two-decade judicial career.

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Consumers Energy Government 

Water Racket

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 BRIEF
Arizona, bribery, conspiracy, dbrief1, racketeering, utilities

A federal judge refused to dismiss a RICO complaint that claims the chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, et al., conspired to take bribes to allow water companies to raise their rates.

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Business Consumers Employment 

Poultry Processors Accused of Fixing Worker Wages

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 EDWARD ERICSON JR
antitrust, chicken, conspiracy, price-fixing, wages

Perdue, Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride and 15 other poultry-processing giants were hit with federal class action accusing the companies of conspiring to suppress wages.

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