The administrator of one of the world’s largest dark web marketplaces for narcotics was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday, having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering.
Read moreChallenging its prosecution by special counsel Robert Mueller, a Russian firm accused of conspiracy said Friday that Mueller must be made to identify all cases where he prosecuted or declined to take on foreign actors for election interference.
Read moreRejecting arguments that a court order is crippling David Daleiden’s criminal defense, a federal judge Wednesday refused to lift an injunction banning the release of secretly taped videos of a National Abortion Federation meeting.
Read moreFour members of a white supremacist group were arrested Tuesday and federally charged with conspiracy and rioting during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Read moreTwo female employees at the Ohio nightclub where Stormy Daniels was arrested during the summer sued police vice officers Tuesday, claiming they were used as cover for the porn star’s politically motivated arrest.
Read moreTipping off the first federal trial of the NCAA pay-to-play corruption scandal, a prosecutor focused his opening statement Tuesday on money changing hands between universities and major sportswear companies to groom young hoopsters.
Read moreA Virginia seafood processor has pleaded guilty to falsely labeling millions of dollars worth of foreign crab meat as a “product of the USA,” the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Read moreA Russian firm charged with conspiracy pushed Wednesday to have a say in a separate case where the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller is being assailed by a longtime aide to Trump confidante Roger Stone.
Read moreProsecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office urged a federal judge Wednesday to advance their case against a consultancy owned by a Russian oligarch.
Read moreA federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump on Monday denied a Russian company’s motion to dismiss criminal charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, rejecting claims about the legitimacy of the investigation into interference in the 2016 election.
Read moreA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that ex-Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone and President Trump’s campaign conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to release hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of the presidential election.
Read moreFlamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his former colleagues have lost their latest bid to avoid extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges.
Read moreThe Texas state senator convicted in February of 11 felony charges for running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme announced his resignation on Monday, though Carlos Uresti’s exit will not change the balance of the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Read moreHome Depot claims in court the nation’s largest suppliers of drywall are engaged in a conspiracy to artificially inflate prices and prevent competition inside the $3 billion industry.
Read moreA national training program for the United Auto Workers filed a lawsuit against former Fiat Chrysler officials, seeking to recover more than $4 million that it says they stole.
Read moreFive Romanians have been arrested in Sicily for allegedly exploiting other Romanians as unpaid farmworkers and prostitutes, police said Wednesday.
Read moreThe attorney for a Chinese woman convicted of trying to send a $50 million missile-firing drone and jet fighter engines to China, asked the 11th Circuit on Friday to overturn her conviction claiming that there is no substantial evidence to incriminate her.
Read moreA federal appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions of three top staffers on Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign who were found guilty of arranging for money to be funneled through a vendor to an influential Iowa state senator who dropped his support for another Republican candidate in favor of Paul.
Read moreAlabama’s disgraced former governor Robert Bentley conspired with other state employees to defame a former finance official who was tasked with finding and delivering Bentley’s emails in response to a subpoena, the former official said in a lawsuit Tuesday.
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