Days after reports emerged that Rudy Giuliani sought profits for Soviet-born real estate entrepreneurs in Ukraine, those two men were arrested at Dulles Airport, heading out of the country with one-way tickets to Vienna.
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The Justice Department stunned a Washington federal judge on Monday by arguing she misinterpreted an indictment brought against a Russian company charged with funding a troll campaign to manipulate the American public during the 2016 presidential race.
Read moreA grand jury in Texas delivered a capital murder indictment Thursday against the suspect in last month’s deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart.
Read moreA federal grand jury in California has indicted the former head of Uber’s self-driving vehicle initiative on charges of stealing Google technology and siphoning it to the ride-hail giant, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreDisgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was arraigned for the fourth time Monday following new sex-abuse charges in New York City.
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Federal authorities Thursday announced an indictment charging 80 people with stealing at least $46 million through schemes that targeted businesses, the elderly and anyone susceptible to a romance scam. Most of the defendants are Nigerians.
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Federal authorities have arrested a man charged in a scheme to ship prohibited metals-processing machines to Iran in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States.
Read moreAdding to R. Kelly’s pile of legal troubles, the R&B star was hit with federal sex crime charges in two jurisdictions this week.
Read moreA federal grand jury returned 17 additional charges Thursday against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his alleged complicity in former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s leak of classified U.S. military documents, the Justice Department announced.
Read moreSt. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger resigned Monday after being indicted by a federal grand jury in a pay-to-play scheme. The 44-page indictment cites many damning text messages.
Read moreJapanese prosecutors said Monday they have indicted Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn on fresh breach of trust charges that expand their allegations of financial misconduct outside Japan.
Read moreA federal grand jury returned a 36-count indictment against attorney Michael Avenatti on Thursday, adding to bank and wire fraud charges filed last month alleging he stole millions from clients, lied on his income tax returns and tried to hide assets from the federal government.
Read moreWasting little time after the WikiLeaks founder’s arrest this morning, a London judge found Julian Assange guilty Thursday of breaching his bail conditions.
Read moreIt’s a tip that has been passed onto convicts for years: On your way to federal prison, say you have a substance abuse problem, and you could qualify for a treatment program that knocks up to a year off your sentence.
Read moreA federal judge on Wednesday denied Roger Stone’s request that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office prove it did not violate a court order sealing the indictment against the longtime Republican operative and former Trump associate.
Read moreSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller’s office pushed back Friday on claims that it prematurely released the indictment against Roger Stone, saying it followed court instructions and did not tip off the media to Stone’s arrest last month.
Read moreFederal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against a woman who defected to Iran after working for the U.S. Defense Department on classified counterintelligence missions.
Read moreRefusing to unseal court documents related to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a federal judge told a press freedom group vying for the records Wednesday to wait until prosecutors confirm Assange’s indictment.
Read moreLeveling indictments from coast to coast late Monday, U.S. federal prosecutors charged China’s Huawei, two subsidiaries and its CFO Meng Wanzhou in a money-laundering conspiracy that has roiled international relations in three countries.
Read moreIndicting former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone on Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused the longtime political operative of obstruction of an official proceeding, lying to Congress and witness tampering.
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