A 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.
Read moreAccusing China of trying to cyberattack its way to superpower status, U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment Thursday against two Chinese hackers who remain at large.
Read moreThree years after the leak of the Panama Papers exposed a worldwide network of tax-avoiding shell companies, federal prosecutors brought charges Tuesday against four men tied to the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Read moreAt a dramatic hearing where Tekashi 6ix9ine was denied bail on gang-related conspiracy charges, prosecutors told a federal judge late Monday of a credible threat that ex-associates of the New York rapper had authorized a hit against him over the weekend.
Read moreThe United States brought a 30-count indictment Friday against the suspect in a mail-bombing spree that targeted politicians, philanthropists and reporters perceived as critical of President Donald Trump.
Read moreThe captain of a tourist boat that sank in southwest Missouri and killed 17 people, including nine members of an Indiana family, didn’t tell passengers to put on flotation devices or prepare them to abandon ship even after waves crashed into the boat during a severe storm, according to an indictment released Thursday.
Read moreA former managing director at Goldman Sachs was arrested Thursday as federal prosecutors announced that the bank’s former Southeast Asia chairman pleaded guilty to a $2.7 billion money-laundering scheme rooted in Malaysia.
Read moreChina’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former top general who killed himself during a corruption probe and indicted another on graft charges amid President Xi Jinping’s continuing crackdown on military malfeasance.
Read moreA Russian accused of victimizing more than 80 million in a record-breaking hack will be presented before a federal magistrate Friday afternoon following his extradition earlier today from the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
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