Disgraced former Cuyahoga County Judge Lance Mason pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the murder of his estranged ex-wife, three years after he went to prison for beating her in front of their two children.
Read moreA woman accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government appears to be coming closer to a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors or other resolution of her criminal case.
Read moreAt an arraignment where Tekashi 6ix9ine pleaded not guilty to gang-related racketeering and gun charges, federal prosecutors lobbied Monday for a deep dive into the rapper’s social media accounts.
Read moreConspiracy theorist and Roger Stone ally Jerome Corsi said Monday that he has received an offer from Special Counsel Robert Mueller for a plea deal on one count of perjury, but that he plans to reject the offer.
Read moreA conservative writer and associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone said Friday that he is in plea talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.
Read moreThe billionaire owner of a Venezuelan TV network pleaded guilty to bribery and laundering more than $1 billion through U.S. banks and real estate funds after the Department of Justice led a high-profile bust.
Read moreA woman from South Los Angeles faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to sex trafficking by force — conduct that included forcing a victim to get Williams’ name tattooed on her face.
Read moreA U.S. citizen who lived in Tijuana faces 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to smuggling more than 20,000 fentanyl pills into the United States.
Read moreShuttled from his home state of Florida to New York, where at least half a dozen public figures were mailed pipe bombs in recent weeks, accused #MAGAbomber Cesar Sayoc pleaded not guilty Thursday to a 30-count indictment.
Read moreTyler Barriss, of California, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges over several hoax phone calls known as swatting, with one that resulted in the fatal police shooting of Wichita, Kansas, resident Andrew Finch.
Read moreJason Benjamin Scharf, 37, of Los Angeles, former CEO of Citrades, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to defrauding investors of $8.3 million in financial instruments known as binary options.
Read moreInvestment adviser Douglas P. Simanski, of Altoona, Pa., pleaded guilty Friday to having defrauded his customers of $3.9 million, as the SEC alleged in a parallel complaint.
Read moreLuis Carlos Melgar Morales, 28, of Guatemala, faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to conspiring to distribute more than 10,000 kilos of cocaine, worth $600 million on the street.
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 moreA Mexican man faces up to five years in federal prison, plus $823,357 in disgorgement, after pleading guilty Monday to running an illegal money-transmitting business involving bitcoins.
Read moreSelf-proclaimed “Frack Master” Christopher Faulkner was ordered to pay $23.8 million and sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday after the famous Texan pleaded guilty in a settlement deal to using his oil and gas companies to defraud hundreds of investors across the country.
Read moreCanned tuna giant StarKist agreed Thursday to plead guilty to a single felony count of price-fixing. It faces a criminal fine of up to $100 million.
Read moreFormer Senate intelligence Staffer James Wolfe pleaded guilty Monday to one count of lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters during a classified leak investigation.
Read moreA Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to sending an email threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Read moreTwo Washington, D.C. siblings pleaded guilty Wednesday to attacking a federal prosecutor and a murder victim’s daughter outside the District of Columbia Superior Court in April.
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