Gutting a federal class action accusing Alameda County and a private contractor of charging inmates on pre-trial detention exorbitant daily fees for ankle monitors, a federal judge on Friday dropped the county from the case and advanced just one racketeering claim.
Read moreSANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) — A federal jury Thursday convicted the Mongol Nation Motorcycle Club of racketeering and conspiracy to
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 moreThe flamboyantly Brooklyn tattooed rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will be presented to a federal judge Monday afternoon on criminal racketeering and firearms charges.
Read moreThe Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation accuse Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Neuma Healthcare Development and others in a federal RICO complaint of having conspired to use Medicaid dollars to profit off the tribe’s health care clinic.
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld the 2016 conviction of fraudster Mikhail Zemlyansky after he unsuccessfully argued that double jeopardy applied to his Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case involving a multi-million dollar insurance and securities fraud scheme.
Read moreFour people rooked into a multilevel marketing scheme brought a federal class action Monday against the Trump Corporation, saying the president and three of his children made millions off a deliberate fraud.
Read moreThe CEO of Canada-based Phantom Secure faces up to 20 years in prison and must forfeit more than $80 million for conspiring to use encrypted devices to distribute more than 450 kilos of cocaine, and other illegal drugs around the world.
Read moreOne of the sprawling class actions that accuses The Weinstein Co. and Miramax executives of enabling years of sexual misconduct by producer Harvey Weinstein took an inauspicious turn Wednesday at a hearing in federal court.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Alameda County and Leaders in Community Alternatives of racketeering, for allowing Leaders to “extort money” by charging $25.50 a day for court-ordered GPS or alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets.
Read moreThe defunct Dallas County Schools bus agency sued its former superintendent and a stop-arm vendor, claiming they orchestrated a massive pay-to-play bribery conspiracy that bilked taxpayers out of $125 million.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed Energy Transfer Partners’ criminal racketeering claims against a nonprofit that wrote letters to banks asking them not to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, though Energy Transfer’s claims against Greenpeace and Earth First! are still pending in that lawsuit.
Read moreWhile awaiting trial inside a federal prison in Alexandria, Virginia, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort may receive a special delivery from the Democrats: a long-pending federal lawsuit.
Read moreThe Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation brought a federal complaint against the Dallas Police Association, saying the latter diverted donations that were meant for the foundation in honor of the police officers killed by a sniper on July 7, 2016.
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 moreA federal judge dismissed racketeering claims brought by an inventor who claimed Google used nondisclosure agreements to rip off his trade secrets for its own profit.
Read moreThree women, one of whom says Harvey Weinstein raped her, joined the lengthy list Friday of accusers bringing federal anti-racketeering charges against the indicted producer.
Read moreMore than 500 law enforcement officers participated in an operation Wednesday targeting 32 members of the Mexican Mafia who controlled drug smuggling, narcotics sales and the extortion of prisoners inside the Los Angeles County jail system.
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