Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke charged over alleged bribery scheme
Retired Navy Admiral Robert Burke was arrested Friday on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for steering government contracts to companies that promised easy jobs, according to the Department of Justice. Burke served as vice chief of naval operations during the Trump administration, the second-highest ranking Navy official, for several months before being implicated in […]
How Zachary Horwitz pulled off ‘Hollywood’s biggest Ponzi scheme’
An aspiring actor who moved to Hollywood from Indiana starred in “Hollywood’s biggest Ponzi scheme,” raising more than $690 million by convincing family, friends and other investors that he was running a successful film licensing business. According to court documents, Zachary Horowitz, who appeared under the stage name Zach Avery in small roles in films […]
‘Dunkirk spirit’: convoy of Ulez scrappage scheme vehicles arrives in Ukraine from London | Ukraine
Twenty vehicles donated to Ukraine through London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ules) scrapping scheme arrived over the weekend, the charity said. More than 100 vehicles have been donated to Ukraine since the Urez program was approved on March 15, and about half have been delivered so far. British Ukraine Aid (BUAID), which runs the scheme […]
Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen admits stealing $60K from him after Trump stiffed vendor in bizarre scheme to rig popularity poll
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-adversary, calmly confessed Monday that he stole $60,000 from his former boss as he finished testifying in the former president’s hush-money trial, calling the theft “self-help.” “It was a form of “. The convicted liar confessed while being questioned by defense attorney Todd Blanche about his bizarre plan to sway the […]
Arizona squatter investigation: Trio arrested in scheme to rent out dead person’s home, cops say
Authorities in Arizona have arrested three people on suspicion of plotting to rent the deceased’s home and sell two of his cars. One person was found with stolen property belonging to another deceased person upon his arrest, authorities said. Kevin Andrew Strawbridge, 38, Jami DeMaria, 30, and Cheyenne Keller, 29, were reported to have been […]
Justice Dept. makes arrests in North Korean identity theft scheme involving thousands of IT workers
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has announced arrests in a series of complex identity theft cases, which officials say are part of a broader scheme that generates vast amounts of revenue for the North Korean government, including weapons programs. claims to be part of it. The plot involved thousands of North Korean information […]
Brothers arrested in alleged $25M crypto fraud scheme: DOJ
Coin Stories podcast host Natalie Brunel reacts to Sam Bankman-Freeze being sentenced to 25 years in prison on Claman Countdown. Federal authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of carrying out an elaborate scheme to steal millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. Officials say this is the first incident of its kind. of United States […]
MIT-educated brothers accused of stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain scheme – CBS News
Washington — Two brothers from New York and Boston were taken into federal custody on Tuesday for a novel crime of stealing about $25 million in virtual currency from a commonly used blockchain, according to a newly unsealed indictment. He was accused by prosecutors of devising the plan. Anton Perer-Bueno and James Perer-Bueno were charged […]
Republican State AGs Take Biden Admin To Court Over Costly Green Power Plant Scheme
A coalition of more than two dozen Republican state attorneys general are challenging one of the Biden administration’s signature environmental regulations. Twenty-five attorneys general sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday over the agency’s stringent, recently-finalized regulations targeting new natural gas- and coal-fired power plants. The regulations require many existing coal plants and new […]
Michael Cohen ensnares Trump in Stormy Daniels scheme
NEW YORK — The jury deciding former President Trump’s fate in his hush money trial finally heard from defendant Michael Cohen on Monday. Cohen gave his strongest suggestion yet about his former client’s role in the scheme at the heart of the case. As he has done many times before, Mr. Cohen was involved in […]