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BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Maryland state senator pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to two counts of fraud for accepting $15,300 in bribes. Nathanial Oaks, a 71-year-old Baltimore Democrat, entered guilty pleas to one count of wire fraud and one count of honest services fraud, hours after he resigned from office. He faces […]
Terry Wayne Millender, senior pastor of Victorious Life Church in Alexandria, Va., and his wife were indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. The pastor, his wife and their friend are all being accused of defrauding their congregation out of more than $1 million, Fox5DC reports. According […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wells Fargo says CEO John Stumpf and the executive who ran the bank’s retail banking division will forfeit tens of millions of dollars in pay as the bank tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices. The independent directors at the nation’s second-largest bank said Tuesday that Stumpf will forfeit $41 […]
The 32-year-old was brought to court on Sunday, where she was charged with financial identity fraud, false identification documents, and four counts of practicing registered nursing without a license in Gwinnett County.
We know Shkreli as the Wu-Tang Clan album buyer, as he purchased the group's secret album for $2 million just months ago.
NEW YORK (AP) — A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans positively gleeful. Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old […]
SOUTH AMHERST, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio auxiliary firefighter reported a fake fire so he could head to the scene and earn a paycheck, but a different department was dispatched instead and he is now facing charges. Twenty-seven-year old Dean Evans, of Lorain, is charged with inducing panic and making false alarms. Lorain […]
Working at Saks Fifth Avenue can be a great job. You get to meet all kinds of people from all walks of life and let’s not forget that employee discount. But for four Saks employees and their outside accomplice, the New York Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store was instead a temptation they couldn’t ignore. Four […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Tim Dog, who was accused of swindling women out of thousands of dollars, was dead when a warrant was issued for his arrest last year, according to a death certificate filed in Georgia. The rapper, whose real name was Timothy Blair, was best known for the 1990s song “F— Compton” that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was convicted Tuesday of trying to block a federal investigation of allegations of inmate abuse at county jails. James Sexton was found guilty of federal charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He could face up to 15 years in prison. His previous trial ended […]
Phaedra Parks is reportedly planning to divorce her husband Apollo Nida, and at least one tabloid reports it could be a strategic move to keep her from having to help pay back his $2 million restitution penalty to the government. Nida, 35, was sentenced in July to eight years in federal prison for his involvement […]
