Elon Musk $258 Billion Dogecoin Lawsuit Expands September 8, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel The $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin has expanded,...
Gang Members Charged With Violent Takeover of New York Fire Mitigation Industry July 5, 2022 FBI, Homeland Security and New York police officials have charged nine defendants including gang members with a violent racketeering and...
Pharmacist in Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Cleared of Murder October 30, 2017 By Alanna Durkin Richer A pharmacist at a facility whose tainted drugs sparked a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people was cleared Wednesday...
Feds Say Virginia Prison Guards Tried to Smuggle Drugs in for Gang November 8, 2016 By Alan Suderman Federal authorities say they’ve arrested former prison guards connected to a gang that sells drugs inside Virginia state prisons to...
Former Arizona Congressman Renzi Rejected by High Court on Conviction June 29, 2015 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from former Representative Rick Renzi of Arizona, leaving intact his conviction for public...
Florida Insurance Agent Found Guilty of Racketeering, Money Laundering April 14, 2015 A jury has found Cantonment, Fla., insurance agent Randall Petersen guilty of racketeering and money laundering. An investigation by the...
Former Louisiana Deputy Insurance Commissioner Sentenced August 16, 2013 A former deputy commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance has received a prison sentence for racketeering, according to Justice...
John Hancock, Law Firm Face Tax Shelter Racketeering Lawsuit September 20, 2012 By Nate Raymond John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and its law firm, Edwards Wildman Palmer, must face a class action accusing them of...
Judge Tosses Racketeering Claims vs. BP Over Oil Spill July 18, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel and Moira Herbst BP Plc won two legal victories Friday, as a federal judge threw out racketeering claims made by the lead plaintiffs...