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SEC says prominent Georgia Republican bank boss defrauded 300 investors in $140 million Ponzi scheme
A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials…
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California man who tried to evade arrest by crossing lake with an underwater scooter pleads guilty in $35 million investment fraud scheme
A California man who tried to evade arrest by jumping into a lake with an underwater scooter pleaded guilty Thursday…
Celsius Network founder sentenced to 12 years in prison after prosecutor dubs him a predator who ‘preyed on hope’
The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison…
A laid-off Foot Locker employee shorted the stock and made over $100,000, authorities say
Financial watchdogs charged a 56-year-old New Yorker with insider trading on Tuesday, alleging the executive knew in advance that Foot…
New York diamond dealer indicted in scheme to swindle dealers of $460,000 by pocketing their real stones and replacing them with lab-grown fakes
A Manhattan diamond dealer with a history of gemstone fraud was indicted Thursday in what officials describe as a scheme…
FTX will have an independent examiner in its bankruptcy case as federal appeals court orders one amid concerns about widespread fraud
A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the bankruptcy case of FTX amid concerns…
‘King of the NRA’ Wayne LaPierre’s lavish spending at center of New York civil trial into whether executives violated nonprofit laws at gun group
The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering…










