Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis charged with ‘brazen’ insider trading Billionaire allegedly gave friends, employees and romantic partners information on companies in which he was investor The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2023
UK billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of Tottenham soccer team, charged with insider trading in US Prosecutors say British billionaire and Tottenham soccer team owner Joe Lewis has been indicted in New York on insider trading charges The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
Tottenham owner Joe Lewis indicted in the US for ‘brazen insider trading scheme’ The billionaire bought a controlling stake in the club in 2001 for £22 million. The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023
Police officer indicted after allegedly using stun gun seven times on handcuffed man Prosecutors announced that the man put in handcuffs was facing a mental crisis and was being involuntarily taken for medical treatment The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023
Editorial: Finally Fed up on Rikers: As two advisory groups fail, US attorney says enough Add Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams to the list of those who demand that the federal courts appoint a receiver to run Rikers Island. That was his conclusion on Monday, as the problems at the city jail keep piling up. Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023
US attorney in Manhattan seeking federal takeover of city's troubled Rikers Island jail complex A federal prosecutor says his office will seek to have control of New York City’s trouble-plagued Rikers Island jail complex taken away from Mayor Eric Adam’s administration in favor of a court-appointed outside authority The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023
Democrats call for probe into whether ‘whistleblower’ Gal Luft made claims about Biden to help China Reps Jamie Raskin and Daniel Goldman want the Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee to probe whether an accused foreign agent has been manipulating the panel in service of Chinese interests The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023
Investors in Donald Trump’s Truth Social media company hit with insider trading charges NEW YORK — Three investors in Donald Trump’s media company were hit with insider trading charges Thursday, accused of reaping $22 million in illegal profits based on confidential information they told friends about on a gambling vacation. Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023
Self-professed 'Wolf of Airbnb' pleads guilty to wire fraud for defrauding landlords A Florida man who dubbed himself the “Wolf of Airbnb” has pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge for defrauding landlords and cheating a government pandemic program The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023
Former NFL minority owner jailed after defrauding pro league in $700 cryptocurrency scam A million dollar cryptocurrency scam of a now-defunct pro football league has resulted in a prison sentence for a former owner of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings Daily Mirror · Jun 7, 2023
Former Vikings part owner sentenced to 6 years in cryptocurrency scam After defrauding the Alliance of American Football League, former Vikings part owner Reggie Fowler was sentenced to more than 6 years in prison. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 6, 2023
Ex-part owner of Minnesota Vikings gets over six years in cryptocurrency scam A former Minnesota Vikings part owner who defrauded a short-lived professional football league while carrying out a $700 million cryptocurrency scam has been sentenced to over six years in prison The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023
US takes action against Mexican cartel, Chinese firms to stem fentanyl trafficking WASHINGTON — U.S. officials announced actions Friday to combat fentanyl as the nation struggles to battle overdose deaths, including charges against members of a Mexican drug cartel that authorities say is behind the drug’s largest trafficking operation on the globe. Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023
US announces charges, sanctions in fight to stem fentanyl trafficking - Roll Call U.S. officials announced actions Friday to combat fentanyl as the nation struggles to battle overdose deaths. Roll Call · Apr 14, 2023
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023 Ex-New York suburban officer convicted in killing of 4 A former New York suburban police officer turned drug dealer has been convicted in the strangulation death of one man and the execution-style murders of three others
Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023 Drug dealer admits supplying fentanyl-laced heroin to The Wire actor Michael K Williams before fatal overdose A drug dealer pleaded guilty yesterday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin that led to his death.
Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2023 Drug dealer pleads guilty in death of ‘Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams Irvin Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in the actor’s death.
Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2023 FBI agents break into wrong hotel room and arrest Delta pilot during training exercise The pilot had been staying the Revere Hotel in Boston, US, and was woken by FBI agents who barged in, handcuffed him and interrogated him for 45 minutes before the officers realised the mistake
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Dealer pleads guilty in death of actor Michael K. Williams A New York City drug dealer has pleaded guilty to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K
Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023 Exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui charged with billion-dollar fraud in US Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, the exiled businessman and vocal critic of Beijing with ties to former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, was charged with fraud after the U.S. seized $634 million linked to his alleged crimes.
WEKU · Mar 15, 2023 U.S. arrests a Chinese business tycoon in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy Guo Wengui, long sought by the government of China and known for cultivating ties to Trump administration figures including Steve Bannon, was arrested on charges that he oversaw a fraud conspiracy.
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023 Chinese businessman arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy A self-exiled Chinese businessman has been arrested in New York on charges alleging that he oversaw a $1 billion fraud conspiracy
The Guardian - US · Mar 15, 2023 Chinese business tycoon and Bannon ally Guo Wengui arrested in $1bn fraud conspiracy US attorney says Wengui, also known as Miles Guo and Ho Wan Kwok, used stolen money to buy a $3.5m Ferrari and finance a $37m yacht
Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2023 White supremacist US soldier who plotted to kill members of his platoon sentenced to 45 years in prison NEW YORK — A former U.S. Army soldier and self-declared traitor who plotted to kill members of his overseas platoon was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Friday — with a judge calling his bigoted beliefs “repugnant” and his regret implausible.
Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023 Calif. chiropractor who bilked the NBA's health plan sentenced to prison LOS ANGELES — They called him Dr. Pat, and from his nondescript office building along Ventura Boulevard, chiropractor Patrick Khaziran seemed to have found a lucrative niche treating celebrity clients.