SAN DIEGO (CN) – A retired Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty to federal charges of overcharging the Navy for port services for U.S. ships and using some of the money “to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment,”… Read More ›
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BNP Paribas Fined $8.8 Billion
MANHATTAN (CN) – The French bank BNP Paribas on Monday agreed to pay $8.8 billion for conspiring to process transactions through the U.S. financial system for Sudanese, Iranian and Cuban entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. – BNP Paribas agreed… Read More ›
Navy Sailor Admits He Led a Hacking Group
By DAVID LEE (CN) – A former systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman has admitted leading hacking into more than 50 military, university and business computer systems to steal the identities… Read More ›
Guilty Plea in Falsifying U.S. Background Checks
WASHINGTON (CN) – A former government contractor faces prison time after pleading guilty Thursday to falsifying background checks on various applicants, including those seeking classified work. Brian Rapier, 34, is the 18th background investigator to be convicted on charges… Read More ›
SoCal Woman Screwed Nuns Out of $285,000
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) – A jury Tuesday convicted a Southern California woman of defrauding an order of nuns of $285,000: promising to buy a house for elderly and ill nuns with it, but spending it on lingerie,… Read More ›
Wealthy widow AVOIDS jail after keeping maid as a virtual slave for more than five years and ‘making her sleep in a closet’ in her 20,000-square-foot mansion
Annie George, 41, sentenced to five years’ probation, eights months of home confinement Judge ordered George to forfeit her $1.9million Llenroc stone mansion in Rexford, NY Widow was acquitted of treating Valsamma Mathai as a slave for financial gain Mathai… Read More ›
U.S. sues Novartis over kickbacks, 2nd case this week : The $10,000 Dinner for 3
Source: Reuters – Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:44 PM Author: Reuters * Second civil fraud lawsuit by U.S. in four days * U.S. says Novartis sought to boost sales of drugs * Dinners held at pricey Chicago, D.C. restaurants *… Read More ›
Bomb suspect ‘confessed to FBI’ at hospital bedside – but now refuses to answer questions after he was read Miranda rights
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev questioned for 16 hours before read Miranda rights Confessed to plot but was not aware of right to stay silent or to a lawyer Pieces of suspicious remote control equipment found in bomb debris By Sara Smyth PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Harvard pediatrics professor arrested after police found ‘up to 100 DVDs and 500 images of child porn at his home’
Dr Richard Keller was medical director at Phillips Academy for 19 years Spent almost $3,000 on child porn over two years Some pornographic content was delivered to his office at the boarding school Faces 20 years in jail By Rachel… Read More ›