New York Stock Exchange regulators today banned stockbroker Charles Winitch from working for member firms for a period of five years after he pocketed over $100,000 making unauthorized trades using the accounts of injured children.
Judge Kenneth Karas has ordered convicted swindler Samuel Israel to undergo a thorough evaluation in order to determine whether or not Israel is competent to plead guilty to bail-jumping charges.
Wassim Mohammad Azizi was convicted by a federal jury on three counts of violating the Clean Air Act in conjunction with the demolition of a building containing asbestos.
New Mexico State Police have closed their case on a Texas man's death after determining he killed himself in a manner similar to that shown in an episode of CSI.
A Chicago police officer was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly violating police protocol in arresting a drunken driver in 2005. The charges have resulted in the dismissal of 156 of the officer's previous arrests.
Nakami Chi Group Ministries International co-owner Gregg Wolfe has admitted the business took millions in investment funds from church groups and used new investors’ money to make interest payments and cover their tracks.
A man from Central Florida is facing up to five years in prison for failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in child support.
A former pastor from Colorado Springs has been ordered to pay $1.4 million and serve 15 years' probation for his role in a scam that defrauded investors of more than $12 million.
New federal sentencing guidelines for crack offenses went into effect last week, potentially reducing the sentences of 19,500 inmates nationwide.
New Georgia legislation that would increase penalties for those involved in hit-and-run accidents is now on the Senate floor.
An Oklahoma City man who admitted to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk last April was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday.
A Minneapolis teen has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 17-year-old friend, who died of a gunshot would to the head.
A 5-year-old Allentown, Pennsylvania, boy accidentally shot himself in the shoulder with a stolen handgun he found in his father’s bedroom. The boy’s father was arrested for numerous charges, including receiving stolen property.
A prosecutor from Cook County, Illinois, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance last week after authorities discovered him in his vehicle with a white powder substance thought to be heroin.
The controversial website Wikileaks.org, which has released 1.2 million documents including manuals relating to the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp, has been taken offline following a court order issued by a U.S. District Court judge.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a $40 billion lawsuit filed by former Enron investors against Wall Street investment banks that lent money to the now-disbanded corporation.
Former FBI Turkish language translator Sibel Edmonds has claimed that high-ranking US officials were paid to leak nuclear weapons secrets that were subsequently sold on the international black market.
In a letter to the Nevada State Health Division, the Nevada State Medical Association has recommended that foreign doctors who complain of illegal exploitation be shielded from retaliatory treatment by whistleblower protection.
Sandy, Oregon pastor Corey Jerry Pritchett, who was found guilty of 32 counts of fraud in November 2007, was sentenced to serve seven years and 10 months in prison in Multnomah County Circuit Court Wednesday.
Administrative Law Judge Debra Little Cohn ruled this week that Suzanne Ward, a nurse formerly employed by Wisconsin's Department of Corrections, was mistreated and unfairly disciplined by DOC managers attempting to undermine her credibility.
The Senate and House Armed Services Committees have agreed to approve strengthened whistleblower protection for employees of defense contractors who report corruption, abuse, threats to public safety, mismanagement, or waste of DoD funds.
Apollo Group Inc., parent corporation of the University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit school in the U.S., must pay up to $277.5 million in damages after losing a securities-fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.
In a 5-3 ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that third parties such as banks cannot be sued in securities fraud cases unless shareholders relied on those parties' recommendations when making investment choices.
A new treatment program aimed at helping those who are convicted of DWIs in St. Louis County, Minnesota to achieve sobriety, hopes to make big strides in the battle against drunk driving.
New Jersey lawmakers passed two new measures last week that may lessen the sentences for some people convicted of drug crimes.
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