Guilty plea expected in Cruise extortion
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A man known for brokering deals involving compromising celebrity photos and videos has agreed to plead guilty in a plot to extort more than $1 million from Tom Cruise for the actor's stolen wedding photos, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.
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Former Gov. John G. Rowland, driven from office by a corruption scandal, said in court Thursday that he would plead guilty to a single federal charge.
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Alleged confessions appear to form the crux of the government's case against seven Marines and a Navy corpsman charged with murder, kidnapping and other crimes in an Iraqi man's slaying last April.
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A man who helped try to force Tom Cruise to pay $1.3m for photos of his wedding is given two years probation.
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ALBANY, NY -- New York state officials say they expect two insurance company executives to plead guilty in a corruption probe into bid-rigging in the insurance brokerage industry.
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Michael Griffith is about to pay with his life for violating the law he once swore to enforce.
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A former Microsoft Corp. worker pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to participating in a software sales scheme with three others that defrauded the company of more than &#36;32 million.
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Business & money: Confectionery giant's lawyers says company intends to plead guilty to six counts of contravening food hygiene regulations.
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The two brothers accused of running Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel are nearing an agreement to plead guilty in exchange for guarantees that other family members won't face charges and will have access to some of the $2.1 billion the government wants to seize, The Associated Press has learned.
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CAPE TOWN -- Mark Thatcher will plead guilty to unwittingly bankrolling an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a person close to the family said yesterday.
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Tom Hall, the last of the four executives at Qwest Communications International awaiting trial, has agreed to plead guilty. His attorney told the court that Hall would be willing to enter a plea.
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An Iraqi-American businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he received payments from Iraq to illegally act as its agent in the United States, including getting millions of dollars worth of oil from the United Nations' oil-for-food program.
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In an unusual deal that angered some but steers him clear of prison, the captain of the Staten Island Ferry involved in the fatal October crash has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in return for a possible dismissal of ...
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BRUSSELS - A Belgian prosecutor yesterday recommended that the Church of Scientology stand trial for fraud and extortion, following a 10-year investigation that concluded the US-based group should be labeled a criminal organization.
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TRENTON, NJ -- A federal official said a top donor to Gov. James E. McGreevey is to plead guilty Wednesday in a case involving allegations that he had a prostitute seduce a government witness.
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The leader of Mexico's most infamous drug cartel pleaded guilty in a federal court on Monday to charges of running a criminal enterprise and money laundering in a plea bargain with U.S. authorities that will spare him the death penalty.
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Four former El Paso Corp.  natural gas traders will plead guilty to criminal charges for reporting bogus trade prices to an industry publication and will cooperate with a U.S. government probe, prosecutors said on Wednesday.