FBI raids illusionist Copperfield and finds millions
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FBI agents have seized nearly $2 million in cash from a Las Vegas warehouse owned by illusionist David Copperfield, local media reports said on Thursday.
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And The Associated Press reports police in Helsinki, Finland, confirmed this week that hundreds of pieces offered for sale at a purported exhibition of works by Salvador Dali were forgeries, as were other ...
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More than 20 stolen works of art worth nearly Â£3m have been recovered by police in Brazil.
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A woman accused of running an upscale prostitution service in the Washington area might sell her list of 10,000 clients to pay for her defense, her attorney said Friday. Authorities have seized about $1 million worth of real estate and $500,000 in cash and stocks from Deborah Jean Palfrey, 50, said her attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley.
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Federal agents raided New Haven police headquarters Tuesday and charged the head of the narcotics division with stealing thousands of dollars planted by the FBI during sting operations.
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It was a crime worthy of the cleverest comic book jewel thief. Amid the murmur of well-coiffed grandes dames and their pinstriped husbands browsing among some of the most expensive antiques and works of art in ...
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Overcoming ordinary reviews, comic adventure National Treasure found quite a fortune across North America, digging up an estimated $35 million in three days.
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FBI agents have raided a Las Vegas warehouse owned by magician David Copperfield -- for reasons they did not disclose -- and media reports said that they seized nearly $2 million and computer equipment.
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A team of burglars has lifted more than $7 million in jewelry, rare books and cash from dozens of homes in the city's wealthiest neighborhoods, slipping in and out without tripping elaborate alarms or leaving so much as a fingerprint behind, authorities say.
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Federal prosecutors said they uncovered a mortgage fraud scheme involving at least 28 properties in South Florida and fraudulent loans totaling more than $14.2 million.
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A Norman Rockwell work stolen from suburban St. Louis more than three decades ago was found in Steven Spielberg's art collection, the FBI announced Friday.
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Law enforcement authorities have been in contact with David Copperfield and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas where the magician has held regular shows, his lawyer and FBI spokespeople confirmed Thursday.  Local station KLAS-...
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Federal agents raided the museums in Los Angeles as part of a five year investigation into the smuggling of looted antiquities from Thailand, Myanmar, China and Native American sites.
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A Norman Rockwell painting stolen more three decades ago was found in Steven Spielberg's art collection, but the Oscar-winning filmmaker acquired it legally, the FBI said on Friday.
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A federal grand jury filed more charges Wednesday against the city&#39;s former treasurer and a top mayoral fund-raiser in a broad corruption probe that involved FBI wiretapping
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Four leading Southern California museums were raided on Thursday by U.S. authorities investigating illegal smuggling of art from Thailand, China, Myanmar and from American Indian tribal lands.
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The FBI identifies possible fraud through techniques approved for terrorist investigations, the DOJ reports.