Boy band mogul Pearlman faces Florida fraud case
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Former boy band impresario Lou  Pearlman, known for launching the &#39;N Sync and Backstreet Boys  bands, refused on Wednesday to enter a plea to fraud charges in  an alleged $100 million swindle.
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NEW YORK, July 18 -- The widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has sued more than a dozen alleged terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank, blaming them for Pearl's torture and murder in 2002.
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Michael Ovitz, once a top Hollywood dealmaker, is set to testify Tuesday to face charges by angry Walt Disney Co. shareholders that he cheated them when he left the company with a &#36;140 million severance package.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs is being sued by a man who says the hip-hop impresario punched him in the face outside a Hollywood nightclub last week, according to court documents.
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The creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was back in the mainland U.S. and should return to Florida within two weeks to face bank fraud charges, authorities said Monday.
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Mike Echols, a starting junior guard for Seneca Valley's boys' basketball team, faces charges of credit card fraud and identity theft after allegedly stealing a credit card from his coach.
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Gregory L. Reyes, the former C.E.O. of Brocade Communications Systems, faces charges of fraud related to stock options backdating.
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MONTREAL - The public servant who ran the federal sponsorship program, and two top advertising executives, will face fraud charges in Quebec Superior Court next May.
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LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday.
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The lead singer of U.S. rhythm and blues band The Gap Band sued EMI Music Inc. and Heineken Inc. on Friday for using a song he recorded with rapper Snoop Dogg in a commercial without his permission.
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GEORGETOWN, Del. -- Lawyers Friday challenged an account of allegedly excessive spending by former Walt Disney Co. president Michael Ovitz on dinners, magazines, a home screening room and a $2 million office renovation.
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Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin on Monday charged Franklin Templeton Investments with fraud, accusing the company of violating a consent order by not admitting to wrongdoing in a settlement of mutual fund trading allegations.
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A man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers is charged with wire fraud and money laundering for activities related to his business.
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Claims against boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman have grown to more than $130 million through a spate of lawsuits by creditors and investors related to his business interests that range from an airline leasing company to restaurants.
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A million-dollar record deal for an up-and-coming rap artist was put in jeopardy when a Baltimore County judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest, an attorney for the singer said.
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Sick Florida smokers urged the state&#39;s highest court Wednesday to punish the tobacco industry for &quot;fraud and deceit&quot; by restoring a $145 billion class-action award, the largest ever by an American jury.
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GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Michael Ovitz, once a top  Hollywood dealmaker, is set to testify Tuesday to face charges  by angry Walt Disney Co. shareholders that he cheated them when  he left the company with a $140 million severance package.