Ex-Money Manager Stays in Jail for Contempt
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Martin A. Armstrong will remain behind bars for defying a judgeÂs order that he turn over $14.9 million in rare coins and gold bars in connection with a federal lawsuit.
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One of South Korea's richest men is given a suspended jail sentence over his conviction for a revenge beating.
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Barry Bonds&#039; personal trainer was held in contempt of court and taken to prison Wednesday for refusing to testify to the federal grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants&#039; slugger for perjury.
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A New York Times reporter is facing up to 18 months in prison after a federal judge held him in contempt of court on Thursday for refusing to name her source to prosecutors
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A federal judge held a reporter in contempt Thursday for refusing to divulge confidential sources to prosecutors investigating the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.
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The prosecutor who led the now-discredited rape case against three Duke University lacrosse players was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing charges against the athletes.
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A businessman whose company gave the Lib Dems more than Â£2m is jailed for two years for "dishonesty".
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Mike Nifong was held in criminal contempt of court for âwillfullyâ making false statements to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.
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A federal judge held a New York  Times reporter in contempt on Thursday for refusing to testify  in the investigation of whether the Bush administration  illegally leaked a covert CIA officer's name to the media.
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Democratic fundraiser and political donor Norman Hsu was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison after a California judge rejected his bid to dismiss a 16-year-old fraud conviction.
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Business & money: Governor to defend handling of crisis today after announcing cash, at penal rates, for money markets.
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Business & money: Bank's management faces hostile shareholder meeting amid signs fate is in the government's hands
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The former sheriff of a struggling, rural county was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for lying to authorities about a scheme to resell drugs and guns seized from criminals.
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A former asylum seeker who exploited immigrant workers is convicted of money laundering.
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Former financier Martin Armstrong  pleaded not guilty to expanded charges of fraud on Friday, just  days after he challenged a contempt order that has kept him  imprisoned for more than four years.
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A German banker who stole money from  rich clients to help poor ones has been sentenced to two years  and 10 months in prison, a court said Thursday. The  45-year-old, dubbed by German media as a modern day Robin Hood,  diverted 2.1 million euros ($2.79 million) to clients he felt  were needy while holding a senior position at a savings bank in  the southern region of Tauberfranken.
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An American man convicted of killing his former girlfriend is being held in jail illegally after a judge failed to show up for an afternoon meeting to release him, Eric Volz's lawyer said.