Government Accuses 6 Men of $55 Million Offshore Fraud
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Federal prosecutors charged six men yesterday with making $55 million in fraudulent profits via private stock sales.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Attorneys for a US-based security company accused of setting up sham companies in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme in Iraq are contending in court that the company cannot be sued under a key federal anticorruption law because the allegedly stolen money belonged to Iraqis, not Americans.
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China said today more than $900 million was misappropriated from the nationÂs $37 billion social security fund in the latest massive government fraud to be uncovered.
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WASHINGTON -- Five Americans, including three US Army Reserve officers, were indicted yesterday, accused of taking part in a bid-rigging scam that steered millions of dollars for Iraq reconstruction to a contractor in exchange for cash, luxury cars, and jewelry.
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Five Canadian men believed to be part of an international drugs syndicate have been charged with trying to smuggle cocaine worth 35 million dollars (26 million US) into Australia, police said.
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The U.K. government department responsible for collecting taxes and other services, has admitted losing the personal details of more than 6,500 people who file pension claims.
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Joseph P. Collins, 57, of the law firm Mayer Brown, faces 11 counts including securities fraud, wire fraud and filing false statements with federal regulators.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - A federal grand jury has indicted a now-defunct Islamic charity and five men for illegally transferring funds to Iraq and stealing U.S. government grant money, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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Five former traders were indicted yesterday in Houston on charges of reporting false trades to industry newsletters to manipulate natural gas prices.
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Five of the seven Pitcairn Islanders charged with multiple sex crimes were reported to have been found guilty, while a sixth man pleaded guilty during the trial.
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Six people have appeared in court charged with a variety of offences following police raids earlier this month against an alleged terrorist recruitment and training network.
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A U.N. internal investigative unit has found an unexpected amount of fraud and abuse in some 250 cases currently underway, including alleged sexual and financial offenses.
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Â· Oligarch accused of Â£250m tanker deals fraudÂ· Demand may worsen crisis in diplomatic relations
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Six former executives of Enron Corp. and Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. on Tuesday were accused by a federal prosecutor of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to &quot;help Enron out of a jam.
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George Ryan was sentenced him to six and a half years in federal prison for racketeering and fraud.
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Three executives were indicted on charges of defrauding the federal government of more than $18 million in employment taxes owed on behalf of hundreds of illegal immigrant workers.
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Chinese authorities have arrested or reprimanded more than 750 officials in recent months in connection with billions of dollars in financial irregularities, including unpaid taxes and embezzlement, according to a report made public Thursday.