SEC Charges Mexico's TV Azteca with Fraud
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U.S. regulators charged Mexico's No. 2 broadcaster TV Azteca and its chairman Ricardo Salinas with fraud on Tuesday, accusing the controversial businessman of pocketing &#36;109 million in a debt scam.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, cracking down on scams targeting retirees, sued 26 people and companies for their roles in a $428 million fraud involving Mexican timeshare rentals, the agency said.
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US regulators filed fraud charges on Monday against former Hollinger International Inc. (HLR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman Conrad Black and his deputy, David Radler.
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SPYWARE COMPANY executive Sanford Wallace and his two companies, Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net will be the first to have the dubious honour of being charged by the FTC.
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Former Canadian and UK media tycoon Conrad Black is charged with fraud by US regulators.
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By Franklin Paul and Kenneth Li NEW YORK  - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. on Monday said it will sell its stake in Sky LatinAmerica to its DirecTV Group  for $579 million, creatingsatellite broadcast monopolies in a region where profits havebeen elusive.
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The SEC has charged two Texas men who allegedly hijacked computers to send spam and cheat investors out of more than $4.6 million.
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Six New York men were arrested and   charged with fraud and conspiracy on Friday, accused of running   a foreign exchange scam that cheated more than 230 investors   out of as much as $7 million, government officials said.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15  /PRNewswire/ -- TV Azteca, one of the two major broadcast networks in Mexico, and Azteca America, its U.S. Hispanic network, have joined efforts to save the Gray Whale, one of the world's most majestic animals.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against a payment processing company, accusing it of attempting to debit consumers&#39; bank accounts for up to $200 million on behalf of dishonest merchants.Those consumers either never received the goods or received worthless items, said the FTC, which filed the complaint with seven other U.S. states. The payment company allegedly violated both federal and state consumer fraud laws, telemarketing rules, and FTC regulations regarding the unfair processing of payments.The payment processing company went by several names, which are listed in a FTC news release. The FTC alleges the company processed payments for fraudulent telemarketers and Internet-based merchants that used deceptive sales scripts and methods.About $69 million of the $200 million in transactions were either rejected by consumers or returned because of lack of proper payment authorization, the FTC said.The FTC wants to refund consumers and force the company to forfeit money it still holds from the fraud in addition to other civil penalties. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.The states that have joined the suit are Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont.
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WASHINGTONâThe US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.
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U.S. officials on Tuesday announced the  indictment of 21 people accused of bilking eBay bidders out of  $5 million through an Internet fraud scheme that originated in  Romania.
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The United States arrested on Monday a Mexican laboratory owner accused of helping make huge quantities of crystal meth, four months after police found $206 million cash in his Mexico City mansion.
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A man who purported to offer rare sports cards including that of baseball legend Mickey Mantle has been charged with defrauding eBay (EBAY.
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Lord Black, the former owner of the Daily Telegraph and the Hollinger International newspaper group, is charged with fraud by US regulators.
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The FCC is expected to slap U.S.  Hispanic network Univision with a record $24 million fine that  will allow the broadcaster to proceed with a $12 billion  private equity buyout, the New York Times reported on Saturday.