California congressman Duncan Hunter to quit after holidays

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California will resign after the holidays, following his guilty plea this week to illegally using campaign money for personal expenses, his office said Friday. The San Diego-area Republican did not provide a specific date for his departure in a two-sentence statement. He previously indicated he intended... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

December 5, 2019

Retired UAW vice president is the latest to plead guilty

DETROIT (AP) — A retired vice president at the United Auto Workers pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption charges, admitting he received a $250,000 kickback after arranging a contract for 58,000 watches. Joe Ashton led the union’s General Motors department until July 2014 and also had a seat on the automaker’s board. Ten people with ties... Read More

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Joe Ashton

December 4, 2019

Trial starts for Michigan lawmaker accused in vote scheme

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A lobbyist says she was shocked and angry to receive a text message from a Michigan lawmaker who is charged with trying to get campaign cash for certain votes. The trial of state Rep. Larry Inman began Tuesday in Grand Rapids federal court. The Republican from northern Michigan is accused... Read More

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Larry Inman

December 4, 2019

Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California Rep. Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least $150,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses under a plea deal that a former federal prosecutor called “great” for the congressman who had faced 60 counts. The six-term Republican showed no... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

December 4, 2019

Ex-investment banker sentenced to 2 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A former investment banker sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for insider trading says fledging companies looking for advice still trust him with their secrets. Sean Stewart made the comment before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff announced the sentence in Manhattan. The Yale-educated Stewart had already served over a year... Read More

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Sean Stewart

December 3, 2019

California Rep. Hunter plans to plead guilty, leave seat

SAN DIEGO (AP) — For more than a year, California Rep. Duncan Hunter insisted that criminal charges against him and his wife were the result of a conspiracy of the “deep state” meant to drive the six-term Republican from office in the Democrat-dominated state. But in a stunning turn of events, Hunter now says he... Read More

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Duncan Hunter

November 26, 2019

Lobbyist sentenced to 7 years in Arkansas corruption scheme

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing three former Arkansas state lawmakers, including the governor’s nephew, has been sentenced to seven years in prison without parole. Rusty Cranford was sentenced in federal court Monday for bribing Republican state Sen. Jon Woods, Democratic state Rep. Hank Wilkins and Republican state Sen. Jeremy... Read More

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Rusty Cranford

November 26, 2019

Ex-director of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America charged

NEW YORK (AP) — The former head administrator of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America was arrested Monday on charges he embezzled over half a million dollars from the organization even as the church ran out of money trying to build a shrine to replace a church crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks. Jerry Dimitriou,... Read More

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Jerry Dimitriou

November 26, 2019

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Monday sentenced a former Alabama sheriff to 18 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to scamming a food bank and his own small-town church to obtain inexpensive jail food and boost his personal income. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke sentenced former Pickens County Sherriff David Abston... Read More

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David Abston

November 22, 2019

Baltimore ex-mayor enters guilty pleas in fraud case

BALTIMORE (AP) — The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges involving sales of her self-published children’s books, a case that exposed anew the depths of corruption in Maryland’s largest city. Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy... Read More

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Catherine Pugh

November 15, 2019

Feds: South Dakota doc made millions on unneeded surgeries

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota neurosurgeon made millions of dollars by performing unnecessary and dangerous surgeries, including one that left a patient partially paralyzed, federal prosecutors contend in a lawsuit against the doctor. Dr. Wilson Asfora enriched himself by using medical devices he invented during surgeries and receiving kickbacks from companies whose... Read More

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Wilson Asfora

November 14, 2019

Ex-insurance exec gets 6 months in college admissions scam

BOSTON (AP) — A former California insurance executive was sentenced to six months in prison for paying $450,000 to get his son and daughter admitted to the University of Southern California as fake athletic recruits. Toby MacFarlane, 56, of Del Mar, California, was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Wednesday after pleading guilty to fraud and... Read More

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Admissions Scheme, Toby MacFarlane

November 11, 2019

Manafort’s former son-in-law sentenced for multiple scams

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Manafort’s former son-in-law has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nine years in prison for pulling a series of schemes totaling more than $13 million, including one that bilked $3 million from actor Dustin Hoffman. U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. ordered Jeffrey Yohai to pay $6.7 million in restitution... Read More

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Dustin Hoffman

November 5, 2019

Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty; had lived lavishly

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — The fraudster called himself “King Perry,” and for a while he lived like royalty. Perry Santillo masterminded a long-running investment scam that collected more than $115 million from 1,000 investors around the country, using some of the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle of cars, casino junkets and houses in multiple... Read More

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Perry Santillo

California congressman Duncan Hunter to quit after holidays

Retired UAW vice president is the latest to plead guilty

Trial starts for Michigan lawmaker accused in vote scheme

Former prosecutor says corrupt congressman got ‘great’ deal

Ex-investment banker sentenced to 2 years in prison

California Rep. Hunter plans to plead guilty, leave seat

Lobbyist sentenced to 7 years in Arkansas corruption scheme

Ex-director of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America charged

Former sheriff sentenced to 18 months for food fraud

Baltimore ex-mayor enters guilty pleas in fraud case

Feds: South Dakota doc made millions on unneeded surgeries

Ex-insurance exec gets 6 months in college admissions scam

Manafort’s former son-in-law sentenced for multiple scams

Ponzi schemer ‘King Perry’ pleads guilty; had lived lavishly

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