Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

He’s on trial for federal racketeering — but a reputed Mafioso’s wife is the one who got blindsided by a mob rat in Manhattan court Wednesday. Gangland snitch John “Junior’’ Rubeo testified that accused Philadelphia crime boss Joseph “Skinny Joey’’ Merlino had a goumada, prompting gasps from some of the reputed Mafioso’s two dozen beefy... Read More

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Deborah Merlino, Joe Merlino, John Rubeo

February 8, 2018

Jurors begin deliberations in Pilot Flying J rebate case

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors have begun considering evidence in a federal trial of former employees of the truck stop chain Pilot Flying J. The employees are accused of conspiring to defraud customers in a rebate scam. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the jury deliberated almost four hours Wednesday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. U.S. District Judge... Read More

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Flying J

February 8, 2018

Rabobank to pay $369 million in money-laundering case

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dutch lender Rabobank’s California unit agreed Wednesday to pay $369 million to settle allegations that it lied to regulators investigating allegations of laundering money from Mexican drug sales and organized crime through branches in small towns on the Mexico border. The subsidiary, Rabobank National Association, said it doesn’t dispute that it... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Finance, Fraud, News

Rabobank

February 7, 2018

Closing arguments set in Baltimore police corruption trial

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are set to make their closing arguments in the trial of two Baltimore detectives fighting racketeering and robbery charges. The case involves one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory. The jury trial has been fueled by testimony from disgraced ex-detectives. Four of six... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, Law Enforcement, News

Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam

February 5, 2018

Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was freed Monday after a South Korean appeals court gave him a 2 ½-year suspended jail sentence for corruption in connection with a scandal that toppled the country’s president. The Seoul High Court softened the original ruling against Lee, rejecting most of the bribery charges leveled... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, International Justice Watch, News, Technology

Lee Jae-Yong, Samsung

February 3, 2018

When is a bribe not a bribe? NYC mayor says he did no wrong

NEW YORK (AP) — Harendra Singh was in a losing battle with New York City over millions of dollars in rent on his waterfront restaurant. So, by his own admission, he opened his wallet and bribed his way out of the problem. He donated thousands of dollars to the mayor’s election campaign and, as a... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Bill De Blasio

February 1, 2018

Prosecution rests in Pilot Flying J trial in Tennessee

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case against four former Pilot Flying J employees accused in a scheme to shortchange trucking customers on fuel rebates. News outlets say prosecutors ended Wednesday without calling former Pilot Flying J. Vice President John “Stick” Freeman. The government described Freeman as the scheme’s architect. In one recording,... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News

Flying J

January 30, 2018

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss faces NYC fraud trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Philadelphia mob boss known for beating murder raps, surviving attempts on his life and reinventing himself as a restaurateur is back in court facing federal fraud charges. Opening statements in the trial of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino are set for Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Merlino, 55, was... Read More

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Joseph Merlino

January 29, 2018

Ex-Virginia state trooper sentenced in forgery case

ACCOMAC, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia state trooper who admitted writing summonses for nonexistent offenses has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service. Forty-three-year-old Johnny Godwin was originally charged with six felony counts of forging public records and signing names on three of them. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that Godwin pleaded... Read More

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Johnny Goodwin

January 28, 2018

US Sen. Menendez trial reboot will see something old, new

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The retrial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on bribery and fraud charges could be a Cliffs Notes version of the first trial, with prosecutors trimming some of the witnesses and evidence that may not have had an impact in Menendez I, which ended in a hung jury last fall. So what... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Politics

Bob Menendez

January 26, 2018

Ex-NY Giants player sent to prison for $1.6M fraud case

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former NFL player was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday and ordered to repay nearly $1.6 million in bogus worker’s compensation claims. Marcus Buckley, 46, of Weatherford, Texas, submitted numerous fraudulent claims after the New York Giants initially agreed to a $300,000 settlement in 2010 for cumulative stress... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Fraud, News, Sports

Fraud, Marcus Buckley, NFL

Mobster’s wife shocked after snitch in court reveals husband had mistress

Jurors begin deliberations in Pilot Flying J rebate case

Rabobank to pay $369 million in money-laundering case

Closing arguments set in Baltimore police corruption trial

Samsung heir freed after appeal wins suspended jail term

When is a bribe not a bribe? NYC mayor says he did no wrong

Prosecution rests in Pilot Flying J trial in Tennessee

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss faces NYC fraud trial

Ex-Virginia state trooper sentenced in forgery case

US Sen. Menendez trial reboot will see something old, new

Ex-NY Giants player sent to prison for $1.6M fraud case

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