Financial Crimes

Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border. More

September 8, 2022

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered Thursday to face state money laundering and conspiracy charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors […] More

September 8, 2022

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial, asserting that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup. More

September 6, 2022

A federal judge tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. Holmes, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, plus restitution. More

September 1, 2022

Prosecutors say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who's charged with killing his wife and son, stole nearly $420,000 from his law firm. Murdaugh faces nine additional charges — four counts of obtaining property under false pretenses, three counts of money laundering and two counts of computer crimes — in indictments. More

August 19, 2022

Robert Repella, a former pharmaceutical executive, agreed to pay then-Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst at least $120,000 to have his daughter designated as a tennis recruit. More

August 11, 2022

U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford denied Nathan Carman's request to be released and ordered him held without bail. More

August 3, 2022

Federal prosecutors say Vermont man Nathan Carman, charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016 in a plot to inherit millions, should remain behind bars pending trial because he poses a flight risk and danger to others. More

July 26, 2022

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. More

July 22, 2022

Trump ally Steve Bannon did not testify and did not call any witnesses in his contempt of congress trial on Thursday. More

July 21, 2022

Steve Bannon, facing charges for defying a subpoena, argued in court that the deadline to appear in court was flexible. More

July 20, 2022

Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser and strategist for former President Donald Trump, is facing a pair of federal charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. More

July 19, 2022

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is facing criminal charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. More

July 18, 2022

A federal judge again denied a request from Steve Bannon to delay his criminal contempt trial, saying he was confident a fair and impartial jury could be seated despite the extensive media coverage of the onetime adviser to Donald Trump. More

July 14, 2022

Federal judge declined to delay trial of Steve Bannon, adviser to Donald Trump facing contempt charges for refusing to cooperate with House committee investigating Jan. 6 insurrection. More

July 11, 2022

A jury convicted former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani of collaborating with Elizabeth Holmes in a massive fraud involving the blood-testing company that once enthralled Silicon Valley. More

July 7, 2022

Former Georgetown University tennis coach Gordon Ernst, who once coached former President Barack Obama's family, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids' way into the school. More

July 1, 2022

Prosecutors say Alex Murdaugh's crimes include a money laundering and painkiller ring. More

June 29, 2022

The fate of technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is in the hands of a jury that will weigh criminal charges alleging he joined disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. More

June 24, 2022

“Mr. Balwani is not a victim, he is the perpetrator of the fraud,” prosecutor Jeffrey Schenk said near the end of his 3 1/2-hour closing argument before a jury in a San Jose, California, courtroom. More

June 21, 2022

Federal prosecutors expect to drop additional charges against incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud for swindling his clients out of settlement funds. More

June 21, 2022

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud and a tax-related charge in a federal court case in Southern California accusing him of cheating his clients out of millions of dollars. More

June 16, 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to four years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds. More

June 2, 2022

At trial earlier this year, Avenatti represented himself, cross-examining his former client for hours about their experiences in early 2018. More

June 2, 2022

A public defender for the 28-year-old man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars said Friday the defense believes Nathan Carman is competent. More

May 27, 2022

Convicted California lawyer Michael Avenatti wants leniency at sentencing for defrauding former client Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars. More

May 20, 2022

Nathan Carman, found floating on a raft off the coast of New England after his boat sank, was charged with killing his mother at sea to inherit the family's estate. More

May 10, 2022

Massachusetts business executive John Wilson, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal, appealed his conviction. More

April 25, 2022

Nevada Assembly candidate LaJuana Clark, 47, was arrested for robbing a bank in Las Vegas, according to an arrest report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. More

April 22, 2022

Facing charges including bribery, fraud, conspiracy and falsification of records, New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was expected to make an initial appearance Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. More

April 12, 2022