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U.S. Prosecutors Seek 3-Year Prison Term for Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao

Prosecutors' Call for Sentence Enhancement In a recent development, U.S. prosecutors have recommended a three-year prison sentence for Changpeng Zhao,…

Massachusetts Air National Guard Member Pleads Guilty to Serious Security Breach

Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, has pleaded guilty to leaking classified military documents on a…

Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Impersonating NFL General Counsel and NBA Player in Massive Fraud Case

Matthew James, 54, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal custody following a conviction in July 2022 for orchestrating…

Former Locke Lord Partner Sentenced to 10 Years in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case

Mark Scott, a former partner at U.S. law firm Locke Lord, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for…

Man Pleads Guilty in Harvard Bomb Hoax Bitcoin Extortion Scheme

A New Hampshire resident, William Giordani, confessed on Wednesday to his involvement in a plot last year where he unwittingly…

Former Chicago Alderman Edward Burke Convicted on Racketeering, Bribery, and Extortion Charges

A federal jury in Chicago rendered a verdict on Thursday, finding former city alderman Edward Burke guilty on charges of…

Former Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Lawyer Faces Prison for Insider Trading

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., are urging an eight-month prison sentence for Romero Cabral da Costa Neto, a 33-year-old former…

Former Paralegal Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $600,000 from Saul Ewing’s Bankruptcy Estate Accounts

Chicago Federal Court Conviction for Wire Fraud Becky Louise Sutton, a former paralegal at the esteemed U.S. law firm Saul…

Florida Lawyer Sentenced to 14 Years for Defrauding NFL Players

A Florida lawyer, Phillip Timothy Howard, who pleaded guilty to defrauding former NFL players out of $4 million they had…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty in Landmark Financial Fraud Case

In a significant milestone of one of the largest financial fraud cases to date, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX,…

Former New York Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for $1.2 Million Embezzlement

In a shocking turn of events, a former New York lawyer, Arthur Cohen, aged 72, has been handed a significant…

Former Alabama Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Voter Fraud: Sentenced to Jail

Former Alabama State Representative David Cole Pleads Guilty to Voter Fraud Charge Former Alabama State Representative David Cole, a Republican…