Wire Fraud

Jon Corzine Dodges the Fraud Question

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: MF Global Congressional Hearings, Jill Sommers, Jon Corzine, Cftc, Wire Fraud, MF Global, Banking, Banks, Business News
Janet Tavakoli

It seems Jon Corzine would have Congress believe he's hopelessly incompetent, because it is better to have them believe that than the business for which he was responsible was breathtakingly wrong.

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Food Charity Officials Indicted, Face Fraud Charges

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Angel Food Ministries Fraud, Discounted Groceries, Money Laundering, Discounted Food, Georgia Ministry, Wire Fraud, Angel Food Ministries, Video, Food News

ATLANTA — Leaders of a Georgia-based ministry that provided discounted groceries to needy families across the U.S. have been indicted and face a...

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Man Sentenced For Microsoft Embezzlement Scheme

AP | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Microsoft Embezzlement, Robert Curry Microsoft, Microsoft Wire Fraud, Robert D. Curry, Robert Curry, Microsoft, Wire Fraud, Technology News

SEATTLE -- A Seattle man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison in an embezzlement scheme that defrauded Microsoft Corp. of more than $450...

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Man Who Ran $100 Million Ponzi Scheme Gets 10 Years In Prison

AP | By DAVE COLLINS | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: David Novick, Michael Goldberg Ponzi Scheme, Yvonne Logan, Crime, Connecticut, Ponzi Scheme, Wethersfield, Financial Scams, Michael Goldberg, Jason Pierce, Hartford Connecticut, Wire Fraud, Business News

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A man who tricked hundreds of investors into giving him more than $100 million on a promise of fat profits on diamonds and distress...

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SEC Charges 3 Men In $14 Million Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Haitians In Florida, New Jersey

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homepals Investment Club, Stocks, Brian Taglieri, Ponzi Scheme, Haitian American, Ronnie Eugene Bass Jr. Ronnie Eugene Bass, Haitian American Investment Clubs, Alabre, Investing, New Jersey, Abner Alabre, Haiti, Sec, Florida, Port-Au-Prince, Taglieri, Ponzi, Homeinvestmentclub, Miami, Wire Fraud, Business News

MIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South ...

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Steven Cohen Sued: Stevie Cohen Accused Of Fraud By Ex-Wife Patricia Cohen

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stevie A. Cohen, Patricia Cohen, Steven Cohen, Sac, Hedge Funds, Stevie Cohen, Mail Fraud, Steven A. Cohen, Wire Fraud, New York News

NEW YORK — The ex-wife of one of America's richest men has sued the billionaire in New York for racketeering, saying he hid millions of dollars ...

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GOP Donor Pleads Guilty To Funding Terror Camps

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terror Camps, Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Michael Mixon, Ardsley, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Wire Fraud, New York News

NEW YORK — A New York businessman accused of trying to funnel money to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan pleaded guilty Tuesday to charge...

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Man Swindled Sick Patients With Promises Of Organ Transplants

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organ Transplant, Organ Donor, Jerome Feldman, Syracuse, Wire Fraud, New York News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A man accused of swindling desperately ill patients out of $400,000 by making false promises of organ transplants has pleaded g...

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