Tag: Collusion

2024-10-20

More Trump sealed files released in Jack Smith Jan. 6 election case

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Save America Rally” near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of more than 1,800 pages of documents filed by special counsel Jack Smith in the criminal election interference case against former President Donald Trump….

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2024-10-13

Crypto CEO Horst Jicha skips bond in fraud case

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Horst Jicha discussing cryptocurrency. Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive. “There’s a very active investigation underway…

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2024-09-27

New York mayor charged in corruption case

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A federal indictment charging New York City Mayor Eric Adams with a decade-long campaign contribution scheme, bribery and other crimes was unsealed Thursday morning, hours after FBI raided his Gracie Mansion residence and seized his phone. The 57-page indictment accuses Adams of five criminal counts related to obtaining illegal donations for his 2021 mayoral campaign, and accepting free luxury…

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2024-09-25

Bankman-Fried accomplice Caroline Ellison sentenced in FTX fraud

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Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion for her role in the massive fraud and conspiracy that doomed the cryptocurrency exchange once valued at $32 billion. The prison term was significantly stiffer…

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2024-09-13

FTX exec Ryan Salame threatened with sanctions for lying

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Former FTX executive Ryan Salame outside of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Sept. 12, 2024 MacKenzie Sigalos | CNBC A furious federal judge on Thursday threatened to slap unspecified sanctions on former FTX executive Ryan Salame for lying to him last year when he pleaded guilty to campaign finance and money transmitting crimes. Salame at a hearing Thursday in U.S….

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2024-08-20

Former New York Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud

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Former New York Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Long Island to committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Santos, a Republican, had been set to begin trial next month on a 23-count superseding indictment accused him of wire fraud, identity theft, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. The 36-year-old disgraced ex-congressman,…

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