Alleged Covid-19 Fraud Schemes Totaling $150 Million Draw Criminal Charges
Federal prosecutors have charged about 20 people in the past two weeks with allegedly engaging in various fraud schemes related...
Financial Crime
Former Boeing Pilot Found Not Guilty in 737 MAX Criminal Trial
FORT WORTH, Texas—A jury found a former Boeing Co. BA -2.62% pilot not guilty of deceiving air-safety regulators about a...
Justice Department Says It Seized $3.6 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Stolen in 2016 Hack
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department said Tuesday it seized over $3.6 billion worth of digital currency stolen during a hack of a...
Sheldon Silver, New York Power Broker Sent to Prison, Dies at 77
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before...
The Elizabeth Holmes Verdict: Theranos Founder Is Guilty on Four of 11 Charges in Fraud Trial
SAN JOSE, Calif.— A federal jury convicted Elizabeth Holmes, the startup founder who claimed to revolutionize blood testing, on four...
Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software
Hackers linked to China and other governments are among a growing assortment of cyberattackers seeking to exploit a widespread and...
Democrats Try to Salvage IRS Bank-Account Reporting With Scaled-Back Plan
Democrats scaled back a proposal that would require banks to send more information about customers’ accounts to the IRS in...
Iraqi Lawmakers Call for Probe Into GE, Siemens Electricity Contracts
Members of an Iraqi parliamentary commission are calling for an investigation into large power-generation contracts struck with General Electric Co....
Three Former Netflix Engineers Are Charged in $3 Million Insider-Trading Ring
Three former Netflix Inc. software engineers and two of their close associates were charged with insider trading, the U.S. Securities...
