Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers denied as “preposterous” U.S. claims that they impersonated Federal Bureau of Investigation agents while in Russia for interviews.
Read More »Boston bomb suspect’s friend pleads guilty to obstruction
A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded guilty to obstructing investigators by removing incriminating evidence from Tsarnaev’s dorm room in the days after the attack, his lawyer said.
Read More »U.S. pushes harsher sentencing for ‘Madoff five’
Five ex-aides to Bernard Madoff who prosecutors say have shown a “galling” lack of remorse since being convicted of fraud in March are set to be sentenced this week for propelling the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history.
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Read More »Ex-lawyer sentenced to 15 years over $8 billion tax fraud
A former lawyer who was convicted in what U.S. prosecutors called the biggest criminal tax fraud in history was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for helping wealthy clients dodge taxes for years.
Read More »BofA must face U.S. suit claiming mortgage-securities fraud
Bank of America Corp. must face the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about the quality of loans tied to $850 million in residential mortgage-backed securities.
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Read More »Boston bomb suspect will seek to bar FBI interrogation notes
Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will try to keep notes of his interrogation by federal agents from being used in his trial over the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001.
Read More »Boston bomb suspect says U.S. shouldn’t monitor family talks
Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev says U.S. prosecutors are wrongfully barring him from talking privately with his two sisters by suggesting the women may engage in “terrorist tradecraft.”
Read More »Boston bomb suspect says U.S. abusing his citizenship status
Boston Marathon bombing defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s foreign birth and immigration history are being misused by prosecutors who accuse him of betraying the U.S. in their bid to seek the death penalty, his lawyers said.
Read More »Madoff ex-aide likened to innocent in Sodom and Gomorrah
Bernard Madoff’s securities firm was a modern-day Sodom or Gomorrah, the biblical cities destroyed by God for their immorality, a defense lawyer told jurors in the trial of five of the con man’s ex-aides.
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Read More »Madoff workers told ‘staggering’ number of lies, prosecutor says
Five former employees of Bernard L. Madoff told a “staggering” number of lies to prop up their boss’s $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme, a prosecutor said during closing arguments of their criminal trial.
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Read More »Madoff had respect of everyone, ex-aide says
Bernard Madoff “seemed to have the respect of everyone in the world,” which made it easy to believe lies the con man told to hide his $17 billion Ponzi scheme.
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