Crime

A McDonald's employee working at a store in Georgia was sentenced to five years in federal prison for lighting a fire inside a dumpster because the restaurant was too crowded.

Vadim Konoshchenok, a suspected Russian spy, was one of the prisoners the U.S. returned to Russia as part of an exchange that brought Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich home.

A new survey published by LendingTree shows that a majority of admitted shoplifters pointed to inflation and the economy as the main reasons they steal.

The Department of Labor announced its looking into United Airlines' new policy that's aimed at combating employees who are abusing the company's sick leave.

A Florida man has been arrested after he went on a late-night junk food and cigarette splurge inside a closed Walgreens after purposely locking himself into a restroom, police say.

A top Democrat fundraiser and political strategist apologized for an email sent to reporters suggesting the attempted assassination of former President Trump may have been "staged."

AT&T discovered that a hacker was able to steal call and text records of nearly all of its customers back in April, just one month after the company found out about a separate breach.

An eye-popping amount of Lego sets purportedly swiped from local businesses were recently confiscated by Oregon police, according to a Tuesday post from the Springfield Police Department.

The brother of one of the victims from the 2019 fatal 737 Max 8 crash speaks out about the choice federal prosecutors gave Boeing, which included paying a fine or facing a criminal trial.

A new report by the Identity Theft Resource Center found that job scams surged by 118% in 2023 amid the rise of generative AI, which makes it easier to create realistic postings.

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge in order to avoid a criminal trial related to two deadly crashes involving 737 MAX jetliners.

A passenger who downed several drinks forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing after allegedly exposing himself, according to a criminal complaint.

Federal officials from the Justice Department are meeting with Boeing and the families of victims of fatal crashes as a deadline for filing criminal charges against Boeing nears.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrest of 193 people across the U.S. following a nationwide law enforcement crackdown on health care fraud.

There are thousands of mail-related crimes investigated each year. Mail theft, fraud and counterfeit are all among the crimes investigated by the USPIS.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a public apology to Citadel CEO Ken Griffin as part of the settlement of a lawsuit he filed following the leak of thousands of Americans tax data.

Six people were arrested in Florida for allegedly stealing nearly $250,000 from senior citizens in the Sunshine State through "grandparent scams."

A Texas man is being sued by the SEC after he allegedly submitted a bogus offer to bail Virgin Orbit out for $200 million, with less than $1 in his account.

Margaritaville at Sea was hit with a second sexual assault lawsuit in six months after a woman alleged she was attacked in a Bahamas hotel during an excursion

William Timothy, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer, has pleaded guilty to stealing cash from arriving passengers at a Florida airport.