Crime

The U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency and the California attorney general’s office say Daimler violated environmental laws by using so-called “defeat device software” to circumvent emissions testing and sold about 250,000 cars and vans in the U.S. with diesel engines that didn’t comply with state and federal laws.

The regulator said in its complaint that T.I. -- whose real name is Clifford Joseph Harris -- sold cryptocurrency tokens using his Twitter account and encouraged his followers to invest in the 2017 FLiK initial coin offering.

Seven people were charged with laundering $2.1 million in money linked to crimes – including more than $300,000 in illegally-obtained coronavirus relief money through a North Carolina casino.

The list of victims runs for more than 170 pages of a 225-page civil complaint seeking compensation and punitive damages from MGM Resorts

"Despite New York’s success in containing the coronavirus, unprecedented numbers of New Yorkers are unemployed, facing homelessness, or otherwise at risk," the letter reads. "There is widespread anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues that are contributing to deteriorating conditions in commercial districts and neighborhoods across the five boroughs." 

Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes may claim mental illness as her defense.

Americans have lost over $124 million as a result of the more than 184,000 novel COVID-19 fraud cases reported nationwide through the end of August.

A grand jury has indicted a Massachusetts man who allegedly faked his own death to avoid prosecution for fraudulently seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in forgivable loans intended for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, while his accomplice has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the alleged crime, officials recently announced.

A U.S. judge on Friday ruled two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped smuggle former Nissan  Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial on financial crimes.

A hedge fund founder was arrested Thursday on charges that he defrauded creditors of the luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus by pressuring an investment bank not to bid against his hedge fund in buying securities from the creditors.

New Zealand’s justice minister says his country is being bombarded by an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks targeting entities such as banks and its stock market, in what intelligence officials suspect is part of a global campaign. 

An Illinois accountant who pleaded guilty to embezzling millions to finance a luxurious lifestyle that included purchases of yachts, homes and private jets was sentenced Monday to 16 and a half years in federal prison, according to federal officials.

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd has agreed to settle a U.S. criminal case accusing it of bribing Chinese officials, including in government agencies and media outlets, to boost its business in China.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized the Democrats during a Friday morning interview with FOX Business, saying theirs has become “the anti-police party.”

A pair of neighbors in Florida is accused of working together to commit an estimated $1.1 million in novel coronavirus-relief fraud by falsely claiming they were farmers, officials recently announced.

A NASA researcher employed by Texas A&M University was taken into custody Sunday and charged with conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud related to his ties with Chinese organizations.

A Kenosha car dealership that was targeted Monday night during protests-turned-riots in the Wisconsin city reportedly incurred an estimated $1.5 million in damage as a result of the fires set during the first night of unrest while local business owners continue to grapple with the ongoing destruction.

Disgraced Hollywood film mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein is asking a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to allow him to pursue arbitration in New York over what he claims is his wrongful termination from the company he co-founded.

Dr. Alveda King, the niece of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, told Fox Business Network's "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" Friday she is disappointed by spiritual and Democratic leaders who refuse to condemn violence in cities across America.

In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber Technologies was criminally charged on Thursday with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company's customers and drivers.