Crime

Prosecutors and defense lawyers made closing arguments in the U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday, in the first trial in a nationwide scandal that highlights the extreme anxiety around admissions to selective U.S. universities.

An independent commission examining sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in France believes 3,000 child abusers — two-thirds of them priests — have worked in the church over the past 70 years.

Two Connecticut men have been accused of allowing federal food aid recipients to redeem their benefits for cash and other ineligible items at a convenience store while charging them a nearly 50% premium for the transactions.

Social media has proven to be a reliable source in the hunt for Brian Laundrie, a fugitive person of interest in the killing of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito.

A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money and Run.”

A lawyer for Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes tried to undercut a key prosecution witness’s testimony Tuesday, as new clues emerged about her defense strategy of shifting blame to her former top deputy and ex-boyfriend.

Former Detroit Police Chief turned-GOP candidate James Craig campaigning for governor of Michigan to unseat Gretchen Whitmer.

‘Crime Junkie’, ‘My Favorite Murder’ and ‘Serial.’ If any of those podcast titles sound familiar, it is likely because they are regularly on the list of most popular U.S. podcasts, tracked by Edison Research.

The Department of Justice has announced charges against 138 people -- including doctors and nurses -- who the feds say were part of alleged health care fraud rings allegedly totaling $1.4 billion.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that additional funds totaling more than $568 million have been distributed to nearly 31,000 victims of the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) fraud scheme.

A Maryland seafood company and its owner entered guilty pleas Wednesday after being accused of employing at least 89 illegal immigrants and engaging in visa fraud, according to reports.

A new report found that auto theft is increasing nationally, and the problem is even worse in select "hot spots." With auto thefts on the rise, it's important to ask: Does your auto insurance cover a stolen vehicle?

The Instagram account belonging to Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman reported missing on Sept. 11, appeared to be down temporarily on Wednesday morning before it reappeared.

Just one day after state and local elected officials toured beleaguered Rikers Island and reported back with details “inhumanity” and a “humanitarian crises” – and an instance where an inmate attempted suicide – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio enacted a “relief plan.”

A University of California, San Diego student obtained the cell phone accounts of at least 40 people in an effort to milk their cryptocurrency information from his dorm room and blackmailed one victim by threatening to release compromising photos, federal prosecutors said Monday.

The fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of blood-testing startup Theranos, was delayed — again — Friday while a juror who said he had a COVID-19 scare gets tested for the virus.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was once one of the most promising young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley before her dramatic fall from grace.

Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in the highly anticipated trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, the fallen tech star accused of duping financial backers, customers and patients into believing that her startup was about to revolutionize medicine.

Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes is facing a criminal trial in federal court in San Jose, Calif., on charges that she defrauded investors and patients by lying about the accuracy of her company’s finger-prick blood-testing technology. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Silicon Valley startups are often perceived to be walking a line between exaggeration and deception in promoting their products. Federal prosecutors trying Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Homes in California must convince a jury that she didn’t believe her own hype.