Crime

Two New Zealand men have reached a deal to avoid extradition to the U.S. for their involvement in the file-sharing website Megaupload.

Officials say upwards of $100 billion was stolen in fraud schemes via pandemic relief packages, pushing the government to make major changes to security of the PPP loan program.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on a virtual currency mixer it said North Korea used to help launder stolen virtual currency as part of the country's malicious cyber activities program.

Nespresso employees at the company's factory in Romont informed authorities Monday night after discovering "an undetermined white substance while unloading bags of freshly delivered coffee beans," the cantonal police announced.

A luxury $300 million yacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch has been seized in Fiji by request of the U.S. in a move that the Justice Department says proves Putin’s allies “cannot hide – not even in the remotest part of the world."

Arby's is cooperating with authorities after an employee allegedly assaulted a customer with hot grease.

Gristedes Foods CEO John Catsimatidis says all New York City business owners want safe streets and have had "enough" of soft-on-crime politicians.

A former eBay Inc. executive pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a harassment campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple who published a newsletter executives viewed as critical of the company.

Bill Hwang, owner of Archegos Capital Management, and former chief financial officer Patrick Halligan were arrested and charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud.

A Tennessee man admitted Thursday to receiving more than $600,000 in COVID-19 relief and using those loans for himself.

Federal authorities have charged two Michigan brothers and a Florida man in connection with an art and sports memorabilia scheme spanning 15 years that involved forged paintings and bogus autographs from some of baseball's most legendary figures, according to the Justice Department.

Alex Jones' company Infowars has filed for bankruptcy protection after the conspiracy theorist lost defamation lawsuits over his comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.

A former Indianapolis casino magnate pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a tax fraud scheme that concealed his contributions to a county political party as a business expense, prosecutors said Tuesday.