Stormy Daniels resumes testimony in hush money case

Stormy Daniels resumes testimony in hush money case

Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 9, 2024. Angela Weiss | Reuters This is developing news. Check back for updates throughout the day. Porn star Stormy Daniels resumed … Read more

Former MGM Grand casino president to be sentenced over illegal bets

Former MGM Grand casino president to be sentenced over illegal bets

Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella speaks during the opening of Resorts World Las Vegas on June 24, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Ethan Miller | Getty Images The former president of the MGM Grand casino in Las Vegas is set to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon on a federal criminal charge related to his … Read more

Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely

Trump classified documents trial in Florida postponed indefinitely

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while he walks with his attorney Todd Blanche, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., May 6, 2024.  Brendan … Read more

Russian charged in LockBit ransomware crimes — $10 million reward

Russian charged in LockBit ransomware crimes —  million reward

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, Russian national and a leader of LockBit. Courtesy: U.S. Department of the Treasury Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced criminal charges against a Russian national, Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, for allegedly creating, developing, and administrating the LockBit ransomware-as-service group. The U.S. State Department at the same time offered a … Read more

Guo Wengui chief of staff pleads guilty to $1 billion fraud

Guo Wengui chief of staff pleads guilty to  billion fraud

Fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui hold a news conference on November 20, 2018 in New York, on the death of of tycoon Wang Jian in France on July 3, 2018. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images The chief of staff to controversial exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui pleaded guilty in New York on Friday … Read more

Lawyer behind Stormy Daniels hush money payment testifies

Lawyer behind Stormy Daniels hush money payment testifies

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024.  Eduardo Munoz | Reuters This is developing news. Check … Read more

DOJ charges ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ with $48 million tax fraud, seeks extradition

DOJ charges ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ with  million tax fraud, seeks extradition

Roger Ver, a bitcoin millionaire and evangelist, is one of the first early adopters of the so-called crypto-currency. (Photo by Danny Lee/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) South China Morning Post | South China Morning Post | Getty Images The Justice Department unveiled criminal tax fraud charges this week against a prolific bitcoin investor … Read more

Trump Media insider trading trial begins in New York

Trump Media insider trading trial begins in New York

Bruce Garelick walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters The federal criminal trial of a man accused of insider trading in shares of a shell company ahead of its announcement of a plan to merge with Trump Media began Tuesday, just blocks … Read more

Supreme Court hears Trump immunity arguments in election interference case

Supreme Court hears Trump immunity arguments in election interference case

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an update on the so-called Operation Warp Speed program, the joint Defense Department and HHS initiative that has struck deals with several drugmakers in an effort to help speed up the search for effective treatments for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in an address from the Rose Garden at … Read more

Hearing on gag order violations; David Pecker testimony

Hearing on gag order violations; David Pecker testimony

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This is … Read more