New York tax preparer charged in big tax fraud scheme

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. Barry Williams | New York Daily News | Getty Images A New York tax preparer was arrested Monday on charges related to causing “substantially” more than $100 million in tax losses through … Read more

Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York: Live Updates

Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, April 15, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Donald Trump arrived at a New York court Monday to start jury selection for his hush … Read more

How the U.S. government is regulating AI

The U.S. government is considering laws to help society adapt to the introduction of artificial intelligence. Early users of the technology are already seeing labor productivity gains. For example, Klarna, a buy now, pay later financial services provider, estimates that its AI assistant tool will increase its profit outcome by $40 million by the end … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A lawyer for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday filed a notice … Read more

Lawsuit targets donation to Rudy Giuliani defense fund

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani departs the U.S. District Courthouse after he was ordered to pay $148 million in his defamation case in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2023. Bonnie Cash | Reuters One of the largest donations to Rudy Giuliani’s legal defense fund is at the center of a new lawsuit that argues the … Read more

Bob Menendez grills official on illicit finance before bribery trial

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., at center right, and his wife, Nadine Menendez, center rear, leave Manhattan Federal Court in New York City following his arraignment, March 11, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Sen. Bob Menendez questioned a Treasury Department official Tuesday on curbing illegal finance as he prepares to stand trial in a … Read more

Woman who stole Ashley Biden diary sentenced to jail

Ashley Biden speaks alongside her father US President Joe Biden during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Florida woman who stole and then sold a diary and other items belonging to Ashley Biden … Read more

Georgia prisoner mailed bombs to D.C., Alaska court

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards David Dwayne Cassady, inmate in Georgia. Courtesy: Georgia Department of Corrections A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes while in a Georgia prison built two bombs which he mailed to a District of Columbia office building and the federal courthouse and building in Anchorage, Alaska, prosecutors … Read more

Trump loses bid to dismiss Georgia election case on free speech grounds

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A judge on Thursday denied an effort by Donald Trump to dismiss his criminal election interference case in Georgia on grounds that … Read more

Trump loses late bid to delay New York hush money trial

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after attending a wake for New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop on March 25 in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, in Massapequa Park, New York, U.S., March 28, 2024.  Shannon Stapleton | Reuters PolA … Read more