Tag: Corporate crime
VW to seek damages from former executives for diesel scandal
BERLIN — Volkswagen is seeking damages from two former top executives for their role in the diesel emissions scandal that cost the German automaker...
Ex-head of NYC homeless housing group charged with fraud
NEW YORK — The former top executive of a New York City homeless housing group that is one of the city's largest was arrested...
German firm plea, $50M payment settles US drug purity probe
LAS VEGAS — An international pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty as planned Tuesday in a U.S. court after agreeing to pay $50 million for destroying...
2nd Canadian to go on trial in China on spying charges
BEIJING — A Beijing court was is expected to put on trial Monday a second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on...
Ikea France going on trial over illegal spying claims
VERSAILLES, France — Ikea’s French subsidiary and several of its executives are set to go on trial Monday over accusations that they illegally spied...
China to open 1st trial of Canadians held on spy charges
DANDONG, China — China was expected to open the first trial Friday for one of two Canadians who have been held for more than...
Founders of California fecal matter-testing company indicted
SAN FRANCISCO — Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who founded a biotech company that tested fecal matter are accused of bilking their investors and health...
Jury convicts former NW Indiana mayor of bribery in retrial
HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal jury convicted a former northwestern Indiana mayor on a bribery charge Friday in his retrial on allegations he solicited...
California sues major US nursing home operator over ratings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's attorney general and local officials sued the nation's largest senior living home operator Monday, alleging the company misled consumers on...
Former Evansville housing exec gets probation for theft
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A former top executive at a southwestern Indiana nonprofit that provides housing for veterans and homeless families was sentenced to two...
