Tag: Fraud and false statements
AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general
DALLAS — The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on...
Boston leadership tangled in series of scandals
BOSTON — Boston’s leaders are scrambling to tamp down a series of political crises.
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Ex-Olympic skater charged with defrauding virus relief fund
NEW YORK — A former Olympic figure skater has been arrested on charges that he ripped off a program to help struggling small businesses...
Trial starts for professor accused of hiding ties with China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A University of Tennessee professor charged with hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving research grants from the federal...
Feds: Pennsylvania man faked Trump family personas in fraud
NEW YORK — A Pennsylvania man was charged Tuesday with creating fake online identities for ex-President Donald Trump's brother and youngest son to dupe...
Well-known Kentucky prosecutor faces wire fraud charges
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky prosecutor who twice ran for statewide office was indicted on wire fraud charges stemming from an alleged scheme that...
Los Angeles nun to plea guilty to $835,000 school theft
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles nun who took a vow of poverty has agreed to plea guilty to federal charges for stealing more...
Trial begins for professor accused of hiding ties to China
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A jury trial began Monday in the case of a University of Tennessee professor charged with hiding his relationship with a...
Ex-San Francisco official’s ‘robbery’ was just bad joke
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s former public works director, who resigned after being charged in a City Hall corruption case, won't face criminal charges...
Maryland man gets 6 years for $1 million in fraud schemes
BALTIMORE — A Maryland man was sentenced to more than six years for a series of fraud schemes that cost victims more than $1...
