Scandal highlights murky world of loan sharks, nation’s underdeveloped financial system and absence of proper student loans, say analysts
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Former state Rep. and former Mason mayor Peter Beck was convicted of 13 counts of theft, perjury and securities violations in 2015. 
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Eugene Soltes probes the minds of white collar criminals Madoff, Fastow and Kozlowski.
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Key to thwarting—consider crime’s means, motive, and opportunity While much of the effort to counter cyberthreats seems to focus on...
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Supreme Court makes prosecution easier of those who ‘gift’ insider information - The Washington Post
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it violates insider-trading laws for a corporate officer to make a “gift” of insider information to a relative, a decision that makes it easier for those who police Wall Street to bring prosecutions.
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A Grand Haven, Michigan man who worked on the Michigan Trump campaign was found guilty on ten counts of election fraud Wednesday for forging signatures on petition forms in 2012.
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The scandal engulfing Ms. Park’s government involves a longtime friend and secretive adviser to the president, Choi Soon-sil, who has been charged with extorting the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars from South Korean businesses. Prosecutors have said that Ms. Park helped her to do so.
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He’s paying fraud fines and collecting bribes — and distracting you with Hamilton tweets.
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Can these conflicts of interest be resolved?
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One of the vexing issues in white-collar crime is figuring out the appropriate sentence for someone who usually has an otherwise spotless record and poses no physical threat to the community.
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In a Scottish village on the shores of the North Sea, US president-elect Donald Trump is nothing but a nuisance neighbour for many local residents.
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Police are responding to a report of a shooting with at least four people injured in Azusa.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) was sued on Tuesday on behalf of consumers who said the world's largest retailer sold products falsely labeled "100 % Egyptian Cotton" from an Indian textile company for many years after it first became suspicious of...
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Kim Davis of Rowan County, Kentucky became famous last year for her ultimately failed battle to avoid providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but she wasn’t the only clerk fighting for the right to discriminate.
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The Social Security trust fund -- which spends about $918 billion a year in benefits to retirees and their families, as well as disabled workers – is not in any imminent danger.
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Spanish prosecutors have presented charges against three former Real Madrid players, Xabi Alonso, Angel Di Maria and Ricardo Carvalho, for alleged tax fraud, a prosecution source said.
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The social media site has become an online marketplace for illegal sales of endangered species and parts of endangered species, according to a report by the Wildlife Justice Commission.
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As the Standing Rock Sioux and their supporters have “gathered peacefully and exercised their constitutional rights, they have been tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, beaten, and assaulted...
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In light of increased fear and anxiety in immigrant communities as a result of the current political climate, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday issued a fraud alert warning immigrants to be aware of potential scammers offering immigration...
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A manager at Chili’s has been placed on administrative leave after taking away a man’s free meal for Veterans Day, the company said while apologizing for the incident widely shared on social media.
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A West Virginia mayor resigned her post Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook.
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President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat climate change, a source on his transition team said, defying broad international backing for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Within hours of the Republican's unexpected win over Hillary Clinton, people were calling for him to be impeached over claims of sexual abuse, fraud and racketeering.
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Over the course of the presidential campaign, Trump has lamented, without proof, that the election will be “rigged” or stolen from him. This latest move in Nevada seems designed to give him something to complain about if he loses on Tuesday.
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