Money laundering

U.S. 07/31/21, 20:02

New Mexico’s House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton sent a letter of resignation on Friday, July 30, amid a criminal probe into her alleged corruption. Stapleton, No. 2 Democrat in the state House, is facing an investigation into her possibly illegal connections to a company that received more than $5 million ...

Europe 01/14/21, 02:22

A Republican from Georgia will begin the process of removing Joe Biden from office on his proposed first day as president. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) plans to start impeaching the Democrat that claims he will be the next president for allegedly abusing his power while in public office. "On Jan. 21, ...

U.S. 12/16/20, 19:14

In one of Hunter Biden's many negotiations with companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the son of presidential candidate Joe Biden asked for $10 million from his Chinese partner, Ye Jianming. Ye was the president of the CEFC Chinese Energy Co. electricity consortium, the fourth largest in China, which ...

U.S. 12/10/20, 10:11

After information about Hunter Biden's international business had circulated for years, the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was notified of a federal investigation against him. The investigation alludes to suspicious financial activity that could include money laundering, from China and other countries, Fox News said Dec. 9.  The investigation appears ...

Europe 10/22/20, 02:56

A federal law enforcement agency has obtained a court order to confiscate a personal computer that belongs to the son of the Democratic Party's nominee for president. The FBI subpoenaed Hunter Biden's laptop and hard drive in December 2019 to investigate allegations the man was involved in illegal money laundering activity. According ...

D.C. 02/11/20, 06:13

The son of a Democratic presidential candidate was allegedly involved in transacting millions of dollars in illegally obtained cash under the false pretense of financial lending, a legal expert has revealed. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has produced what he calls irrefutable evidence of at least one money-laundering transaction ...

U.S. 08/31/19, 13:25

A Wall Street Journal reporter was forced to leave Chinese territory on Aug. 30 after authorities declined to renew his press credentials, the Wall Street Journal reported. This is journalist Chun Han Wong, who reported in July that Australian security forces and intelligence services were investigating the activities of Ming Chai, ...

New York 05/30/19, 18:08

U.S. federal court documents show Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and some of his closest advisers were among the targets of a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation. A document filed by prosecutors on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York mentions Hernández as part of a group of individuals investigated by ...

U.S. 05/29/19, 21:39

A Mexican man accused of running a death squad for convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was due in a Texas courtroom on Wednesday to face a raft of charges.U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday that Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo had been extradited to Texas on 2012 charges of conspiracy to ...

New York 05/22/19, 16:49

A New York judge refused Wednesday to block congressional subpoenas seeking financial records from two banks that did business with President Donald Trump, making it clear it wasn't a close call. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said in a ruling delivered from the bench that Trump and his company were "highly ...

Europe 05/22/19, 06:28

The European Union's police agency says an international law enforcement operation has smashed an organized crime gang that earned hundreds of millions of euros in drug and cigarette trafficking, assassinations and money laundering.Europol said Wednesday that more than 450 police and customs officers in Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland and ...

Africa 05/20/19, 03:57

Former South African president Jacob Zuma is in court facing charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering.Zuma, 77, appeared at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg in eastern KwaZulu-Natal province Monday on charges of receiving bribes when the government purchased arms in 1999.Zuma was South Africa's president from 2009 until 2018, ...

U.S. 05/16/19, 14:33

Georgia's insurance commissioner says he will voluntarily suspend himself from office two days after being indicted on federal charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.A 38-count indictment accuses Jim Beck of orchestrating an elaborate invoicing scheme to steal more than $2 million from his former employer before being ...

U.S. 05/15/19, 17:37

Gov. Brian Kemp is calling for the resignation of Georgia's insurance commissioner after he was indicted on federal charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering that stem from alleged crimes that preceded his election.Kemp, in a letter Wednesday, asked fellow Republican Jim Beck to resign, saying the indictment ...

U.S. 05/14/19, 17:16

Georgia's insurance commissioner was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering that stem from alleged crimes that preceded his election.The 38-count indictment accuses Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Jim Beck, 57, of devising an elaborate fraudulent invoicing scheme to defraud his employer out of ...

Tech 05/08/19, 15:40

A gateway to illegal marketplaces on the darknet has been shut down, the FBI announced Wednesday, and two of its alleged operators have been arrested and accused of making millions of dollars in kickbacks for their services.A grand jury in Pittsburgh returned indictments against the two Israelis on charges of ...

America 04/26/19, 17:54

From the federal police headquarters where he is serving a sentence for corruption and money laundering, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the South American country is now being governed by a "bunch of crazy people."Da Silva, who governed Brazil from 2003 to 2010, said Brazilians should ...

Soccer 04/24/19, 06:54

Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has been acquitted of money laundering charges after spending nearly two years in prison.Court officials in Madrid said Wednesday there was not enough evidence for a guilty verdict on charges related to the sale of television rights for matches involving the Brazilian national soccer team.Rosell ...

America 04/19/19, 16:15

A Peruvian judge has ordered that former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski be jailed for up to three years as authorities investigate his alleged involvement in a corruption case.The order announced Friday against Kuczynski, which is designed to prevent him from trying to flee during the course of a money laundering ...

Soccer 04/15/19, 09:53

Brazilian soccer official Jose Maria Marin was banned for life by FIFA on Monday, 16 months after he was convicted of corruption charges in the United States. The 86-year-old Marin, who led Brazil's organizing committee for the 2014 World Cup, was sentenced in August to four years in prison for racketeering, ...