Trump faces trial on criminal hush money charges: What to know

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he is attending a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, in New York City on March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Donald Trump has used every legal tool at his disposal … Read more

PM wants to end corruption, Indi alliance wants to save corrupt people, says JP Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday charged that the INDI Alliance leaders, who are either on bail or in jail, were keen on protecting the corrupt people whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi was striving hard to end corruption in the country. Those leaders such as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, were in prison … Read more

British billionaire Joe Lewis fined $5 million by U.S. judge for insider trading

British billionaire and former owner of the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Joe Lewis arrives at federal court for his sentencing in an insider trading case on April 4, 2024, in New York City. Lewis pleaded guilty to charges of committing securities fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud through insider trading, the US Attorney’s Office … Read more

Brothers plead guilty to Trump Media merger insider trading

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Two Florida brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York federal court to insider trading charges related to their purchase and sale of securities of the company that eventually merged with former President Donald Trump’s social media firm. The brothers, Michael Shvartsman and Gerald Shvartsman, earned more than $22 … Read more

Former RFEF Boss Luis Rubiales Detained at Airport Over Alleged Corruption Scandal

Luis Rubiales (AFP Image) His arrest came two weeks after investigators searched 11 locations, including the RFEF’s Madrid headquarters and Rubiales’ house in the southern city of Granada, as part of a probe into alleged corruption and other crimes. Spanish police on Wednesday briefly arrested disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales Wednesday in connection with an … Read more

China’s former justice minister Tang Yijun facing corruption probe, top anti-graft agency says

China’s former justice minister Tang Yijun is facing a corruption probe, the county’s top anti-graft agency has said. In a brief statement released on its website on Tuesday, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, China’s top anti-corruption and political disciplinary agency, said Tang, 63, chairman of the Jiangxi provincial political advisory body, was “undergoing disciplinary … Read more

Singapore convicts first suspect in record money laundering case

A Porsche 911 Targa vehicle seized by police at a residence of Su Jiafeng, one of the suspects in the S$2.8 billion money-laundering case, in Singapore, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Allegations have erupted that wealthy Chinese have been pouring ill-gotten gains into the Asian financial hub, in what the government itself describes as potentially … Read more

Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery as protesters in Jerusalem march against Israeli PM’s government

“I assure you that I will get through this treatment successfully and return to action very quickly,” Netanyahu told reporters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Reuters Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker last July, while Israel was ensnared in its worst domestic crisis in decades, with widespread protests against his hard-right government’s judicial overhaul … Read more

Trump asks appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on Georgia election case

District Attorney Fani Willis holds a press conference in the Fulton County Government Center after a grand jury voted to indict former US President Donald Trump and 18 others on August 14, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia.  Christian Monterrosa | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and eight other defendants accused of illegally trying … Read more

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentencing

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces sentencing Thursday in New York federal court for a massive fraud conspiracy that led to the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange and a related hedge fund. Federal prosecutors want Bankman-Fried sentenced to between 40 to 50 years in prison. His defense team asked Manhattan federal court Judge Lewis Kaplan to … Read more