Steve Bannon’s trial in border wall charity scheme case delayed
NEW YORK — Conservative strategist Steve Bannon won’t face trial until February on state charges of conspiring to dupe donors to build a border wall, a…
Cuban citizen convicted in U.S. streaming piracy scheme
Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Las Vegas found Yoany Vaillant guilty of conspiring to commit criminal copyright infringement for his work on…
Green hydrogen or greenwashing? Mojave water scheme takes new twist
Cadiz Inc. has been called a “zombie,” a “poison pill” and a scheme to “suck the desert dry” by draining a delicate groundwater aquifer north…
Son of ex-Ecuador financial official, former Florida banker guilty in $16M bribery scheme
Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The son of a high-ranking ex-financial official in Ecuador who was a Florida banker pleaded guilty for his role in an…
Jackson, Miss., mayor, two others indicted in alleged bribery scheme
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (C) of Jackson, Miss., was indicted in a bribery scheme on Thursday. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Nov.…
Peruvian man gets 8 years in prison in fraud scheme targeting U.S. immigrants
Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A Peruvian national was sentenced Thursday to more than eight years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $700,000 in restitution…
Teva pays $450 million to settle kickback scheme charges
The Teva Pharmaceutical logo is seen in English and Hebrew at its tablet production plant in Jerusalem in 2019. The company agreed Thursday to pay…