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Ali Shahid Butt, a 56-year-old New Jersey resident and owner of multiple fast-food restaurants, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit tax fraud. As part of his plea, Butt has agreed to pay over $2.4 million in restitution to the IRS. The conspiracy involved failing to withhold and pay
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Police in Nabha have registered a case against Munish Kumar alias 'Pankaj Pappu', the husband of Nabha municipal council president Sujata Chawla, for allegedly stealing 22 trolleys during a farmers' agitation at Shambhu border in Punjab. The case was registered following a complaint filed by Jaswinder Singh
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Bauchi Police Command, led by CSP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil, has made significant strides in combating crime in the state, particularly in the metropolis of Bauchi. In a series of swift and coordinated operations, the Command has arrested several suspects, including five individuals involved in a motorcycle theft ring and three
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A 50-year-old man, Dosumu Fatai, has been brought before the Lagos Magistrates' Court in Epe for his alleged role in a violent attack that occurred on August 24, 2025. The incident in Okun Imedu Town, Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, involved a gang that conspired to commit multiple offences,
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A dual American and Nigerian citizen has been sentenced to prison for creating and leading a scheme that bilked over $4.2 million from federal loan and grant programs intended to assist small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Joseph Oloyede, 62, was sentenced to 56 months in prison and ordered
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Latoiya Cantrell, the former mayor of New Orleans, and Jeffrey Vappie, a former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer, have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice. According to the superseding indictment, the duo developed a personal relationship in 2021 while Cantrell was mayor
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A 27-year-old man from Michigan, Mattek Scott, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a scheme that defrauded a Rhode Island-based retail outlet of approximately $140,000. The scheme, which began in June 2022
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Curtis Lee Barton, 40, a man from Arkansas, has been accused of burglarizing multiple rural schools and businesses in Missouri and Iowa, with an estimated total haul of at least $50,000 between May 2023 and April 2025. The stolen funds included money set aside for impoverished children and the
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A panel of lawyers will hear a disciplinary case against John Pauciulo, a former partner at Eckert Seamans, this week, amid plans to double the cash sent to investors in the Philadelphia-based Par Funding scam. The scheme, led by founder Joseph LaForte and his associates, collected over $500 million from
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Rapper and singer Sean Kingston has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a US federal prison for his role in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. The 34-year-old, best known for his 2007 hit "Beautiful Girls," was convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and
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In a significant ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the convictions of defendants involved in the FIFA corruption scandal, holding that their conduct falls within the scope of the honest services wire fraud statute. The court, comprising Judges Walker, Robinson, and Merriam, concluded that
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Social activist Anna Hazare's refusal to comment on alleged vote theft in India has sparked criticism from the Congress party, with Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe saying that Hazare should clarify whether he was part of the conspiracy to bring the BJP to power. Londhe also accused Hazare
