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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's long-running affair with her bodyguard, New Orleans Police Officer Jeffrey Paul Vappie II, has resulted in a federal grand jury indictment. The indictment, which was returned this week, charges Cantrell with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and making false
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Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies collaborated in a coordinated operation to dismantle a human trafficking ring operating in Omaha-area hotels. The alleged traffickers, who own and manage several hotels, are accused of exploitation, labor trafficking, and harboring of aliens. The operation resulted in the rescue of 27 people,
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the city's first female mayor, has been indicted on charges of conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction related to her romantic relationship with her bodyguard, Jeffrey Vappie. According to prosecutors, Cantrell and Vappie engaged in a years-long scheme to hide their relationship, using encrypted messages
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted on charges of misusing taxpayer funds and obstructing justice after allegations arose that she brought her police bodyguard, Jeffrey Paul Vappie II, on over a dozen out-of-state trips, costing the public approximately $70,000. The indictment also accuses Cantrell of lying to
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Do Kwon, the 33-year-old co-founder of Terraform Labs, appeared before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 12 August 2025 and pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and wire fraud. The charges stem from the collapse of Terraform's popular tokens, TerraUSD and Luna, in May 2022,
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TerraUSD and Luna token mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit commodities, securities, and wire fraud in the United States. Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, admitted to the charges and agreed to forfeit $19m in proceeds from his crimes. The plea follows a complex case tied to
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Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, who designed the failed Luna and TerraUSD cryptocurrencies, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, marking a dramatic downfall from his previous success. Kwon created the digital currencies that triggered a market meltdown in 2022, leading to a loss of $300 billion in value across
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Guhaad Hashi, 49, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in a massive fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hashi's scheme, which operated under the name Advance Youth Athletic Development,
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A 53-year-old woman from Long Island, Sherry Xue Li, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a nearly decade-long scheme to defraud investors out of more than $30 million in a fictitious development project. Li and her co-defendant, Lianbo Wang, promised investors their investments would guarantee them lawful permanent resident status in
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Zakia Khan, the owner of two social adult day care centers in Coney Island, Brooklyn, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to defraud Medicaid of approximately $68 million. Khan, 54, of Brooklyn, admitted to paying kickbacks and bribes to Medicaid recipients for social adult day care services that were
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Zakia Khan, the owner of two Brooklyn social adult day cares, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicaid and pay health care kickbacks, orchestrating a massive scheme that stole over $68 million in welfare funds meant for vulnerable populations. The scheme involved bribing patients to bill a federal health care
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A federal indictment was unsealed, charging Jabari Kadar Long with defrauding the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) during the coronavirus pandemic. The indictment alleges that Long, 45, conspired with others to obtain
