Police departments
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation into Darshan Soni, 44, after receiving an anonymous tip that he had asked one of his employees to help carry out a murder plot to kill his wife. According to court documents, Soni allegedly requested that the employee help him buy a
Fraud
Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, a 53-year-old UK citizen, has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to time-served for his participation in a fraud scheme involving a USAID-funded power distribution program in Pakistan. Sutton, employed by a contracting firm that implemented the program, took kickbacks of USAID funds used to pay for
Fraud
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that Skye Xu was sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. of more than $32 million in revenue. Xu previously pled guilty to conspiracy
Fraud
Miami federal court has seen the initial appearance of Guillermo Lopez Carrazana, Christian Mendoza, and Max Alberto Mera Ulloa, three residents of Miami-Dade County, who are accused of conspiring to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans through false and fraudulent applications. According to the allegations, between May 2020 and March
Fraud
Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers, as part of an investigation into National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) fraud, raided the northern Melbourne home of Roberta Williams, the widow of notorious gangland figure Carl Williams. The raid was conducted by the Fraud Fusion Taskforce, led by Services Australia with support from the
Fraud
Diandre Mentor, a 33-year-old man from Miami, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns for clients, causing a $3,090,077 loss to the IRS. Mentor worked for Neighborhood Advance Tax (NAT) between 2017 and 2019 and later started his own tax return
Fraud
The international community grappled with various security and defense issues on May 15, 2025. A Chicago woman pleaded guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy that targeted US service men and women, while the US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on nominations for key government positions. Meanwhile,
Conspiracy
A 24-year-old case related to a cricket match played between India and South Africa in 2000 has taken a new turn with a Delhi court ordering the framing of cheating and conspiracy charges against four accused. The court, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Priya, noted that a serious attempt was
Basketball players
Jontay Porter, a former NBA player, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting to a scheme where he and co-conspirators would conspire to have him withdraw from games prematurely to win bets on his performance. Porter, 24, said he was motivated by large gambling debts and has undergone
Ex-presidents
As Mr.. Trump runs for president again, he finds himself at the center of at least four separate criminal investigations, each focusing on different aspects of his conduct. The inquiries stem from his attempts to stay in power after the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents. At least
Ex-presidents
As the 2024 presidential race heats up, Donald Trump, the first former US president to face criminal charges, has been indicted in three cases and is under investigation in one other. Trump has denied wrongdoing in each case, further fueling the controversy surrounding his potential candidacy. The charges against him
Murder
A Russian immigrant, Dmitriy Yakovlev, 43, was convicted of a gruesome identity-theft scheme that led to the disappearance and presumed murder of a translator from Brooklyn, Irina Malezhik, and the death of a man whose body parts were found in a New Jersey nature preserve. The jury deliberated for seven
