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Frank DiPascali, the former financial chief for disgraced billionaire financier Bernie Madoff, told a federal court judge on Tuesday that he and others knew as far back as the early 1990s that no sales were taking place in Madoff's investment scam. He made the comments while pleading guilty to...
The charges included conspiracy, securities fraud, investment-adviser fraud, falsification of books, mail fraud, wire fraud, international money-laundering, perjury and federal income tax invasion. Prosecutors are looking for $170 billion in forfeiture from Madoff's former right-hand man.
The São Paulo uprising took place in a notoriously violent prison, which housed more than twice as many inmates as it was intended for. Many observers warn that increasing overcrowding is a serious threat in U.S. prisons as well. Reform advocates welcomed a judicial ruling earlier this month...
Every kid of a family that is entitled to food stamps and public assistance gets $200, which hopefully should help them enter the school year better prepared and on a more equal level with other kids. This is for all the kids in New York State eligible for those programs...
Top government jobs are often doled out as rewards for past favors. Mary Patrice Brown came to hold her job as the Department of Justice's top ethics cop in a slightly less complaisant way. Two years ago, when Brown was a federal prosecutor, she squared off against then private...