Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was given 11 years and three months jail sentence on Friday by a federal judge for cheating investors in…
Trevor Milton, the founder of Nikola, is pinning his legal defense on expert testimony
A Harvard law professor is a major defense witness, and the securities-fraud trial has been postponed due to Covid-19. Lawyers for Trevor Milton are basing…
Venezuela arrests ‘Fat Leonard’ contractor in bribery case involving US Navy
Venezuelan police apprehended a fugitive Malaysian businessman known as ‘Fat Leonard,’ who is at the center of a massive US Navy bribery investigation, as he…
SEC has filed a lawsuit against an insurance executive, claiming “massive” fraud
The lawsuit is the first government accusation of fraud against Greg Lindberg The SEC charged insurance magnate Greg Lindberg and a lieutenant with defrauding insurers…
Disruption Network Lab director Tatiana Bazzichelli says whistleblowing is a service to society
Whistleblowers, either portrayed as champions or monsters, have entered the worldwide mainstream culture as a result of characters such as Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and…
SEC charges 3 people with insider trading tied to Equifax hack
The Equities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday that it has accused three people of unlawfully tipping and trading in Equifax Inc securities before the…
Tory donor charged in a bribery scheme
Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan investor, has provided more than £500,000 since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Authorities in the United…
Richmond Community College Director Sentenced for Stealing more than $380,000 in financial aid money
Keisha Pope was the Director of Financial Aid at J. Sargent Reynolds Community College for over 10 years A woman from Richmond was sentenced to…
Yellowstone actor Q’Orianka Kilcher faces felony charges for getting $97,000 in disability payments
Q’orianka Kilcher allegedly claimed she had been unable to work due to injury while she filmed Yellowstone, the California Department of Insurance said. She has been…
Trial for former JPMorgan traders in case that cost bank about $1 billion
Former employees for JPMorgan Chase & Co. stand accused of spoofing, a type of market manipulation outlawed by Congress in 2010. Beginning on Friday, a…