El Chapo Hires John Gotti’s Defense Lawyer
Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has kicked his long-suffering, court-appointed attorneys to the curb and hired John ”Junior” Gotti’s defense lawyer.
US Coast Guard offloads $85M Worth of Seized Cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more $85 million worth of cocaine at Broward County’s Port Everglades on Monday after seizing the drugs in international waters.
Barrio 18: Barrio 18: Meet The Terrifying Gang With 50,000 Soldiers Across US
In early March of 2016, the bodies of eight electrical company employees and three farmers were found hacked-up and bullet-riddled near a desolate field in El Salvador’s San Juan Opico municipality.
Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager turned pharmaceutical entrepreneur once dubbed “the most hated man in America” has been found guilty on three of eight federal charges that he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.
Michelle Carter Gets 15-Month Jail Term In Texting Suicide Case
TAUNTON, Mass. – A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter.
Exec-Escort Relationship Led To $6M In Credit-Card Fraud
Nearly $6 million was allegedly stolen from a Buffalo Grove medical company over a year and a half the possible result of a relationship between a former executive and an escort.
Nigeria’s Missing Billions Turn Up
When Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s former central bank governor, exposed in 2014 the gargantuan scale of theft at the state oil company, he made waves at home and abroad.
Commonwealth Bank Accused of Money Laundering and Terrorism-Financing Breaches
FOREIGN criminal syndicates including major drug traffickers were able to launder millions of dollars through Australia after the Commonwealth Bank allegedly failed to comply with strict money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws and monitor almost 780,000 accounts.
Several New York Democrats Ask For Lenient Sentence For CEO of Male Escort Service
NEW YORK – Some Democratic politicians are asking a federal judge to go easy on a former CEO of a once-popular male escort service website who pleaded guilty last year to promoting prostitution in a case that prompted accusations of anti-gay bias.
Shechem Arab Murdered His Jewish Girlfriend
Michal Halimi, 29, lived in a Binyamin-region town Adam when a young Arab man from Shechem (Nablus) murdered her in May.