Politics

U.S. Supreme Court Limits US Courts’ Ability to Use Human Rights Law to Address Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released a statement in response to U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a case that raised the question of whether corporations could be held accountable for human rights abuses...

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Illegal Sports Bookmaker Sentenced for Conspiring to Commit Sports Bribery
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Former New York Fund Manager Pleads Guilty in Connection with Multi-Million-Dollar Commodities Fraud Scheme

Thomas Hampton, formerly the managing director of Hampton Capital Markets LLC, pleaded guilty in New York federal court to commodities fraud in connection with an investment scheme in which Hampton concealed millions of dollars in losses he incurred...

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Former Edwardsville Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Theft and Embezzlement

James S. Bedell, 58, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the former police chief from that city, pled guilty to an information charging four counts of embezzlement and theft from the city of Edwardsville—a local government that received federal funds for the...

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Chicago Sacred Heart Hospital Owner, Executive, and Four Doctors Arrested in Alleged Medicare Referral Kickback Conspiracy

The owner and another senior executive of Sacred Heart Hospital and four physicians affiliated with the west side facility were arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, including more than $225,000 in cash, along...

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 34 Members and Associates of Two Russian-American Organized Crime Enterprises with Operating International Sportsbooks That Laundered More Than $100 Million

Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (NYPD), announced Tuesday the unsealing of charges against 34 alleged members and associates of two related Russian-American organized crime enterprises, including a Russian “Vor,” for...

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Bloods Street Gang Tax Preparer Sentenced in Federal Court

United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated Tuesday that Daion Ali Bowers, age 27, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United...

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Foreign Bribery Charges Unsealed Against Current and Former Executives of French Power Company

Charges have been unsealed against one current and one former executive of the U.S. subsidiary of a French power and transportation company for their alleged participation in a scheme to pay bribes to foreign government officials, Acting Assistant...

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