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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A man who led a scheme to sell body parts from cadavers at Philadelphia funeral homes has been sentenced to prison....
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Raffaello Follieri plead guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy, after duping investors by claiming special connections with the Vatican.
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Anne Hathaway's former boyfriend was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison for cheating investors of millions of dollars by claiming he had Vatican connections that enabled him to buy Roman Catholic Church property at a discount.
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David Bershad and Steven Schulman were key player in a lucrative lawsuit kickback scheme that raked in nearly $240 million in legal fees for their firm formerly known as Milberg Weiss.
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The Maryland man who used his plumbing business to help his sister carry out the D.C. tax scheme was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison.
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A federal judge sentenced a former employee of the D.C. tax office to three years of probation yesterday for making a false statement on a mortgage application.
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Jennifer Adams, 50, pleaded guilty to five counts of breach of trust with fraudulent intent involving more than $5,000 and one count of identity theft.
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A Maryland couple who admitted raking in millions in the D.C. tax embezzlement scheme, and using the money for homes, cars and other big purchases, were sentenced today to federal prison.
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A Maryland couple who admitted raking in millions in the D.C. tax embezzlement scheme and using the money for homes, cars and other big purchases were sentenced yesterday to federal prison.
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A federal judge sentences contractor Mitchell Wade to 30 months in federal prison for bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
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Wayne Taylor III was convicted of second-degree murder for killing and dismembering his father Wayne Taylor Jr. in 2007. Combing through burned debris, firefighters at a vacant Crenshaw storefront made a gruesome discovery: the charred hands, feet and head of a man stuffed inside a small refrigerator.
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AUSTRALIANS are being warned to ignore a scam email claiming to be from the tax office and offering refunds.
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Duane McKinney possessed a keen talent for turning distressed properties into amazing profits. But his success had nothing to do with investment savvy.
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Security guards at Sitore Security Services are fuming after their employer failed to pay their wages for two months in a row.
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The WiPC protests the three-year prison sentence and exorbitant fine imposed on the well known singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga (real name Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo) on 24 September 2008 for allegedly taking part in anti-government riots. Mbanga is known as
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Orders for ordinary steel products in Japan in August fell 5.4 pct from a year before to 6,262,000 tons, the first drop in 28 months, an industry group said Friday. The decline reflects weak demand for building materials due to
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Once dubbed the world’s fastest man, Tim Montgomery, the former Olympic track star, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for dealing heroin to an informant.
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Just as President Bush is convinced he did the right thing in Iraq, he is convinced he is doing the right thing on the economy.
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The sentencing of Solizhon Abdurakhmanov, a human rights activist, prompted calls for extended sanctions on Uzbekistan.
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Police in Jamaica say a lottery scam targeting US citizens is helping to arm gangs with powerful weapons.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) -- Delpha Speak has 13 grandchildren and she didn't think it was completely implausible that one of her grandsons-in-law would call her to say he was in trouble. The 72-year-old retiree could tell something was wrong, and she wanted to do whatever she could to help....
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Programme Officer of the Delta Action Committee on HIV and AIDS, Dr John Osuyale, said 22,000 persons visited HIV and AIDS treatment centres in the state between January and June this year.
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Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jack Johnson will miss 2-3 months because of a shoulder injury from Sunday's 1-0 loss to San Jose. Johnson was hit hard late in the first period and took a single shift in the second period before leaving the game. The Kings claimed 23-year-old Kyle Quincey off waivers from Detroit to help bolster the defense while Johnson is out.
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Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jack Johnson will miss up to three months because of a shoulder injury from Sunday's 1-0 loss to San Jose.
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Two more people involved in the killing of former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter were sentenced on Monday.
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Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner will undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on the strained right shoulder that kept him on the disabled list for more than three months.
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Los Angeles Kings defenceman Jack Johnson could miss up to 2-3 months with a shoulder injury, coach Terry Murray confirmed Monday.
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The 66-year-old man in the photos appeared the picture of health, full of vigor despite reports he underwent brain surgery less than two months ago.
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Wirtz Beverage Group said Monday it has purchased Glazer's Distributors' interest in their newly-minted Illinois joint venture, just three months after the state's second- and third-largest liquor distributors formally combined.
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Sale centre Lee Thomas is expected to be out for three months after suffering a shoulder in the Heineken Cup victory over Clermont Auvergne.
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It's rough traveling out there, with the market's twists and turns surprising us daily. But this 5-part road map could lead you through the coming dips and curves.
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Centre set for long layoff after dislocating shoulder in Heineken Cup win over Clermont Auvergne.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Pierce County's most notorious 11-year-old has pleaded guilty to lying to police about an apartment break-in in July in Tacoma....
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Rice pledges to use her remaining three months in office to work toward a peace deal between Israel and Palestine
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Dr. John Osuyale, Programme Officer, the Delta Action Committee on HIV and AIDS, said 22,000 per-sons visited HIV and AIDS treatment centres in Delta between January and June, this year. The figure showed an increase of more than 15 per
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Former rebels receive long jail terms for the 1996 kidnapping and murder of a British mine clearance expert and his Cambodian interpreter
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A Vietnamese journalist was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.
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The remains of a woman discovered in woods in East Sussex had been there for less than a year and a half, police say.
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Petrol prices have dropped below £1 a litre for the first time in 10 months.
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