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Senator arrested for alleged NYC mayor's race plot
Senator arrested: Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith tried to pay off some of New York City's Republican party bosses to get himself on the ballot as a Republican candidate, federal authorities said.
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Cybercrime takedown: Is it game over for Gozi trojan that stole millions?
The three alleged leaders of the Gozi cybercrime gang were indicted in federal court. The Gozi trojan was highly successful, but it may be too hard to operate with the alleged masterminds in jail.
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Peter Madoff sentenced to 10 years in prison for role in ponzi scheme
Peter Madoff will serve 10 years in prison for his role in his brother's Ponzi scheme that stole billions of dollars from investors.
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Wells Fargo sued by US for mortgage fraud
Wells Fargo has been sued by the federal government for hundreds of millions in damages in lawsuit accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of misrepresenting the quality of thousands of loans in order to be eligible for federal loan insurance. Wells Fargo denies the allegations.
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Peter Madoff, Bernie's brother, pleads guilty to fraud
Peter Madoff blamed his brother Bernard Madoff while pleading guilty to conspiracy and falsifying records. Peter Madoff agreed to serve 10 years in prison for his part in the largest known Ponzi scheme in history.
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Disputed Tyrannosaur skeleton will soon be returned to Mongolia from US
The 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton, discovered in Mongolia, will soon be returned by the US to its home country.
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Did someone smuggle a Tyrannosaur skeleton out of Mongolia? (+video)
A US attorney is seeking to return a 70-million-year old dinosaur skeleton to the Mongolian government, who claims it was sneaked out of the country.
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Tyrannosaur allegedly smuggled to US to be returned to Mongolia (+video)
Paleontologists and Mongolian officials have maintained that the skeleton, which belongs to a type of tyrannosaur called a Tarbosaurus bataar, was taken illegally from their country.
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Insider trading suspect: Are his threats ominous?
Insider trading case leads to arrest of suspect. Federal prosecutors say he should stay jailed because he threatened them during the insider trading investigation.
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Insider trading: Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta pleads not guilty
Insider trading has been a target of both the Bush and Obama administrations. The case against Rajat Gupta, a former director of both Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, is part of a major crackdown on insider trading.
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Insider trading: Ex-Goldman board member arrested
Insider trading charges brought against former Goldman director Rajat Gupta. Charges stem from insider trading case that netted Raj Rajaratnam 11 years in prison.
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US uncovers $1.5 million Iranian plot to kill Saudi ambassador
A plan by Iranian government agents to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US has been thwarted, US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday.
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Poker Ponzi scheme: Feds say Full Tilt Poker raided player accounts
Poker Ponzi scheme: The popular Full Tilt Poker website illegally raided player accounts to fund operations and make lavish payments to its owners, Justice Department lawyers said in a revised civil lawsuit filed in New York.
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Crackdown on Full Tilt Poker clouds future of online gambling
The US Attorney in Manhattan has filed fraud charges against Full Tilt Poker and two other online companies. The move is roiling the US poker community, and it plays into a larger debate about the legal status of online betting.
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Insider trading crackdown: US alleges scam by hedge fund managers
Insider trading: Three fund managers and an analyst are charged with an alleged insider trading scam that netted $30 million. The US crackdown on insider trading at Wall Street hedge funds was first revealed last fall.
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Sports fans get a virtual pat down
Homeland Security shut down websites that were allegedly streaming sports events illegally.
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Madoff victims to receive $7.2 billion from Jeffry Picower estate
The $7.2 billion from the estate of philanthropist Jeffry Picower represents the largest forfeiture in US history. So far, $9.8 billion has been collected on behalf of Bernard Madoff victims – nearly half the $20 billion that investors lost.
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Hedge funds: Feds boost scrutiny
Hedge funds are at the center of a wide-ranging federal investigation, which included raids on three hedge funds Monday.
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Insider trading probe results in FBI raid of 3 hedge funds
Insider trading: The FBI said in a statement that it had executed search warrants in the three states "in an ongoing investigation." Agency spokesmen said they could not comment further because the court documents are under seal.
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Medicare fraud: Dozens charged in record scam
Medicare fraud operation, netting $163 million, was run by Armenian gangsters, federal prosecutors allege.
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Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon Group arrested in insider trading case
Billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, a partner at hedge fund Galleon Group, is among six nabbed in latest Wall Street scandal.
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