Dec. 27—By Alex Mann — amann@baltsun.com December 27, 2023 at 11:53 a.m. Maryland’s bar counsel, which investigates wrongdoing by attorneys, has moved to suspend former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s law license. Thomas M. DeGonia, the state’s recently appointed bar counsel, cited Mosby’s November perjury convictions in a petition asking the Supreme Court of Maryland […]
Boston Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in connection with a series of credit card fraud incidents that occurred downtown. Police said the suspect may be linked to three separate incidents where false credit cards were used to withdraw money from ATM machines. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact Boston Police […]
Trump’s New York fraud trial is often framed as a fight over whether he “exaggerated” his net worth. But the case is far more than a mere difference in opinion over the dollar value of Trump’s assets. Here are the four kinds of schemes New York officials say Trump used to hike his net worth. Donald […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Donald Trump faces criminal cases in Georgia and Washington stemming from his attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden, many of his allies have also faced legal repercussions for participating in that effort. Here is a summary of the criminal charges, lawsuits and other legal woes that […]
(Bloomberg) — Tingo Group, a financial technology company that was the subject of a short seller report, was sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly overstating its financial results in an ongoing fraud of “staggering” scope. Most Read from Bloomberg Tingo and two related companies, Tingo International Holdings Inc. and Agri-Fintech Holdings […]
Former Nikola (NKLA) CEO Trevor Milton was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Monday, a ruling that came 14 months after he was convicted by a jury of spreading lies about the hydrogen-electric vehicle company he founded. Milton’s attorney asked US District Judge Edgardo Ramos, who presided over the case, to sentence him […]
Rudy Giuliani doubled down on his election-related allegations Monday, just days after two Georgia election workers won millions in a defamation lawsuit against him and hours after they filed another suit against him. The former New York mayor must pay $148 million in damages to election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss as […]
(Bloomberg) — Nikola Corp. founder and former Chief Executive Officer Trevor Milton was ordered to spend four years behind bars for lying to shareholders about the electric-truck maker’s progress. Most Read from Bloomberg Milton, 41, was sentenced Monday by US District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan, more than a year after a jury convicted him […]
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -An expert witness paid nearly $1 million by Donald Trump to testify at his New York civil fraud trial “lost all credibility” by “doggedly” justifying the former U.S. president’s business records, the judge overseeing the case said on Monday. Eli Bartov, a New York University accounting professor, testified on […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has lost his latest bid to end the business fraud lawsuit he faces in New York as he campaigns to reclaim the White House. Judge Arthur Engoron issued a written ruling Monday denying the Republican’s latest request for a verdict in his favor in a lawsuit brought […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Friday appealed a gag order restricting the former U.S. president from publicly talking about court staff in his New York civil fraud trial to the state’s highest court. The judge overseeing the case, Justice Arthur Engoron, issued the gag order on Oct. 3 after Trump shared on social […]
By James Oliphant and Brian Snyder CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis offered a stinging rebuke of rival Donald Trump on Friday, arguing that Trump would attempt to “de-legitimize the results” if he loses in an early nominating state such as Iowa or New Hampshire next month. “If Trump loses, he will […]