South Texas man gets nearly 20 years in drug case
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for leading a ring that smuggled...
View ArticleAustin doctor charged in alleged $2M billing fraud
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas neurologist and his clinic administrator have been charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare of more than...
View ArticleSony Reports Equipment Sales to Iran, Possible Breach of Sanctions
0 0 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Getty Images The company believes its actions were permissible, but says the impact of possible penalities "could be material." TOKYO – Sony has reported in a company...
View ArticleSony Reports Tech Sales to Iran That May Violate Sanction
Sony Corp. (6758) said it sold almost $13 million in video and medical equipment to dealers in Dubai that resold the gear in Iran. The recipients included groups under U.S. sanctions. In a filing...
View ArticleUPDATE 5-Marc Rich, "King of Oil" pardoned by Clinton, dies at 78
* Pioneered spot market for crude oil * Indicted over illegal oil sales * 'Babe Ruth of asset concealment' By Alice Baghdjian LUCERNE, Switzerland, June 26 (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who...
View ArticleThe commodity trader who earned billions - and a place on America's Most...
Obituary Controversial: Marc Rich is seen together with his then-wife Denise in February 1985. Photo: Reuters Marc Rich, who has died aged 79, was the godfather of global commodity trading - and for...
View Article4 charged in health insurance policy scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Springfield couple and two other people have been indicted on charges that they defrauded more than 17,000 people of more than $28 million in a national health...
View ArticleFugitive financier pardoned by Clinton
Marc Rich, a fugitive financier who made deals with shady international regimes and was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list before his controversial presidential pardon on Bill Clinton’s final day in...
View ArticleMarc Rich, 'King of Oil' pardoned by Clinton, dies at 78
LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented modern oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died...
View ArticleMan deported for buying aircraft parts for Iran
Man deported for buying aircraft parts for Iran 6 minutes ago Immigration officer indicted for alleged bribes 11 minutes ago Judge orders BLM to sell more timber 41 minutes ago Marriage ruling raises...
View ArticleSpringfield couple charged with defrauding 17,000 people
Two people from Robertson County are among four people charged with defrauding more than 17,000 victims in a national health care benefits scheme. Bart Sidney Posey, Sr., 46, and Angela Slavey Posey,...
View ArticleMexican ex-governor gets 11 years in U.S. for money laundering
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Mexican state governor was sentenced to 11 years in prison in the United States on Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to launder millions of dollars in bribes from...
View ArticleUANI Launches Switzerland Campaign, Calls on Swiss Companies to End...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) launched its Switzerland Campaign, highlighting the extensive Iran business activities of Swiss firms, and the failure of the Swiss...
View ArticleOregon jury convicts Texas doctor and his wife of violating embargo with Iran...
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury has convicted a Texas urologist and his attorney wife of defrauding the government in a scheme prosecutors allege...
View Article>Ore. jury convicts doctor of breaking Iran embargo
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury has convicted a Texas urologist and his attorney wife of defrauding the government in a...
View ArticleUS jury convicts doctor of breaking Iran embargo
A U.S. jury has convicted a couple of defrauding the government in a scheme that prosecutors allege also violated a trade embargo with Iran. Dr. Hossein Lahiji and his wife, Najmeh, were also convicted...
View ArticleOre. jury convicts doctor of breaking Iran embargo
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury has convicted a Texas urologist and his attorney wife of defrauding the government in a scheme prosecutors allege also violated a U.S. trade embargo with Iran. They...
View Article4 get prison in Houston black market peso scam
The alleged ringleader of a $20 million black market peso exchange scheme using drug money in Texas has been sentenced to...
View ArticleSony says Dubai dealers sold Iran $12.8 mln in equipment
(Reuters) - Sony Corp said some dealers in Dubai resold about $12.8 million (8.3 million pounds) worth of its video equipment and medical instruments to Iranian ministries, in a move that could...
View ArticleMarc Rich, 'King of Oil' pardoned by Clinton, dies at 78
LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented modern oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died...
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