‘Oil king’ Marc Rich dies
Lucerne, Switzerland - 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 on...
View Article4 members in ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ scheme sentenced
Those who had pled guilty were Enrique Morales, 43, a leader in the organization from Houston, Texas and Guadalajara, Mexico, along with four other members of the organization, three from Houston....
View ArticleTainted 'King of Oil' dies at 78
Oil billionaire March Rich has died, aged 78. Photo: Reuters Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented modern oil trading and was pardoned by president Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and...
View ArticleOil Imports From Iran Double in Japan Despite Western Sanctions
Japan’s crude imports from Iran more than doubled in May from a year earlier despite sanctions against the Persian Gulf country. Crude imports rose to 1.09 million kiloliters, or about 222,000 barrels...
View Article>Oregon's new charity law takes tax break away
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State officials and nonprofit leaders believe Oregon is the first state in the nation to pass a charity law that punishes nonprofits that spend too little of their money on their...
View ArticleUS court gives Mexican ex-governor 11 years
A former governor of a Mexican state who admitted to conspiring to launder money in a New York drug case was sentenced on Friday to just under 11 years in prison, but may face as little as three more...
View ArticleOregon's new charity law takes tax break away
SALEM, Ore. State officials and nonprofit leaders believe Oregon is the first state in the nation to pass a charity law that punishes nonprofits that spend too little of their money on their missions....
View ArticleExecutives from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Hospital Convicted for...
(Source: US Department of Justice) Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 28, 2013 Executives from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Hospital Convicted for...
View ArticleExecutives from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Hospital Convicted for...
(Source: President of the United States) Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, June 28, 2013 Executives from Miami-Area Mental Health Care Hospital Convicted for...
View ArticleMario Madrid, Mexican Ex-Governor, Sentenced To 11 Years For Money Laundering
NEW YORK -- A former governor of a Mexican state who admitted to conspiring to launder money in a New York drug case was sentenced Friday to just under 11 years in prison, but may face as little as...
View ArticleTerror and Foreign Policy
Earlier this month, Alberto Nisman of Argentina, the special prosecutor responsible for investigating the Iranian-planned 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, handed...
View ArticleMedicare fraud trial ends with 4 convictions
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will the Justice Department strike a deal with Edward Snowden to bring him back to the U.S. on terms more to his liking? Login to Vote View results A federal jury in Florida...
View ArticleOre. jury convicts doctor of breaking Iran embargo
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 couple still faces...
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 ArticlePardoned financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland
Click photo to enlarge FILE - This is a Nov. 27, 2000. file photo of Marc Rich and his wife Gisela as they pose during an award ceremony at the city hall in Zug, central Switzerland. An associate of...
View ArticleGroup Keeps Watch on Iran and Possible Sanction Violations
Inside a nondescript Midtown Manhattan office, a couple of computer analysts spend their days peering intently at large screens of satellite mapping surveillance data, watching dozens of little blips...
View Article‘Oil king’ Marc Rich dies
Lucerne, Switzerland - 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 on...
View ArticleMarc Rich dies at 78; his pardon by Clinton stirred controversy
The billionaire commodities trader was indicted on fraud and other charges in the U.S. and fled to Switzerland in 1983. Clinton received political donations from Rich's ex-wife and pardoned him on his...
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 Article‘King of Commodities’ dies in Switzerland, aged 78
GENEVA — Marc Rich, the trader known as the "King of Commodities" whose controversial 2001 pardon by President Bill Clinton just hours before he left office unleashed a political firestorm of...
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