Ex-Visium fund manager convicted of fraud by Manhattan jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former portfolio manager at Visium Asset Management LP was convicted of securities fraud on Thursday, following a trial that stemmed from a federal investigation that led to the New York-based hedge fund’s closure last year.
Ex-House speaker sues sex abuse accuser for $1.7 million
(Reuters) – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, serving prison time for a financial crime stemming from a child sex abuse scandal, has filed a lawsuit seeking the return of $1.7 million in hush money the disgraced politician admitted paying to on…
Mexico’s El Chapo: From most wanted kingpin to extradited jailbird
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s most notorious kingpin who escaped two maximum-security jails, shipped countless tonnes of drugs around the world and became one of the world´s most-wanted fugitives, was extradited to the United States on Thursday.
New York resident pleads guilty to trying to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City resident who prosecutors said tried two years ago to board a flight to Turkey on his way to Syria in order to join Islamic State pleaded guilty on Thursday to having conspired to provide material support to the mili…
U.S. transfers four Guantanamo inmates in waning hours of Obama tenure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking President Barack Obama’s final prisoner transfers from a facility whose continued exi…
Tensions rise at North Dakota pipeline as Trump set to take White House
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Tensions have increased this week near the construction site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with repeated clashes between protesters and police ahead of Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, an unabashed f…
Former Los Angeles investment banker pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Los Angeles investment banker once dubbed “Porn’s New King” pleaded guilty on Thursday for the second time in a year to engaging in securities fraud, admitting to participating in a scheme that cheated investors and a Nati…
U.S. judge delays Texas plan to cut Planned Parenthood funding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge issued a temporary restraining on Thursday halting Texas’ plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood to give him more time to consider thousands of pages of documents filed in the politically charged case…
Lawyers for executed Virginia man say he may have died painfully
(Reuters) – Lawyers for a convicted killer are calling for an investigation into his Wednesday night execution in Virginia, saying a delay in the process suggested he underwent “pain and suffering inconsistent with his constitutional rights.”
Senior U.S. spy, diplomats leaving despite being asked to stay on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. intelligence officer and two senior diplomats are leaving the government despite appearing on a Jan. 17 list of those asked to stay on under President-elect Donald Trump, current and former U.S. officials said on Thurs…
