U.S. man to plead guilty in billion-dollar pyramid scheme: prosecutor
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to running a pyramid scheme that defrauded victims, including many Brazilian-Americans, of more than $1 billion, federal prosecutors in Boston said on Friday.
Ex-SAP executive, two others indicted in U.S. for insider trading
(Reuters) – A former SAP SE executive and two Indiana car wash owners have been indicted on charges that they engaged in an insider trading scheme that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits.
Trump says he will accept election result – if he wins
WASHINGTON/DELAWARE, Ohio (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Thursday he would accept the result of the Nov. 8 election – “if I win” – fueling Republican concerns his stance would make it harder for his party to maint…
U.S. mall investors set to lose billions as retail gloom deepens
NEW YORK (Reuters/IFR) – The dramatic shift to online shopping that has crushed U.S. department stores in recent years now threatens the investors who a decade ago funded the vast expanse of brick and mortar emporiums that many Americans no longer visi…
Milwaukee officer who killed black man charged with sex assault
(Reuters) – Police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Thursday said the officer whose killing of a black man in August sparked nights of rioting has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting another man just a day after the deadly shooting.
Trump, Clinton tension seeps into jokes at annual charity dinner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. presidential campaign tensions seeped into a high-profile charity dinner on Thursday as Donald Trump joked about sending Hillary Clinton to prison and she alluded to Trump’s statements about women by estimating how he might rate the Statue of Liberty’s attractiveness a four, maybe a five.
Activists rally on anniversary of Chicago teen’s killing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Around 200 activists and supporters gathered outside Chicago’s police headquarters on Thursday to voice support for proposed recall legislation that targets elected officials and is inspired by the fatal shooting a black teenager by…
Journalism group wants charges dropped against pipeline protest filmmakers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A press freedom group on Thursday urged prosecutors in two states to drop charges against three documentary filmmakers who were arrested while filming activists as they sought to shut down major oil pipelines from Canada to the …
Rats! New Yorker charged with vermin control scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There are a lot of vermin in New York City, but this time some people didn’t smell the rat.
Arizona inmate, wife indicted in plot to bomb state prison
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona inmate and his wife have been indicted on terrorism and conspiracy charges in connection with a plot to build and explode a homemade bomb inside a state prison, court documents made public on Thursday showed.
