Tag: Conspiracy
Clarification: Bribery Investigation-Ohio story
CINCINNATI — In some versions of story published July 22, 2021, The Associated Press reported that FirstEnergy Corp. in Ohio was charged with conspiracy...
CEO calls FirstEnergy’s conduct ‘wrong and unacceptable’
CLEVELAND — FirstEnergy Corp.'s conduct in secretly funding a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants...
FirstEnergy to pay $230M in agreement in Ohio bribery case
CINCINNATI — The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio admitted Thursday to using dark money groups to...
UK: Con woman stole diamonds by swapping them for pebbles
LONDON —
A British court has heard how a woman...
Are Jan. 6 rioters traitors? So far, criminal charges say no
CHICAGO — Plotted to block the certification of Joe Biden's election victory: Check. Discussed bringing weapons into Washington to aid in the plan: Check....
Notable sedition, treason cases in American history
CHICAGO — After Donald Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 in a bid to halt the certification of Joe Biden’s election, many...
Man who stormed Capitol with Oath Keepers pleads guilty
An Alabama man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and is cooperating...
Ex-police chief, 5 others charged in Capitol riot conspiracy
A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
Maryland man gets 6 years for $1 million in fraud schemes
BALTIMORE — A Maryland man was sentenced to more than six years for a series of fraud schemes that cost victims more than $1...
Murder suspect’s brother gets 12 years for hiding sibling
FORT WORTH, Texas — The brother of a Texas man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in 2008 has been sentenced to...