Tag: Corporate crime

Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage

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SEATTLE — A federal jury is deciding whether one of the nation's biggest private prison companies must pay minimum wage — instead of $1...

EXPLAINER: Who are Americans on trial in Ghosn’s escape

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TOKYO — Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday on charges they helped Nissan's former chairman,...

State orders unregistered facility to halt cremations

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YPSILANTI, Mich. — State licensing officials have ordered a southeastern Michigan company to stop performing cremations after an anonymous complaint of improperly stored bodies,...

West Virginia gov: Bank deceived family for loan guarantee

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a new court filing, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice blamed a bankrupt U.K. bank for fraudulently inducing him into personally...

Even after Madoff’s death, work to unwind epic fraud goes on

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NEW YORK — Epic Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff is dead. But the effort to untangle his web of deceit lives on. ...

Former Make-A-Wish Iowa CEO pleads guilty to theft of funds

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the...

George P. Bush running for attorney general in Texas

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AUSTIN, Teas — George P. Bush on Wednesday launched his next political move: a run for Texas attorney general in 2022 that puts the...

US court revives lawsuit against private prison in Nevada

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LAS VEGAS — A federal appeals court said Friday the nation’s largest private prison corporation can be held liable for negligence by a man...

Corruption trial of former South African president starts

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JOHANNESBURG — The corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma began Wednesday more than 25 years after some of his alleged offenses. ...

Woman in racist Central Park confrontation sues over firing

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NEW YORK — The white woman who was widely condemned and fired after a videotaped dispute with a Black birdwatcher in Central Park filed...