Posts Tagged ‘federal-court’
US court gives Congress party two weeks to respond riots case
New York: A US Federal Court has granted India's Congress party an extension of two weeks to respond to a motion for "default judgment" for its failure to defend charges relating to November 1984 See more here: US court gives Congress party two weeks to respond riots case
NY trustee seeks nearly $20B in latest action (AP)
AP - The trustee seeking to recover money for investors who lost billions of dollars in jailed financier Bernard Madoff's fraud said Friday he has filed civil racketeering charges against an Austrian banker and 55 other defendants, demanding they give up nearly $20 billion as a penalty for their "criminal relationship" with Madoff. Excerpt [...]
Somali-born teen pleads not guilty in U.S. bomb case (Reuters)
Reuters - A Somali-born teenager pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to charges that he tried to detonate what he thought was a car bomb at a crowded Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Oregon last week. Here is the original post: Somali-born teen pleads not guilty in U.S. bomb case (Reuters)
Federal judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges (AP)
AP - A veteran federal judge who was arrested on charges that he bought and used drugs with a stripper pleaded guilty Friday to two-drug related charges, including a felony count of giving her cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon. Read the original: Federal judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges (AP)
Actor Snipes asks for new trial in Fla. tax case (AP)
AP - Federal prosecutors on Monday asked that Wesley Snipes' bond be revoked if a judge refuses to grant the "Blade" actor a new trial on tax-related charges. Snipes' defense attorney asked for the new trial during a two-hour hearing in federal court. Daniel Meachum argued that two jurors had sent him e-mails recently claiming three other jurors [...]
Elizabeth Smart says she awoke to knife on neck (AP)
AP - Elizabeth Smart remembers not being able to make out the threat, only the feel of cold knife at her neck. Visit link: Elizabeth Smart says she awoke to knife on neck (AP)
4 men are convicted in NY synagogue-bombing plot (AP)
AP - Four men snared last year in an FBI sting were convicted Monday of plotting to blow up New York City synagogues and shoot down military planes with the help of a paid informant who convinced them he was a terror operative. See the rest here: 4 men are convicted in NY synagogue-bombing plot (AP)
Crime group charged in $100 million Medicare fraud (Reuters)
Reuters - Dozens of people alleged to be members of an Armenian-American crime group were charged in federal court on Wednesday with what prosecutors said was the country's largest single Medicare fraud, involving at least $100 million in false medical claims. Read more from the original source: Crime group charged in $100 million Medicare [...]
Mich. couple get 4 years in prison in Stamos case (AP)
AP - A Michigan couple convicted of trying to extort $680,000 out of "Glee" actor John Stamos were each sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were hoping to receive sentences of less than two years in prison, but U.S. Read more here: Mich. couple get 4 years in prison in Stamos case (AP)
AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case (AP)
AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business. See the rest here: AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case (AP)
