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Japanese Party Honcho Indicted
The man behind the Japanese ruling party’s historic 2009 victory has been indicted for misreporting political funds. The move could expand divisions among members of the Democratic Party of Japan and...
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Roger Ailes to Be Indicted?
Fox News boss Roger Ailes could be indicted "this week, maybe even Monday," an anonymous source told TV economist Barry Ritholtz yesterday, presumably on obstruction of justice charges stemming from...
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John Edwards Hires Obama Legal Eagle
In case crossing his fingers isn't enough to avoid an indictment, John Edwards has brought in former White House counsel Greg Craig to help convince feds he didn't do anything untoward—or at least...
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Florida Men Charged With Funding Taliban
A Miami imam and two of his sons were arrested today on charges they provided financial support to the Pakistani Taliban, officials said. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, was arrested after morning...
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Strauss-Kahn Gets $1M Bail, Home Detention
A judge has agreed to free former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition that he remain under house arrest. The judge set bail at $1 million and approved an...
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Mubarak Charged With Killing Protesters
Egypt has ordered Hosni Mubarak to stand trial for the “pre-meditated killing” of protesters, among other charges—and he could face the death penalty. His two sons and a close business associate also...
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Edwards' Legal Gamble Hinges on 2 Questions
John Edwards' decision to forgo a plea deal and fight charges that he violated campaign finance law in court comes at no small risk. He faces up to 30 years in prison on the six counts (along with $1.5...
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Iowa Brokerage CEO Indicted in $200M Fraud Scheme
The founder of a bankrupt Iowa-based brokerage accused in a $200 million fraud scheme has been indicted on 31 counts of making false statements to regulators. A federal grand jury returned the...
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Etan Patz Suspect Indicted
Pedro Hernandez, the 51-year-old suspect in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy that led to a national missing-children movement has been indicted on charges of murder and...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Indicted on 30 Counts
A federal grand jury has returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev —and 17 of the charges could bring life in prison or the death penalty. Among them: using a weapon of mass destruction...
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Feds Bust Insider Trading Scheme 'Without Precedent'
Federal prosecutors have slapped SAC Capital Advisors with criminal charges in an alleged insider trading scheme "on a scale without known precedent." The hedge fund has allegedly been making hundreds...
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Journo Sues to See JonBenet Indictment
JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 death remains in the spotlight. A Boulder Daily Camera exclusive published in January revealed the grand jury had in 1999 voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey (the charge: child...
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Indictment: JonBenet's Parents Aided Killer
In response to a lawsuit to have the 1999 indictment against JonBenet Ramsey's parents released, four pages of grand jury documents were revealed today; they show that John and Patsy Ramsey would have...
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Credit Card Debt Drove McDonnells: Indictment
Before Bob McDonnell was even in office, he and his wife were looking to then-Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams for gifts, according to the 43-page indictment against the couple. The document reveals...
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Now Hernandez Charged in 2012 Double Murder
Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges in a 2012 double slaying in Boston. Boston police spokeswoman Neva Coakley confirmed the indictment today. Hernandez is...
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Rick Perry Indicted for 'Abusing His Powers'
A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry today for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption—making the possible...
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Rick Perry: Abuse of Power Indictment Is Abuse of Power
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today that the indictment against him was an "outrageous" abuse of power and vowed to fight it. "This indictment amounts to nothing more than abuse of power and I cannot and...
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Perry: I Would Make Exactly the Same Call
Two days after being indicted Rick Perry is still calling the findings of the Texas grand jury little more than a political witch hunt , reports Politico . "I stood up for the rule of law in the state...
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Rick Perry Has to Have Mugshot Taken
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will be spared the indignity of an arrest warrant over his indictment on abuse-of-power charges, but he still must have his mugshot taken, reports the San Francisco Chronicle ....
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Rick Perry Booked on Felony Charges
Texas Gov. Rick Perry smiled for his police mugshot and promised to be vindicated on abuse-of-power charges today. Perry turned himself in at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on the felony...
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