Racketeering

Sean Combs arrested on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges

2024-09-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested on September 16, 2024, by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on federal charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation for purposes of prostitution. The indictment alleges Combs led a criminal enterprise from 2008 to …

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Homeland Security Launches Major Sex Trafficking Investigation Against Sean Combs

2024-03-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted simultaneous raids on Sean Combs’ properties in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami as part of a comprehensive federal sex trafficking investigation. Federal prosecutors unveiled a three-count indictment alleging a decade-long criminal enterprise …

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Epic Charter Schools Founders Arrested on $22 Million Embezzlement Charges in Oklahoma's Largest Education Fraud

2022-06-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On June 23, 2022, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested Epic Charter Schools co-founders Ben Harris, 46, and David Chaney, 43, along with former CFO Josh Brock, 40, on racketeering, embezzlement, and conspiracy charges related to what State Auditor Cindy Byrd called “the largest …

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Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci Convicted in Operation Plunder Dome Corruption Trial, Sentenced to Five Years for Racketeering Conspiracy

2002-06-24 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

After a seven-week federal trial, Providence Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr. is convicted on June 24, 2002, of one count of racketeering conspiracy as the culmination of Operation Plunder Dome, the FBI’s multi-year undercover investigation into systematic corruption within …

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Keating Lincoln Savings Civil RICO Fraud Indictment

1990-07-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Charles H. Keating Jr. was indicted on 42 counts of fraud and racketeering related to the Lincoln Savings and Loan collapse. The indictment exposed massive financial fraud involving risky junk bond investments that led to billions in losses for investors and taxpayers.

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