http://www.mail.com/people/1611360-preet-bharara.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1611360-preet-bharara.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2118842-texan-25-years-prison-saudi-envoy-plot.html NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. citizen-turned-covert Iranian operative was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for plotting to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States by bombing a Washington restaurant. Manssor Arbabsiar, a former used car salesman from Corpus Christi, Texas, had pleaded guilty in October to two conspiracy charges and a murder... Thu, 30 May 2013 18:21:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2118842-texan-25-years-prison-saudi-envoy-plot.html 2013-05-30T18:21:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2115580-feds-ny-costa-rica-money-biz-hub-crooks.html NEW YORK (AP) — When an undercover agent posing as a new client sought to register at the currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve as "Joe Bogus" from "123 Fake Main Street" in "Completely Made Up City," no one at the company based in Costa Rica objected. The same client recording digital currency transactions as "ATM skimming work" and "for the cocaine"? S... Wed, 29 May 2013 08:16:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2115580-feds-ny-costa-rica-money-biz-hub-crooks.html 2013-05-29T08:16:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2114486-7-charged-6b-online-money-laundering-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — Calling it perhaps the biggest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank that handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe. The case was aimed at Liberty Reserve, a curr... Tue, 28 May 2013 22:38:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2114486-7-charged-6b-online-money-laundering-case.html 2013-05-28T22:38:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069976-ny-officials-vow-attack-predatory-debt-fixing.html NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities announced a crackdown Tuesday on predatory businesses that cheat "desperate and vulnerable" people harmed by the 2008 financial crisis with phony promises to consolidate their debt. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara told a news conference that charges were brought against the owner and three employees of a New York company th... Tue, 07 May 2013 23:47:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2069976-ny-officials-vow-attack-predatory-debt-fixing.html 2013-05-07T23:47:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038352-ny-suspects-asked-hard-drives-to-hold-evidence.html WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The government's evidence in a political corruption case — audio and video recordings, text messages, emails and more — is so voluminous that each of the six defendants is being asked to provide a 150-gigabyte hard drive to hold it. The hard drives will be used to share the evidence with defense lawyers, federal prosecutor Alvin ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:17:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2038352-ny-suspects-asked-hard-drives-to-hold-evidence.html 2013-04-23T21:17:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994694-lawmaker-accused-bribes-nyc-mayor-race-plot.html NEW YORK (AP) — For the politically ambitious, running as a Republican is sometimes the best way a Democrat can increase his electoral odds in New York City's crowded mayoral race. Now, a federal prosecutor says one Democratic state lawmaker went too far by offering GOP bosses bribes in order to get on their ballot. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesda... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:38:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1994694-lawmaker-accused-bribes-nyc-mayor-race-plot.html 2013-04-03T07:38:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1992800-ny-sen-arrested-alleged-mayor-race-plot.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called it an "unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed" that reveals a New York political... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:48:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1992800-ny-sen-arrested-alleged-mayor-race-plot.html 2013-04-02T23:48:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987328-portfolio-manager-accused-insider-trading-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A senior portfolio manager for one of the nation's largest hedge funds was arrested Friday, accused of joining an insider trading conspiracy that the government said made more than $6 million illegally for the powerhouse investment company founded by billionaire businessman Steven A. Cohen. The arrest broadens the government's probe of tra... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:30:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1987328-portfolio-manager-accused-insider-trading-case.html 2013-03-29T20:30:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970832-brother-hedge-fund-founder-indicted-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a jailed one-time billionaire hedge fund boss has been charged with conspiring with his brother to cheat on Wall Street and earn nearly $1.2 million illegally, federal authorities announced Thursday. Rengan Rajaratnam, 42, of Manhattan, was charged in an indictment returned Wednesday and unsealed a day later with conspiracy ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:33:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1970832-brother-hedge-fund-founder-indicted-nyc.html 2013-03-21T20:33:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1948958-york-cop-convicted-cannibalism-plot.html NEW YORK (AP) — Defense lawyers say all Internet users should worry that their online words can end up in federal court after a jury concluded that a New York police officer's plans to kidnap, kill and eat young women he knew were more than Internet chatter. At the end of one of the most unusual federal trials ever, a jury agreed Tuesday with the governme... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:19:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1948958-york-cop-convicted-cannibalism-plot.html 2013-03-13T13:19:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1852344-authorities-ny-judge-opens-door-to-swiss-records.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday authorized the Internal Revenue Service to require UBS AG to produce records about U.S. taxpayers who may hold bank accounts in Switzerland to evade hundreds of millions in federal income taxes. U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III signed an order authorizing the IRS to issue a summons for information about U... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1852344-authorities-ny-judge-opens-door-to-swiss-records.html 2013-01-29T00:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1840378-feds-3-nabbed-widespread-gozi-computer-virus.html NEW YORK (AP) — A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits or losses to victims should be a "wake-up call" for banks and consumers unaware of the threat posed by Internet criminals, a prosecutor said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and George ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1840378-feds-3-nabbed-widespread-gozi-computer-virus.html 2013-01-23T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811688-us-arms-dealers-associate-arrested-australia.html NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of a notorious Russian arms dealer was arrested in Australia and charged with conspiring to buy planes so that weapons could be transported to the world's bloodiest conflicts, a U.S. prosecutor announced Thursday. Syrian-born American Richard Ammar Chichakli was arrested Wednesday at the request of U.S. authorities on charges ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811688-us-arms-dealers-associate-arrested-australia.html 2013-01-10T22:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1799980-nj-man-arrested-ny-police-cannibalism-case.html NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer claims that the arrest of a man accused of trying to pay a police officer to kidnap a Manhattan woman was done to prevent him from testifying about Internet sexual fantasies at the officer's cannibalism-tinged trial. Authorities say the man, Michael Vanhise, agreed to pay Officer Gilberto Valle $5,000 to kidnap the woman in New Yo... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1799980-nj-man-arrested-ny-police-cannibalism-case.html 2013-01-05T04:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1797964-swiss-bank-to-pay-578m-us-tax-evasion-plea.html NEW YORK (AP) — Switzerland's oldest bank became the first foreign bank to plead guilty in the United States to tax charges when it admitted Thursday that it helped American clients hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service. Wegelin & Co., founded in 1741, entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan, agreeing to pay $20 million in r... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1797964-swiss-bank-to-pay-578m-us-tax-evasion-plea.html 2013-01-03T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788828-fla-man-pleads-guilty-ny-dinosaur-dispute.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida fossils dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling charges Thursday and agreed to give up a celebrated $1 million dinosaur skeleton seized by the U.S. government earlier this year for its eventual return to Mongolia. Eric Prokopi, 38, said he would surrender the 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton known as "Ty" and give up ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788828-fla-man-pleads-guilty-ny-dinosaur-dispute.html 2012-12-31T18:13:00Z