http://www.mail.com/subjects/3148-conspiracy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3148-conspiracy.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066956-chicago-case-alleges-ties-to-north-korea.html CHICAGO (AP) — A Taiwanese businessman long suspected of ties to North Korea and his Illinois-based son have been charged in Chicago with seeking to bypass a U.S. ban on the export of weapons machinery to the hard-line communist nation, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Hsien Tai Tsai, 67, and his 36-year-old son, Yueh-Hsun Tsai, are charged with one ... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:12:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066956-chicago-case-alleges-ties-to-north-korea.html 2013-05-07T00:12:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025890-miss-mail-suspect-described-body-parts-conspiracy.html CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and sometimes performed as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 5... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:15:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025890-miss-mail-suspect-described-body-parts-conspiracy.html 2013-04-18T05:15:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2014110-ex-nfl-player-hurd-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charge.html DALLAS (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to buy cocaine and marijuana to set up a drug-distribution network, leaving a once-promising career in tatters as he faces a prison sentence of at least 10 years. Hurd, 27, pleaded guilty in federal court in Dallas to one count of possession of cocaine and marijuana with int... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:32:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2014110-ex-nfl-player-hurd-pleads-guilty-to-drug-charge.html 2013-04-11T22:32:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2006126-man-seattle-terror-plot-17-year-sentence.html SEATTLE (AP) — A man who helped plot an attack with machine guns and grenades on a Seattle military complex was sentenced in federal court Monday to 17 years in prison, the U.S. attorney's office said. Walli Mujahidh, 34, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to kill officers of the U.S., conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction an... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:00:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2006126-man-seattle-terror-plot-17-year-sentence.html 2013-04-08T20:00:46Z 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/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities called one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country. An alleged leader of the Native Mob, 34-year-old Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, was found guilty on several charges including t... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:24:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1965588-3-convicted-minnesota-indian-gang-trial.html 2013-03-19T23:24:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955764-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday charged a journalist with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles Times' website a little more than two years ago. The federal indictment handed down in Sacramento accuses Matthew Keys of being a "terminated employee" of the Tribune Co. who gave hacke... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:55:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1955764-reuters-journalist-charged-with-hacking-conspiracy.html 2013-03-15T01:55:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1940060-jury-day-nyc-cannibal-plot-trial.html NEW YORK (AP) — A jury ended its first full day of deliberations on Friday without a verdict in the case of a New York City police officer accused of plotting to abduct and cannibalize women. The jurors received the case late Thursday after hearing a defense lawyer tell them in closing arguments that elaborate plans of Officer Gilberto Valle were fantasy ... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:21:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1940060-jury-day-nyc-cannibal-plot-trial.html 2013-03-08T23:21:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931086-mistrial-declared-3rd-trial-drug-conspiracy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a D.C. nightclub owner charged with drug conspiracy — 2 ½ years after his previous conviction was tossed out because police used a global positioning device to track him without a warrant. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle declared the mistrial when jurors could not reach a ve... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:58:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931086-mistrial-declared-3rd-trial-drug-conspiracy.html 2013-03-04T21:58:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1920938-witness-nyc-officer-eyed-colleague-kidnap.html NEW YORK (AP) — The cannibalism conspiracy case against a police officer took another odd turn on Thursday when an FBI agent testified that a New York Police Department supervisor was among the women the officer considered a potential target for kidnapping and torturing. The testimony came amid a report that a man considered to be one of Officer Gilberto ... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:10:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1920938-witness-nyc-officer-eyed-colleague-kidnap.html 2013-03-01T00:10:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920448-whistle-blower-suit-claimed-navy-kickbacks-2006.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery and kickback scheme going back to at least 2004. The lawsuit, first filed in a federal court in Georgia in 2006, predates by more than four years criminal charges brought by federal ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:45:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920448-whistle-blower-suit-claimed-navy-kickbacks-2006.html 2013-02-28T19:45:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904070-ex-new-orleans-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-bribery.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he accepted more than $200,000 in bribes plus free trips and other gratuities in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city. U.S. Magistrate Sally Shushan set Nagin's bond at $100,000 during his arraignment on charges that in... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:05:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1904070-ex-new-orleans-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-bribery.html 2013-02-20T21:05:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1888586-player-regrets-entangled-with-match-fixing.html ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Soccer player Mario Cizmek thought it would just be one match. Ease up and let the other team win, he told himself, then collect the payoff and start paying off your debts. But the broke and desperate athlete soon learned that one match wouldn't do it. He would have to throw another game, then another, then another. And so it went u... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:19:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1888586-player-regrets-entangled-with-match-fixing.html 2013-02-13T11:19:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1878174-ny-cannibalism-trial-jury-pool-sees-kinky-images.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some prospective jurors in the conspiracy trial of a police officer accused of plotting to kill and eat women were so disturbed at a judge's description of the case and staged pictures depicting women being abused that they said they were too hurt emotionally to be fair. "I am shaking just writing," one potential juror wrote Friday. "I fee... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1878174-ny-cannibalism-trial-jury-pool-sees-kinky-images.html 2013-02-08T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849610-court-rulings-dim-outlook-guantanamo-trials.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — A civilian appeals court has now reversed the verdicts of the only two Guantanamo Bay prisoners convicted in trials by military tribunal, casting a shadow over proceedings set to resume this week at the U.S. base in Cuba for the men accused in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. A federal appeals court on Friday threw out... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1849610-court-rulings-dim-outlook-guantanamo-trials.html 2013-01-27T18:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1836918-bishop-apologizes-role-hiding-priest-abuse.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors who have been stymied for years in their attempts to build a criminal conspiracy case against retired Los Angeles Archdiocese Cardinal Roger Mahony and other church leaders said Tuesday they will review newly released priest files for additional evidence. Thousands of pages from the internal disciplinary files of 14 priests ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1836918-bishop-apologizes-role-hiding-priest-abuse.html 2013-01-23T04:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830358-ex-new-orleans-mayor-nagin-charged-with-bribery.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Friday, the former mayor was indicted on charges he lined his pockets with bribe money, payoffs and gratuities while the chronically poor city struggled to recover from Hurricane Katrina's punishing blow. ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830358-ex-new-orleans-mayor-nagin-charged-with-bribery.html 2013-01-18T22:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830518-charges-stay-sept-11-guantanamo.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on — for now — with eight charges against each of the men, the Pentagon said Friday. A Department of Defense legal official declined a prosecution request to withdraw the charge of conspiracy, which faced a likely challenge b... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1830518-charges-stay-sept-11-guantanamo.html 2013-01-18T20:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1822862-man-pleads-guilty-to-charge-mo-sex-slave-case.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of torturing a young woman he kept as a sex slave pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with her when she was underage, but more serious charges including sex trafficking were dropped. Edward Bagley, 45, had been facing 11 federal charges accusing him of enticing an underage girl to be his sex slave, torturing... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1822862-man-pleads-guilty-to-charge-mo-sex-slave-case.html 2013-01-15T21:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1788698-4-charged-synthetic-drug-overdoses-nd-minn.html FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in North Dakota have charged four men with conspiring to import and sell controlled substances used to make synthetic hallucinogenic drugs, including drugs made by a self-described "hobby chemist" from Grand Forks that killed two teens and led to several overdoses in the area. In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, pro... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1788698-4-charged-synthetic-drug-overdoses-nd-minn.html 2012-12-27T18:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1733432-ex-natl-lampoon-ceo-to-sentenced-fraud-case.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former chief executive of National Lampoon and two co-conspirators faced possible life sentences Friday after being convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 million. U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson was set to sentence Timothy Durham, James Cochran and Rick Snow following their June convictions on fraud and conspirac... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1733432-ex-natl-lampoon-ceo-to-sentenced-fraud-case.html 2012-11-30T15:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1728458-charged-exec-cooperating-wva-mine-blast-probe.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men widened their net Wednesday, filing criminal charges against a longtime Massey Energy executive who worked closely with former CEO Don Blankenship — a move signaling where their sights may be ultimately set. The cooperation of David Craig Hughart... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1728458-charged-exec-cooperating-wva-mine-blast-probe.html 2012-11-28T23:06:00Z