Corporate crime
4 US, UK Olympic contractors arrested for alleged drug use
By Mari Yamaguchi Jul. 13, 2021 03:10 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Four U.S. and British men working for a power company contracted for the Olympics were arrested on suspicion of using cocaine, officials said...

UK watchdog probes Amazon, Google for fake reviews of goods
By Kelvin Chan Jun. 25, 2021 05:16 AM EDT

Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage
By Gene Johnson Jun. 15, 2021 07:34 PM EDT
Florida moves against foreign theft of intellectual property
By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 07, 2021 01:33 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a pair of bills focused on “nefarious foreign influence and corporate espionage” —...
Editorial Roundup: U.S.
By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
May 31
The Wall Street Journal on ‘melodrama’ in Texas...
Union members arrested during Alabama coal strike protest
May. 26, 2021 10:40 AM EDT
BROOKWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Nearly a dozen miners who've been striking an Alabama coal company for about two months were arrested during a protest outside a mine in...
New Mexico ACLU sues over treatment of immigrant detainees
May. 14, 2021 05:14 PM EDT
ESTANCIA, N.M. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center on Friday sued a private prison company over the...
Ex-Hawaii CEO accused of virus loan fraud pleads not guilty
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher May. 12, 2021 04:26 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A former CEO of Hawaii company accused of defrauding banks of money meant to assist businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic pleaded not...

How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
By Alexia Fernández Campbell And Joe Yerardi May. 04, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case
By Alanna Durkin Richer Apr. 18, 2021 07:58 AM EDT

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82
By Michael Balsamo And Tom Hays Apr. 14, 2021 09:28 AM EDT
Florida couple charged with COVID relief fraud
Apr. 03, 2021 03:10 AM EDT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple tried to obtain more than $5.8 million in coronavirus relief funds by filing false loan applications, federal prosecutors...

Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58
By Llazar Semini Mar. 29, 2021 12:20 PM EDT
Business owner guilty of $2M in coronavirus relief fraud
Mar. 27, 2021 03:10 AM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida business owner has been convicted of illegally receiving more than $2 million in coronavirus relief funds.
A federal...

California sues major US nursing home operator over ratings
By Don Thompson Mar. 15, 2021 02:35 PM EDT
Business owner pleads guilty to $2.5 million pandemic fraud
Jan. 29, 2021 04:31 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining $2.5 million in federal coronavirus loans and using the money to buy...
Mississippi businessman accused in scheme to hoard PPE
Jan. 27, 2021 07:32 PM EST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi businessman has been indicted in a $1.8 million scheme to hoard personal protective equipment amid the pandemic and price...
NAACP files suit over virus outbreak at Georgia prison
By Russ Bynum Jan. 22, 2021 03:33 PM EST
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The NAACP has filed suit against Georgia prison officials, blaming a lack of COVID-19 testing and insufficient safeguards for an outbreak...