Securities fraud
FILE — In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia speaks to the media after leaving federal court in Boston. Correia heads to trial in federal court in April 2021 on charges that he stole more than $230,000 from investors in a smartphone app he created to pay for things like a Mercedes, casino trips and adult entertainment. As mayor, he's accused of convincing his chief of staff to give him half of her salary in order to keep her city job and extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana businesses seeking to operate there. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via AP)
Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case

By Alanna Durkin Richer Apr. 18, 2021 07:58 AM EDT

FILE - Bernard Madoff arrives at Manhattan federal court, Thursday, March 12, 2009, in New York. Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, died early Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

By Michael Balsamo And Tom Hays Apr. 14, 2021 09:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 16, 1997 file photo, Albanian Prime Minister Bashkim Fino shakes hands with OSCE representative Austrian Franz Vranitzky, in Tirana. Bashkim Fino, who was appointed prime minister to shepherd Albania out of almost total chaos 24 years ago when fraudulent investment schemes collapsed and angry crowds looted military installations nationwide, has died aged 58. Fino's family and his governing Socialist party said the former prime minister died Monday March 29, 2021 in hospital, where he had been treated for several days after contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, File)
Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58

By Llazar Semini Mar. 29, 2021 12:20 PM EDT

Company offering pandemic stock tips accused of $137M fraud

By Michael Kunzelman Dec. 07, 2020 02:27 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The founders of a company called Raging Bull tout themselves as expert stock traders who teach customers how they, too, can become...

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2008, file photo, Rebecca Parrett returns from a lunch break in her hearing at the federal courthouse in Columbus, Ohio. Parrett, who fled the US for Mexico ahead of her sentencing in one of the country's biggest corporate fraud cases, is asking for early release from prison, citing poor health and the coronavirus pandemic. Parrett was convicted in 2008 of securities fraud and other charges in a $1.9 billion scheme at health care financing company National Century Financial Enterprises. She was apprehended in 2010 after she had fled to Mexico before sentencing in 2008. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Woman who fled business fraud sentencing seeks early release

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Dec. 02, 2020 09:41 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2020 10:00 AM EST
The Dallas Morning News. Nov. 22, 2020 Southwest is losing millions a day, and it’s expanding. That’s not crazy Once...

Ponzi scheme convict wants prison release due to pandemic

Jul. 14, 2020 09:03 AM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man sentenced to nearly 20 years only nine months ago for running a $100 million Ponzi scheme is hoping a federal judge...

California tech CEO charged in coronavirus test fraud case

By Olga R. Rodriguez Jun. 09, 2020 07:54 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of a Silicon Valley medical technology company was charged Tuesday with misleading investors by falsely claiming the company...

Update on the latest in business:

Jun. 01, 2020 01:19 PM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks turn mixed NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are mixed on Wall Street. Investors are balancing...

In this image provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this March 13, 2020, photo, shows a vial of purified water that was seized on March 20, 2020, in Los Angeles. Federal officials say the COVID-19 outbreak has unleashed a wave of fraud. An arm of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, has opened more than 300 cases in recent weeks that include counterfeit products and medicines as well as fake tests for the virus. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)
Virus unleashes wave of fraud in US amid fear and scarcity

By Ben Fox And Alan Suderman May. 12, 2020 12:21 AM EDT