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A sports car worth nearly $2 million, an 87-foot yacht and a guitar collection worth as much as $20,000 were among the assets seized from a South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme, according to a court filing Monday.
A South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme is asking for his own disbarment.
Federal agents seized computers, bank and investment records, cash and even the key to a Ferrari during an all-night search at the office of an attorney suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme.
Federal prosecutors accused a high-profile South Florida attorney of concocting a Ponzi scheme that lured millions of dollars from investors with promises of big payoffs from legal settlements that never existed, according to court documents filed Monday.
A judge on Friday dismissed a major international drug case and ordered that the alleged dealer not be charged again after the prosecution fell apart.
Evangelist Tony Alamo once said God never wanted his ministry to be poor, but money raised by his followers only seems to go his way.
Federal prosecutors cited problems with evidence Monday when they asked a judge to drop charges against a Chinese-Mexican businessman accused of importing large amounts of methamphetamines to the United States.
A Miami jury decided Thursday that global accounting network BDO International B.V. cannot be held liable for audits done by its U.S. member firm that caused $170 million in losses at a Portuguese bank.
Trial opened Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by a Portuguese bank charging that accounting network BDO International BV was negligent by failing to guarantee the quality of audits performed by its U.S. member firm, BDO Seidman LLP.
In less than eight months, Facebook has doubled its user base by signing up 100 million people from around the world, officially hitting 200 million on Wednesday.
Police say they have detained an Ecuadorean man for carrying about $2.5 million in cash in a suitcase at Mexico City's international airport.
It's a Bird rallied from the off the pace to win Saturday's $1 million Classic at Gulfstream Park, helping Florida-bred horses easily defeat their California counterparts for the seventh straight time in the bicoastal Sunshine Millions program.
The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million in petrified, nearly unrecognizable bills. He asked to swap it for a cashier's check.
The businessman arrived at the Treasury Department carrying a suitcase stuffed with about $5.2 million. The bills were decomposing, nearly unrecognizable, and he asked to swap them for a cashier's check. He said the money came from Mexico.
A businessman accused of bilking the Taiwanese government out of nearly $30 million committed no crime and is prepared to return part of the money, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Two senior Taiwanese officials resigned Tuesday over the loss of millions of dollars in a failed attempt to persuade Papua New Guinea to officially recognize Taiwan.
The checks to Temple University really were in the mail — for $5 million.
Mexico said on Wednesday it will investigate whether its federal agents protected a Chinese-Mexican businessman tied to the largest seizure of drug cash in world history, while the businessman's lawyers told a Washington news conference they fear for their client's life if he is returned to Mexico.
It was the largest seizure of cash in the history of drug enforcement: $207 million, mostly in crisp $100 bills, stuffed into walls, closets and suitcases in the Mexico City home of a Chinese-born businessman.
A Georgia truck driver stepped forward Wednesday to claim half of a $390 million jackpot, the richest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Sweeteners for the SouthStaffers on Capitol Hill were calling it the Louisiana Purchase.
Deadbeat Lottery Agents Owe State MillionsBOSTON -- The Massachusetts Lottery generates millions of dollars to help cities and towns, but not everyone collecting the money from ticket sales is giving it back. NewsCenter 5's Sean Kelly reported on Thursday that 219 lottery agents owe the state $2.8 million.
Despite millions unemployed, no candidates for great jobsDespite millions of unemployed job seekers desperate for work, many open positions are languishing unfilled. The reason? Not enough candidates.
Casino: $166M Win Was Slot Malfunction -. However, as soon as the crowds departed, the celebration ended. The casino told him that he didn't win a thing. The casino claims the slot machine malfunctioned.
BBC NEWS | Africa | The greatest hurdleAround the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because illness or disability prevent them going to school. In the third report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Will Ross meets children in Tanzania who are overcoming visual impairment to learn.
Millionaire Filmmaker Michael Moore: 'Capitalism Did Nothing For Me'Documentary film director Michael Moore, who has become a millionaire thanks to the profits from his movies, told CNSNews.com that "capitalism did nothing" for him.
It was Saturday afternoon and I was looking for some information to use for my upcoming radio show on Tuesday, so I decided to look into the content of the Stimulus bill that our President imploded, (or is demanded a better choice of words) Congress to pass in order to save this …
Sex Pain: Millions of Women Have It - ABC NewsFor many women sexual intercourse is an unbearable experience. The women profiled by "20/20" suffered in silence: They did not feel pleasure from sex. Instead, they said they felt excruciating pain.
Jury awards $5 million to 92-year-old man whose wife died of lung cancerLeon Barbanell doesn't expect to see a dime of the $5.3 million he won in a judgment against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris in Broward Circuit Court on Thursday.
Violent drug gang hid in plain sight, laundered money through hot-dog stand - OrlandoSentinel.comThe hot dogs were lousy, and the customers were few. But Hot Dog City still raked in millions of dollars.
'Businessman' took millions from faulty cash machinesCharges have been filed against a 54-year-old man who managed to withdraw nearly 3 million kronor ($380,000) from various cash machines in Landskrona
Millions in aid to go unused? The idea seems fairly simple: Give away $53 million over six years to improve some of Atlanta's poorest communities.
Alains Newsletter: Foreign Aid Bill Pushes Abortion & Gay Agenda OverseasThis article is important to every American who isn't aware that Obama proposed "The Global Poverty Act" while a U.S. Senator in December 2007 with the approval of V.P.
Today in Incompetence: Canadian Goverment Calls in the Mounties over Mint's Missing MillionsCanada's money-makers can't find tens of millions in precious metals that are shown on the books The federal government has asked the RCMP to launch an investigation into the tens of millions worth of precious metals that have gone missing from the Royal Canadian Mint.
AIG bonuses four times higherAIG now says it paid out more than $454 million in bonuses to its employees for work performed in 2008.
Laid Off Single Mother Wins Lottery for MillionsThere's a lot of lottery believers in the black community although we never seem to win the big bucks. But, Shantay Britman, took her dollars to her normal lottery spot and said "just take five." Little did she know she would turn that "five" into 6.5 million.
Stimulus Stakes Higher in Some AreasRep. Frank M. Kratovil Jr., a first-term Democrat representing Republican-leaning eastern Maryland, is eager for word to spread about millions in stimulus money that is going to roads, sewer upgrades, health clinics, schools, police and rural development in his district.
Poker Players Alliance Plans to Spend $3 Million Lobbying Congress The word is being spread that Rep. Barney Frank plans to introduce pro-gaming legislation in the days ahead. And with that news has come speculation from the poker media and beyond as to the viability of a standalone bill in favor of online gaming passing through Congress.
Foreclosure rates reach record highThe foreclosure rate for March 2009 hit a new record high of 803,489 properties, or one in every 159 housing units, according to a RealtyTrac report. Foreclosures rose by 17 percent over one month, from February to March, and by 46 percent since March 2008
Milford theft toll: $1M in cigarettes-The thieves who broke into a "fortress-like" wholesaler's warehouse over the weekend in a coordinated and well-planned heist made off with cigarettes worth about $1 million, police and the business owner said Monday.
NJ Workers' Win the Big One: $216M LotteryRobert Space got into work at the Chubb Insurance company at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, realized the lottery ticket he was holding matched the winning numbers, and fired off a one-line e-mail to his nine co-workers who had pitched in to buy it. "We won the big one," it read.
Mistake puts millions into teen's bank account17-year-old Jacquelyn Lockard went to a Marine Federal Credit Union ATM Feb. 12 to get some money when she saw there was $2.2 million in her account.
Frugal Japan Airline CEO Sets Executive Example, What Could U.S. CEOs LearnBut not the CEO of Japan Airlines. He comes to work on the city bus, CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen reports. Merrill Lynch boss John Thain spent $1 million decorating his office.
Report: Madoff's Sister Among Scammed Victims Alleged Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff scammed millions from his sister, who is now desperately selling her Florida home, sources told the New York Post.
R. Kelly's Ex-Wife Gets $50 Million in Divorce SettlementThe parties have reached an amicable resolution concerning all issues related to their marriage and will share joint custody of their three children.
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