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Crime
US indicts Asia’s 4th richest man in $250 million bribery scheme
On Wednesday, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and senior associates were charged in the U.S. with orchestrating a $250 million bribery schem...
Ryan General
Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death in $12.5 billion fraud case
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan, who was accused of embezzling around $12.4 billion, was sentenced to death for her involvement in ...
Michelle De Pacina
Business
Chinese billionaire avoids US prison in SF bribery charges deal
Real estate tycoon Zhang Li confessed on Tuesday to making illicit payments to then San Francisco Department of Public Works Head Mohammed N...
Ex-NYPD detective accused of helping robbers target Asian American business owners
A former New York Police Department (NYPD) detective was accused of taking bribes from a burglary crew who targeted Asian American-owned bus...
Marijuana farmer, sister sentenced for attempted $1 million bribery of Northern California sheriff
Siblings Chi Meng Yang, 36, of Montague, Siskiyou County, and Gaosheng Laitinen, 41, of St. Paul, Minnesota, were sentenced for their bribe...
US Navy bribery case fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ arrested in Venezuela before boarding a plane to Russia
Two weeks after escaping house arrest in San Diego, California, U.S. fugitive Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis was arrested as...
Malaysian businessman linked to US Navy bribery scandal escapes house arrest in San Diego
Leonard Glenn Francis, better known by his nickname “Fat Leonard,” escaped his San Diego home on Sunday after successfully cutting off his ...
Bryan Ke
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