Home sales stay stuck in limbo for fraud-tied San Jose housing complex
SAN JOSE — Housing sales are still in limbo at a San Jose residential complex that’s one of the properties engulfed in a vast Bay Area real estate fraud case …
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Two men arrested in Tokyo over alleged theft using Face ID
Two Tunisian men in their 20s have been arrested in Tokyo for allegedly having used Apple’s Face ID feature to unlock a stranger’s smartphone while the victim was drunk and …
Fraud-tied San Jose site is bought through a real estate foreclosure
SAN JOSE — A San Jose site where a big mixed-use housing complex was proposed but never built in the aftermath of a real estate fraud case has been foreclosed …
Sompo Japan president to resign for Bigmotor insurance fraud scandal
Sompo Japan Insurance President Giichi Shirakawa will step down to take responsibility for the handling of a high-profile insurance fraud involving Bigmotor, the insurer’s parent company said Friday. The major …
OAN settles defamation suit with ex-Dominion exec
By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen | CNN Far-right TV network One America News and one of its on-air personalities settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive at …
Trump blasts NY fraud case, says he prevented nuclear war
By Michael R. Sisak | Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump defended his real estate empire and his presidency in a face-to-face clash with the New York attorney general …
NY AG says Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2B in 1 year
By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb | CNN Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $2.2 billion in one year, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s …
Court upholds Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti’s conviction for plotting to extort up to $25 million from Nike – one of several legal …
Actions detailed in indictment were official duties
By Kate Brumback | Associated Press ATLANTA — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy …
Bay Area software CEO pleads guilty to tax, pandemic relief fraud
A Dublin man who served as CEO of multiple Bay Area software companies has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to pay millions of dollars in employment …