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Law
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

Wine Industry Faces a Growing Number of Scams

Bribery and financial misconduct in the wine industry are increasing, as evidenced by recent legal cases and expert opinions.
Media industry
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Former Live Nation executive says he was fired after raising 'financial misconduct' concerns

A former Live Nation executive alleges wrongful termination after raising concerns about financial misconduct and seeks $35 million in damages.
fromAxios
1 month ago

House barrels toward rare double expulsion votes

Cherfilus-McCormick was found guilty by the Ethics Committee on a litany of charges, most notably for funneling $5 million in COVID relief funds to her congressional campaign.
SF politics
Cryptocurrency
fromIntelligencer
1 month ago

The O.C. Guy Says Bitcoin Is 'Still a Ponzi Scheme'

Ben McKenzie critiques the crypto industry, highlighting its speculative nature and connection to financial misconduct, despite its resurgence post-2024 election.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Committee sues former GM over corporate theft of more than $1M: lawsuit

The lawsuit, filed in March in Suffolk County Superior Court, named Demetri Tsolakis - the CEO of Xenia Greek Hospitality, which includes restaurants Krasi, Bar Vlaha, Kaia, and others - as the defendant.
Food & drink
#pride-in-london
France news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Fifa investigates Congolese FA boss jailed alongside wife and son

Fifa has initiated disciplinary actions against three Fecofoot officials for embezzlement and financial misconduct.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Nigel Farage hints at return for fellow Essex MP

Nigel Farage hints at the potential rejoining of former MP McMurdock to Reform UK amid financial misconduct allegations.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Halide co-founder is suing former partner Sebastiaan de With for taking source code to Apple

The lawsuit accuses de With of improperly using more than $150,000 in Lux corporate funds to pay for personal expenses, as well as taking Lux source code and confidential material with him when he joined Apple.
Apple
Cryptocurrency
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Nigel Farage Cameo videos backed cryptocurrencies that collapsed in value

Nigel Farage profited from Cameo videos endorsing cryptocurrencies and memecoins that subsequently collapsed in value, earning as little as £72 per endorsement.
Chelsea
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Article: published on 17 March 2026

Chelsea received a record £10m fine and suspended transfer ban for systematic rule-breaking involving £47m in secret payments to agents between 2011-2018, but avoided sporting sanctions despite deliberate breaches affecting competition fairness.
Chelsea
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Premier League is surprisingly lenient': did Chelsea get off lightly?

Chelsea received minimal penalties for over 30 rule breaches involving £47m in off-book payments during the Abramovich era, with fines totaling less than a quarter of Hazard's transfer fee.
Chelsea
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

How Chelsea signed a star team with hidden payments

Chelsea received a record £10.75m Premier League fine and suspended transfer ban for making £47.5m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties between 2011 and 2018.
Law
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Leon Black wins delay in 8-hour deposition over his Jeffrey Epstein ties for victim lawsuit

Leon Black's deposition in an Epstein victims' lawsuit against Bank of America was postponed 10 days, with the hearing scheduled for March 26 amid settlement discussions.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

US Commerce Secretary Lutnick to testify before Congress about Epstein ties

Lutnick, who lived next door to Epstein in New York for more than a decade, proactively agreed to provide a transcribed interview to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, panel chair James Comer said on Tuesday. Lutnick's relationship with Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting sex trafficking charges, has come under mounting scrutiny after he appeared to misrepresent the extent of his associations with the notorious financier.
US politics
fromEngadget
3 months ago

Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading

Kalshi says his transactions were initially flagged because of his 'near-perfect trading success on markets with low odds, which were statistically anomalous.' Because trades are public on Kalshi, multiple users also flagged the trades as suspicious. Kalshi learned Kaptur was an employee of MrBeast during its investigation and determined he 'likely had access to material non-public information connected to his trading.'
Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
3 months ago

Retail billionaire Les Wexner says he was 'duped' by adviser Jeffrey Epstein: 'I was naive, foolish, and gullible' | Fortune

The billionaire behind the retail empire that once blanketed shopping malls with names such as Victoria's Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch told members of Congress on Wednesday that he was "duped by a world-class con man" - close financial adviser Jeffrey Epstein. Les Wexner also denied knowing about the late sex offender's crimes or participating in Epstein's abuse of girls and young women.
US politics
Law
fromSherdog
3 months ago

Floyd Mayweather Files $340 Million Lawsuit Against Showtime Sports, Former Executive

Floyd Mayweather has sued Showtime and Stephen Espinoza for $340 million, alleging fight earnings were diverted to ex-manager Al Haymon.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Banker who used joint account to pay for affair stripped of millions in court fight

A former Goldman Sachs banker was stripped of £4m after a divorce for secretly spending joint marital funds on an expensive mistress.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Former Chelsea employee spared jail over 200,000 fraud against the club

A Chelsea finance employee stole 208,521.65 by creating false ticket refunds and received a two-year prison sentence suspended for 18 months.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

NRA sues the charitable version of itself, alleging a factional beef'

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing its own charitable arm, the NRA Foundation, claiming that its leaders are trying to seize control of the gun rights organization and illegally repurposing $160m in donations to support their thirst for power. The allegations come in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Washington DC laying bare the turmoil that has plagued the NRA since its disgraced long-time chief executive Wayne LaPierre was ousted in 2024 alongside other senior figures after a financial corruption scandal.
US politics
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

German prosecutors file lawsuit against Greensill bosses over role in bank's collapse

Three Greensill Bank board members face criminal charges in Germany for alleged misrepresentation and regulatory circumvention linked to the bank's 2021 collapse.
US news
fromJezebel
6 months ago

Two More Banks Have Been Implicated in Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes

Bank of America and BNY Mellon are sued for allegedly enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking by facilitating suspicious financial transactions and prioritizing profit over victims.
fromESPN.com
7 months ago

Sources: Feds eye MLBPA venture over spending

Federal law officers are investigating a youth baseball company owned by the Major League Baseball Players Association that spent at least $3.9 million while holding few sparsely attended live events for kids, sources familiar with the inquiry told ESPN. The Florida-based business, Players Way, has generated barely six figures in revenue since its founding in 2019. While the union said it has put $3.9 million into the company,
Major League Baseball
Law
fromwww.housingwire.com
7 months ago

Former Boston broker arraigned on embezzlement, larceny charges

Webster is charged after his firm's abrupt December 2024 closure left over $1 million in escrow missing and about $500,000 in unpaid agent commissions.
Environment
fromwww.independent.co.uk
7 months ago

Chad cuts ties with wildlife charity linked to Prince Harry

Chad ended African Parks' park-management deal, accusing the charity of financial misconduct, tax-haven transfers, unaudited accounts and inadequate anti-poaching; Prince Harry was a board member.
Manchester City
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

A year on, Manchester City's legal experts have the Premier League in a corner | Barney Ronay

The Manchester City charges tribunal has dragged on a year, generating fatigue, expense, and a widespread perception that City have effectively already won.
fromVulture
8 months ago

Black Rabbit Recap: Burning Down the House

Black Rabbit 's third episode opens up on the moment Vince Friedken let his dream slip through his fingers. Another flashback, this time in the immediate aftermath of Vince daring a drunken employee to jump from the roof to a neighboring fire escape, paralyzing the man and leaving the Rabbit to pay out half a million dollars. For his part, Vince gets a $100,000 buyout to exit the Rabbit, which is just enough to lose after a run of careless dice rolls and bad hands.
Television
fromsfist.com
8 months ago

City Audit Further Details $4.6M In Misspent Dollars By Former SF Human Rights Commission Chief

It's been over a year now since Sheryl Davis resigned as executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC), amid a bombshell report about her apparent use of taxpayer dollars for frivolous expenses like a $10,000 house rental on Martha's Vineyard. Davis, who was also appointed by former Mayor London Breed to lead the mayor's Dream Keeper initiative which was intended to direct more city funds to the city's historically underserved Black population now may face more scrutiny after the release of a city audit report detailing the full extent of that unethical spending.
San Francisco
Law
fromBusiness Insider
8 months ago

Basquiats, Bentleys, and betrayal: legal brawl heats up between art advisors to the stars

Two longtime celebrity art advisors are engaged in bitter Manhattan litigation, each accusing the other of misappropriating commissions and using company funds for personal expenses.
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

In outback Australia, a telescope searches for a hidden universe. Down on Earth, misconduct claims rock the project

The Square Kilometre Array Observatory faces allegations of financial misconduct amid Australian cost overruns and a protected disclosure by a former senior employee.
Education
fromIndependent
9 months ago

Teacher who defrauded colleagues out of 2,000 on Revolut in 'elaborate hoax' stuck off teaching register

A teacher was struck off for defrauding colleagues and failing to repay a loan.
US politics
fromESPN.com
10 months ago

NFLPA doc: Financial actions 'may be criminal'

A federal investigation into the NFL Players Association addresses potential financial misconduct and misuse of funds by union officials.
#embezzlement
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