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Dinosaur ‘thief’ pleads guilty to smuggling
A man accused of smuggling 70-million-year-old dinosaur skeletons, including a Tyrannosaur, into the United States pleaded guilty in court Thursday. Eric Prokopi, 38, who is to be sentenced on April 25, faces up to 17 years in jail and a $250,000 fine on charges of conspiring to smuggle illegal goods,…
Dinosaur ‘thief’ arrested in Florida
NEW YORK — A US man accused of smuggling 70 million year old dinosaur skeletons into the United States, including a toothy relative of the bigger Tyrannosaurus rex, was arrested on Wednesday in Florida, officials said. Eric Prokopi, 38, was charged with conspiracy to smuggle illegal goods, smuggling into the…
Jury finds Russian ‘merchant of death’ guilty
A New York jury found a Russian arms dealer, dubbed “the merchant of death,” guilty of conspiring to sell a huge arsenal to US-designated terrorists, in a case that has angered Moscow. Viktor Bout, 44, who was extradited from Thailand to the United States in 2010, was found guilty on…
11 charged in $1 billion U.S. railroad health scam
NEW YORK — Eleven people were charged Thursday in a $1 billion fraud where employees of a busy New York commuter rail service used fake medical diagnoses to boost their incomes with disability payouts. The accused, 10 of whom have already been arrested, included seven retired Long Island Rail Road…
Ex-Goldman director pleads not guilty to securities fraud
NEW YORK — Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta pleaded not guilty Wednesday to insider trading after giving himself up to the FBI, as the high-flying executive was caught in a growing Wall Street scandal. Indian-born Gupta is accused of leaking information to Sri Lankan-born old friend Raj Rajaratnam, a…
Online gambling site busted in ‘Ponzi scheme’
NEW YORK — International online gambling site Full Tilt Poker stole $440 million from players around the world in a Ponzi scheme used to pay lavish fees to board members, US prosecutors said Tuesday. Full Tilt “defrauded players by misrepresenting that their funds on deposit in online gambling accounts were…
7 charged in US in Taliban plot for weapons, drugs
WASHINGTON – Seven people, including two US citizens, were charged in connection with a plot to aid the Afghan Taliban by sending weapons to the insurgents and moving tons of Afghan heroin through West Africa, officials said Monday. The US Justice Department said the two Americans were charged with conspiracy…
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