Updated: Authorities now confirm the Virginia shooter has died in hospital. He was previously in critical condition after shooting himself in a suicide attempt.Vicki Gardner, the third victim in the attack, is now listed in stable […]
Tag: Crime
Huge Manhunt Underway After Two Journalists Were Just Murdered On Live TV
A massive manhunt has been launched for a gunman who shot a local news reporter and photographer on live TV. The fatal shooting occurred during an interview being conducted in Moneta, Virginia, Wednesday morning. Victim […]
Food Shortages In Venezuela Are Leading To Looting And A Thriving Black Market For Basic Produce
As Venezuela fights an economic disaster, food shortages mean looters are robbing supermarkets while regular customers deal with long lines and limited supplies. Shoppers in the country are now spending hours lining up to buy […]
Feds Bust World’s Largest Male Prostitution Website Despite Obvious Benefits To World’s Oldest Profession
Manhattan authorities raided the offices of Rentboy.com, one of the world’s largest male escort services, on allegations that the site was offering illegal prostitution services in the guise of companionship. The site that allows its […]
‘Extreme Willingness’ Of AT&T Is The Primary Reason Why The NSA Can Spy On America
Telecommunications giant AT&T has provided extensive assistance to the U.S. National Security Agency, allowing the agency to conduct unlawful surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic passing through the United States. The revelations come after analysis […]
Rate Rigging Penalties For Big Banks Will Be So Big They Threaten The Stability Of The Financial System
The most internationally recognized banking institutions in the world face a wave of lawsuits in the UK this autumn to compensate for billions of dollars of losses incurred as a result of their traders rigging […]
Deutsche Bank Hit By Yet Another Scandal, This Time Involving Carbon Credits
Prosecutors in Frankfurt have indicted one former and seven current workers of notoriously corrupt financial institution Deutsche Bank for participating in a conspiracy aimed at evading tax. Deutsche Bank’s latest scam to come to light […]
British Drugmaker GSK Facing Fresh Bribery Allegations
Fresh off paying a record $483 million fine in China, British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is facing corruption allegations yet again, this time in Romania. GSK announced they were investigating the latest claims of bribes […]
22 Banks Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Treasury Bill Rate Manipulation
In the aftermath of the LIBOR convictions in May this year, in which five global banks agreed to pay $5 billion for their manipulation of interbank interest rates, 22 banks were sued on Thursday for […]
DOJ Probing Mega Banks HSBC, Standard Chartered For FIFA Scandal Money Laundering
In the latest development in the seemingly made-for-Hollywood events surrounding the FIFA scandal, United States regulators are probing major banks over their possible handling and processing of “tainted funds.” The investigation is focused on whether […]
Citigroup To Pay Yet Another Multi-Million Dollar Fine Over Illegal Conduct
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Citigroup to refund $700 million to customers and slapped the institution with $70 million in fines for “illegal and deceptive credit card practices”. The penalties are the […]
Lack Of Funding Means Thousands Of Rape Kits Sit Untested
Across the nation, kits taken from rape victims shortly after the horrific crime is committed are sitting on shelves without being tested. These rape kits are obtained during a four-hour invasive examination whereby medical practitioners […]
Another Week, Another Criminal Conspiracy At Deutsche Bank
It appears U.S. authorities aren’t finished with thinly disguised criminal racket Deutsche Bank after it emerged this week that regulators are beginning yet another investigation into criminal conduct by the bank, this time looking into a […]
Crime Ridden Detroit’s Police Force Is All Time Smallest
Detroit, a city which has one of the highest crime rates in the U.S., does not have a big enough police force to deal with security after losing more than 35 percent of its police […]
Deadly Weekend In Chicago Sees Seven Killed In Two Days
Chicago continues to grapple with violent gun crime as the city had seven killings in two days over the holiday weekend. The victims included 7-year-old Amari Brown, hit by a bullet meant for his father, […]
Citigroup Found To Be Enabling Vast Money Laundering In Latest Act Of Bank Criminality
The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal investigation into money laundering at Citigroup Inc.’s Banamex USA unit has unearthed violations serious enough to warrant a large fine under the Bank Secrecy Act, according to reports. The criminal […]
U.S. Government Hindering Poland’s Investigation Of Illegal CIA Prisons
The U.S. is hindering Poland’s investigation into a secret CIA prison there, a Polish prosecutor charged Saturday. Piotr Kosmaty, spokesman for the Appeals Prosecutor’s Office in Krakow, said that the U.S. has deliberately ignored requests […]
Will Son’s Arrest Derail Jeb Bush’s Presidential Campaign?
The youngest son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest, a move which may have massive ramification for the 2016 presidential election. John Ellis Bush, […]
World Outraged As Iceland Ships 1700 Tons Of Endangered Whale Meat To Japan
The international community strongly condemned Iceland and Japan on Friday after reports emerged that an Icelandic ship loaded with 1,700 tons of whale meat left for Japan on Thursday. The move prompted outrage from environmental […]
Despite $35 Billion Crime Spree Head Of JP Morgan Is Now A Billionaire And Not In Jail
For common folks crime doesn’t pay, but if you’re the head of a too-big-to-fail criminal racket known as a bank, in this case JP Morgan, it certainly does. And quite handsomely. Bloomberg, which tracks those […]
SEC Commissioner Appalled By Latest Wall Street Criminal Acts
While the bandits of Wall Street sidestepped yet another criminal prosecution and yet again got off without anyone going to jail yesterday, one member of the Securities and Exchange Commission has, like us, had enough. […]
Connecticut Serial Killer Positively Identified
The killing of at least seven people, whose bodies were buried behind a New Britain, Connecticut, shopping center has led multiple law enforcement sources to identify William Devin Howell as the serial killer responsible. The […]
JP Morgan Investigated In Yet Another Criminal Probe
It wouldn’t be a week in the financial markets without more revelations of criminal conduct at a global mega-bank. Yesterday it was revealed that JPMorgan Chase has been placed under formal investigation in France as […]
Deutsche Bank CEO To Stand Trial For Purgery
Corruption starts at the top and in the case of Deutsche Bank it appears to have gone all the way to the very top. CEO Juergen Fitschen is one of five defendants in a trial […]
Stunning Photos Of Britain’s Hatton Garden Robbery Released
London’s metropolitan police released step by step images today showing how the brazen robbers pulled off the largest jewel heist in history. A gang of up to seven thieves may have been involved and are […]